Shawnte’ Sanger
ED704
Cultural/Family Event
Faith Assembly of God Morning Service
On Sunday, March 13, 2016, I attended the first church service in morning. The service started at 9 in the morning at Faith Assembly of God. This event was publicized in the paper, on Facebook, and on their build board in front of the church. When I first arrived the lot was nearly empty. This is unusual because the second service you can never find parking. I was able to park close to the family center at the bottom of lot. This is where the children services are held in the building. After the children got out of the car, we walked to the building. Once in the building we had to take the elevator to the basement to their 2/3-year-old room. The children church …show more content…
The audience that did have children in the service with them was babies with their mothers and a few toddlers and children. As I watched the African American children, the sat still and listen to the service and was very behaved. Then a baby fusing and the mother took the baby out until the African American baby settled down to join back into the listening of the service. Then I notice the Caucasian mother of a baby was crying and they try to settle her down, but didn’t work. It was a little hard to stay focus because you were concentration the crying baby. This make me think of how each of these parents was influences by the upbringings of their culture. I see that a lot of African American family lets the children know that this is church and you will be behaving and listen. When looking at the few families of this background, I notice they were all dressed up and notice the elderly women had on Sunday hats. This was different because this church was more laid back and casual dress was the majority of the church. I did notice that the majority of elderly dressed up in their Sunday best. The Pastor wore jeans and a blazer. This type of dress I believe is more comfortable to related to your …show more content…
I loved how the pastor and his family seem real and you can relate to them. One example I have is when my daughter went to church when she was in high school and I would tell her put the phone away. Then today at service, I see the pastor daughter on Facebook while her father is preaching and her mother beside her and she is on her phone as well during this time. She also has conversation with the other adults across the row and threw a piece of gum. I just had to laugh because it shows us they are human and not strictly on sit and be still for the service. Yes, I did sit by a couple that did make remarks about them on their phones and talking while her husband is speaking. I just believe this was considering disrespectful in their generation. This generation is different and it could be hard to adjust to in many ways. I believe that the social media is making a lot of changing in
ED704
Cultural/Family Event
Faith Assembly of God Morning Service
On Sunday, March 13, 2016, I attended the first church service in morning. The service started at 9 in the morning at Faith Assembly of God. This event was publicized in the paper, on Facebook, and on their build board in front of the church. When I first arrived the lot was nearly empty. This is unusual because the second service you can never find parking. I was able to park close to the family center at the bottom of lot. This is where the children services are held in the building. After the children got out of the car, we walked to the building. Once in the building we had to take the elevator to the basement to their 2/3-year-old room. The children church …show more content…
The audience that did have children in the service with them was babies with their mothers and a few toddlers and children. As I watched the African American children, the sat still and listen to the service and was very behaved. Then a baby fusing and the mother took the baby out until the African American baby settled down to join back into the listening of the service. Then I notice the Caucasian mother of a baby was crying and they try to settle her down, but didn’t work. It was a little hard to stay focus because you were concentration the crying baby. This make me think of how each of these parents was influences by the upbringings of their culture. I see that a lot of African American family lets the children know that this is church and you will be behaving and listen. When looking at the few families of this background, I notice they were all dressed up and notice the elderly women had on Sunday hats. This was different because this church was more laid back and casual dress was the majority of the church. I did notice that the majority of elderly dressed up in their Sunday best. The Pastor wore jeans and a blazer. This type of dress I believe is more comfortable to related to your …show more content…
I loved how the pastor and his family seem real and you can relate to them. One example I have is when my daughter went to church when she was in high school and I would tell her put the phone away. Then today at service, I see the pastor daughter on Facebook while her father is preaching and her mother beside her and she is on her phone as well during this time. She also has conversation with the other adults across the row and threw a piece of gum. I just had to laugh because it shows us they are human and not strictly on sit and be still for the service. Yes, I did sit by a couple that did make remarks about them on their phones and talking while her husband is speaking. I just believe this was considering disrespectful in their generation. This generation is different and it could be hard to adjust to in many ways. I believe that the social media is making a lot of changing in