Service Learning Project: Jehovah Witness Meeting
My cousin, Nancy Ramirez Pena is a Jehovah Witness, so I chose to attend one of her meetings. One thing I will say is that everyone was welcoming and made me feel like home. The meeting I attended was in Spanish. They also have 2 other meetings that are English. There were about 100 people in attendance at the congregation. Pretty large crowd. The first thing that stood out to me was that they don’t have saints all over like we do. This makes sense because they don’t believe in saints. The second thing that stood out to me is what is called mass to me is called a meeting to them. The meeting lasted about 2 hours long. Mass for Catholics is about 1 hour long. They also don’t take the bread and …show more content…
Everyone joined together and sang while standing. Right after, they had bible study which reminded me of how our father in a Catholic church recites it. Everyone just watched and listened as their pastor read through it for about 30 minutes. Shortly after they had a discussion from the watch tower book that every Jehovah witness practices and discusses across the world. I found the discussion interesting because they read through it and asked questions. The members engaged by raising their hands and sharing their thoughts and beliefs. This also included children. The message they shared was so close to home. They talked about family and how we should love one another. The interaction amongst everyone made it very interesting and engaging for me. It was nice to see something different. I noticed that they do not kneel like we do throughout the ceremony and it is not just the father who speaks throughout the entire ceremony. Engaging the members really made me feel a part of something special. They also relate themselves to be Christians. This was new to me because I never knew they considered themselves Christians. What I also noticed is that they call each other Hermano/Hermana (brother/sister). They see each other as one big family. I noticed the connection amongst each other and how they greeted one another with so much
My cousin, Nancy Ramirez Pena is a Jehovah Witness, so I chose to attend one of her meetings. One thing I will say is that everyone was welcoming and made me feel like home. The meeting I attended was in Spanish. They also have 2 other meetings that are English. There were about 100 people in attendance at the congregation. Pretty large crowd. The first thing that stood out to me was that they don’t have saints all over like we do. This makes sense because they don’t believe in saints. The second thing that stood out to me is what is called mass to me is called a meeting to them. The meeting lasted about 2 hours long. Mass for Catholics is about 1 hour long. They also don’t take the bread and …show more content…
Everyone joined together and sang while standing. Right after, they had bible study which reminded me of how our father in a Catholic church recites it. Everyone just watched and listened as their pastor read through it for about 30 minutes. Shortly after they had a discussion from the watch tower book that every Jehovah witness practices and discusses across the world. I found the discussion interesting because they read through it and asked questions. The members engaged by raising their hands and sharing their thoughts and beliefs. This also included children. The message they shared was so close to home. They talked about family and how we should love one another. The interaction amongst everyone made it very interesting and engaging for me. It was nice to see something different. I noticed that they do not kneel like we do throughout the ceremony and it is not just the father who speaks throughout the entire ceremony. Engaging the members really made me feel a part of something special. They also relate themselves to be Christians. This was new to me because I never knew they considered themselves Christians. What I also noticed is that they call each other Hermano/Hermana (brother/sister). They see each other as one big family. I noticed the connection amongst each other and how they greeted one another with so much