I recently attended my aunt’s church services, she’s a dedicated Jehovah Witness. It had been a while since I’ve talked about Jehovah Witness, ever since my dad passed away it’s a religion that has been in my review mirror. My dad was not a true Jehovah Witness, but he did follow the religion just to support his parents and siblings. As a writing assignment for my Religious Quest class I attended a Jehovah Witness service, and I’d like to share my experience.
I choose to attend a service different than mine. Ever since my dad past away back in 1999, I’ve been distance from his side of the family, and I thought this assignment would be a great opportunity to see them. My dad’s side of the family have been Jehovah witnesses, …show more content…
There were about 30 people in the pews, and they all seemed to know one another. In my church we have such a large congregation it’s not possible to personally know everyone. As I enter the service I noticed that many of the people were well dressed, even the kids wore slacks and a tie. In my church everyone is more relaxed and dress business causal. The church was nice, but it felt like I was entering a business meeting for work with so many well-dressed people. The service started with songs and prayer, similar to how my Catholic mass begins. Then someone got up and read a passage and began his reflection. The passage was about how God wants us to be, and any chance the person had, he spoke badly about other religions. I felt some of the remarks were amid at my Catholic Church. As the person continued on he gradually raised if voice pretty loud, and some of the people were dropping to their knees and parsing him, this was kind of awkward. During our mass we sometimes get a little excited, but not to the point as I experienced with my aunt church, does this mean were not doing it right at our church? I don’t think so, I do feel the Holy Spirit at our church, but I just don’t react like them. Then as expected, it come out of the persons mouth, “the world is a terrible place and we need to separate from the bad religions that are out there, and we must not celebrate holidays
I choose to attend a service different than mine. Ever since my dad past away back in 1999, I’ve been distance from his side of the family, and I thought this assignment would be a great opportunity to see them. My dad’s side of the family have been Jehovah witnesses, …show more content…
There were about 30 people in the pews, and they all seemed to know one another. In my church we have such a large congregation it’s not possible to personally know everyone. As I enter the service I noticed that many of the people were well dressed, even the kids wore slacks and a tie. In my church everyone is more relaxed and dress business causal. The church was nice, but it felt like I was entering a business meeting for work with so many well-dressed people. The service started with songs and prayer, similar to how my Catholic mass begins. Then someone got up and read a passage and began his reflection. The passage was about how God wants us to be, and any chance the person had, he spoke badly about other religions. I felt some of the remarks were amid at my Catholic Church. As the person continued on he gradually raised if voice pretty loud, and some of the people were dropping to their knees and parsing him, this was kind of awkward. During our mass we sometimes get a little excited, but not to the point as I experienced with my aunt church, does this mean were not doing it right at our church? I don’t think so, I do feel the Holy Spirit at our church, but I just don’t react like them. Then as expected, it come out of the persons mouth, “the world is a terrible place and we need to separate from the bad religions that are out there, and we must not celebrate holidays