Church Affiliation

My current church affiliation is Roman Catholic. The church service I attended is Presbyterian. I attended Grace Presbyterian church November 1 2015. The church started off with the opening call to worship. I got the opportunity to witness the sacrament of baptism in the Presbyterian style. The church had a band and a choir. The choir sang the hymn and the band sang songs of worship. The tradition of worship is a mixture of reformed and revivalist. The history behind the church goes back to the sixteenth century. According to the lectures notes the church I attended to is part of reformed group. They had a few songs they singed during the worship. The worship was followed by the word and then the sermon. The worship had music, sermon, and word. …show more content…
We are all created in the image of God and we have to stay pure just like he did. We have to stay strong and not fall into temptation. The lecture notes also discussed the effects of Adam’s sin. The worship exemplified Augustine’s second theory. The second theory states that we receive the original sin from Adam. This theory is the reason we have baptism for infants. The little girl that was baptized was cleansed from the original sin. One of the song sung was called broken vessels which was a part of the amazing grace. The doctrine revelation 21 was part of the first part of the worship. The doctrine played a role in call to worship. The call of worship consisted of the leader saying a verse and the congregation responding. One of the hymn’s came from the doctrine called for all the saints. The congregation sings a big part of the …show more content…
The other hymn came from the how thou art doctrine. It was a hymn in response to the offertory. The song of praise pertained to the cornerstone doctrine. There was a part of the worship where they read the doctrine glory be to the father. The sermon consisted of the pastor saying to picture yourself on a wanted poster. They gave out mirrors at the beginning of the worship. They were used to see yourself in the wanted poster. The doctrine reflected in the sermon was 2 Corinthians stanzas 1-12. The doctrine states that when you are willing to give from you heart it is appreciated more. The pastor explained that it is important that you give what you can but do it because your heart tells you to not because the pastor said you need to give. You give because of the amazing grace god has put on you, and because he put down his life for you. The pastor asked us to picture yourself in a wanted poster. A wanted poster usually brings negative feelings but it can bring positive feelings. You just have to picture yourself in the wanted not for something bad you did but because of something good you did. Paul from the scripture the 2 Corinthians states the word