Religious Service Research Paper

Pre-service
For the religious service I am going to go to a Kingdom Hall in Murphy, North Carolina. Tyler Graves, a friend of mine, is a Jehovah’s Witness so I plan on going with him. I am planning on going over Thanksgiving break. I chose to go there because I wanted to have a friend to go with, so I wasn’t completely alone and clueless. Initially I had planned on going to a Mormon church with another friend but he will be in Utah at that time. Growing up, I never went to church that often (mainly just Easter and Christmas) and when I did it was usually to a Methodist Church with my grandparents. So I am honestly not really used to any church or comfortable in any. I personally feel that you don’t have to go to church every Sunday to be a Christian and to believe. I am not one who likes to get out of their comfort zone and put in awkward situations, so I am extremely nervous to attend this service. Also, I am worried about how other people will feel about me being there. I hope to be accepted by all, but I too know how people can be. I really don’t like being pointed out amongst …show more content…
You have to go through a variety of counseling before you are allowed to be baptized. When you are baptized you are making a lifelong commitment to the religion. What this means is if you sin, such as: celebrate holidays, drink to be drunk, smoke, speak in a vulgar language, commit adultery, etc., no sin is viewed as worse than another. Therefore, each will receive the same punishment, and become disfellowshipped. This means that no baptized witness will speak or converse in anyway with you, until you come to the elders and ask for forgiveness. After a series of counselling they will then decide if you can resume practice of the church. However, they try to work with the people before they disfellowship them. After speaking with them and the person continues to practice against the church, this is when they take