Personal Narrative: My Experience At Mercy Hill Church

The site that I visited was Mercy Hill Church in Greensboro, NC. I went to a sermon, with some friends, that took place on a Sunday night. When we arrived at the church, we stayed together and observed the site. The members of this church all seemed to be within their twenties and thirties; there were a few younger children and a few older women and men, but not many. Most of these people seemed to be from Christian ethnic backgrounds or just unaffiliated with any ethnicity. The service was very casual; people were dressed in jeans and a nice shirts or, for the women, a nice casual dress and cardigan. There were probably close to 100 people and everyone was very welcoming and friendly; if they did not know you they would still come up and talk …show more content…
I have experience many different rituals and sermons within the Catholic church that were definitely not the same as the sermon and salvation ritual of baptism that I experienced at Mercy Hill. The major difference that stood out to me, between the Catholic church and Mercy Hill, was that Mercy Hill seemed to be more less traditional than the Catholic church. Mercy Hill used music that seemed to be along the lines of Christian rock music, as where in the Catholic church we use hymnals that consist of the traditional church songs. Also, in the Catholic church there are priests, not pastors like at Mercy Hill Church; the difference between the two is that a priest is not allowed to get married or have children, but a pastor is allowed to do both. What I see between the Catholic church and Mercy Hill is that the Catholic church has more control over it’s people and there are more rules that have to be followed, at Mercy Hill Church it was more laid back and relaxing; I actually enjoyed my time at Mercy Hill’s service a lot more than I enjoy going to services at my Catholic