Personal Narrative: The Unitarian Universal Church

The Unitarian Universal Church that I went to was in Lexington. The building was the classic old white church with a steeple. In front of the building was a park, to the right side was the graveyard associated with the church, and in the back was parking. The church was along a semi-busy road. The building from the outside looked like a classic church with white wood with a steeple. On the inside entryway, it looked like a house in a way because it had normal looking red carpeted stairs on both sides, but with large dark wood doors leading to the nave. The nave had dark pews with padding on the seat. Hanging from the ceiling were chandeliers. At the front was a podium with an organ behind. The chorus also stood at the front, to the left of …show more content…
Next there was “Welcoming and Greeting One Another,” this was different from the church I go to because instead of saying “peace be with you,” the congregants would introduce themselves to each other, or if they know the people around them, they would talk about how their weeks went. This was to help them receive the social dimension. Next the choir sang “Take Me Back, O Hills I Love” this song was to get people to focus back on the mass. The Reverend Rankin gave the call of worship, which was just used to start the mass, and get the congregants to feel more in touch with the church and the reverend. The opening hymn was after, this is used to start out the mass and the hymn picked will help set the mood for the rest of the mass and to praise God. Next was the Chalice Lighting and response. The response mentions the chalice being a symbol of unity. The chalice lighting was used bring the congregants and the church together. Next was the Unison Affirmation, the first line of this was “Love is the doctrine of this church.” This chant was also used to connect the congregants with the church, and its doctrine. There was then a passage about Moses, it, unlike the church I go to, was not a direct passage from the bible, but it was translated for the younger kids in the audience to understand. After this was read the congregants would sing a departure song sung to