First Church Observation

The feel First United Methodist was very church feeling. When you first walked in you immediately wanted to stand up straighter and make sure you looked your best. The people there were very homely and smiled and greeted you with open arms. This made me feel at home right away, unlike I thought it was going to be. When worship began it was like nothing I had expected to hear or see. The music that was played consisted of old hymns and some modern worship. But it was nothing compared to the high energy loud praise and worship that I have become accustomed to. There were lots of people raising there hands and swaying back and forth listening singing and praising as one. Although some of the songs may have been old the instruments were not. The instruments were all modern and played mostly by younger to middle aged men and women. When it came time for the pastor to preach he did so in a very moving …show more content…
The church was very salome and when you entered you could tell that they were there for worship and prayer and not much else. The church had a very defined and structured service and those who regularly attended seemed to know the drill. The services the communion the prayer all of it was structured. The prayer was the most interesting part the priest who was wearing the white robes asked for those to confess and to be forgiven for their sins. And gave lots of silent time for the congregation to pray and think. Worship was hymns and very foreign to the high energy and loud praise at the church that I attended. He covered the teachings and the communion was then offered the priest broke of the the bread blessed it and then gave it out to those who were baptised into the church the whine was for adults to drink and was in a golden cup that everyone who wanted a drink took a drink out of it. The people there were very nice and greeted us at the door but after that not very much more interaction