Church service

The culture that I chose to learn about was of the Spanish ethnicity and the Catholic Church; therefore I submerged myself with a Spanish speaking Catholic service at a local church in Murrieta off of Whitewood. My religious affiliation is Christian however the way in which I practice my belief is not the same as with Catholicism. I also do not understand nor do I speak Spanish, I am English speaking only. This would be a new experience for me, and make the experience beneficial I would be going…

When I was a baby my mother took me in to get baptized at our local Catholic church to welcome me into the Catholic faith. I wore the little poufy white dress with frilled white socks and the white shoes. My hair was done up in a white bow and wearing a small gold rosary. I was the symbol of purity. Years later when I reached the age of seven, I was beginning my rite of passage of my First Holy Communion. I grew up in a Catholic household continuously going to Catholic Mass every Sunday at one…

Churchgoers Attending church has been a routine event for many Americans since the inception of the nation. It can be the only chance some Americans get to settle down and fellowship with friends and family after a long week of work. Motives for attending church have changed over the years, and it’s no longer a very devout group of people gathered together to become closer to God. Of course, there are still many devout Christians that attend, but many people aren’t. I’ve been attending church…

I visited Lutheran Church in East Brunswick, NJ and observed the prayer service which was a great learning experience for me and an enjoyable one, too. Since I had attended prayer service at my middle school church as well as Oratory Prep school church, I had some understanding about Catholic service and I was able to compare and contrast the Catholic and Lutheran service.The Lutheran church did not have depictions of Saints or Mary in the Church. Otherwise, the service itself was fairly similar…

history that sparked change in the churches. The main reason the Reformation took place is because Martin Luther wanted to change the Catholic Church and their practices. Martin Luther wrote 95 theses to combat the practices of the church because he wanted to show the sins that were in them. For example, some of his theses included: the selling of church services (funerals), selling indulgences (paying your way out of hell), and using texts other than the Bible in sermons. What came from the…

film is about about a priest and the people of his church struggling with faith and love in a cold snowy Swedish village. With little to no background music besides the organist be played during the church services the viewer relies on scenery and dialogue. During the church service the camera captures all of the church and the surroundings. The viewer hears the church bells and sees plain white landscape in the small village. During the service the camera first focuses on the unadorned talking…

I attended St. John the Baptists Catholic Church in Longmont Colorado during the Spanish speaking service. The service began at 6:00 pm, so I arrived about 15 minutes early to make sure I was seated prior to the service beginning. As I parked the car there was not a lot of people there but it was a weekday so attendance was lower than what a typical Sunday service would be. I knew the attendance would be less because I had talked to someone at the church earlier in the day. When I walked up the…

beliefs of today, their beginnings were set in an important period and they were both powerful and accomplished. Society between these two, was supported by their community. Respectably, society in these churches are comprised of their beliefs, services, government, literature, icons, and clergy. As religion is at the center of every community, the Catholic and Orthodox churches held fast to their beliefs. Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians ultimately believe in a monotheistic life and…

worship is extremely different from what I experience within a Baptist worship service. Since I was just a little girl I have always only attended Baptist churches, this project expanded my religious encounter as I attended a Catholic mass a previous Sunday. I attended a sunrise service at St Madeleine Catholic Church in High Springs with a customer of mine from my workplace while I typically attend Westside Baptist Church in Gainesville with my family. Within the worship I couldn’t help but to…

more than two years of attending Luther College, I had never been to a Sunday morning church service in the Center for Faith and Life. In fact, I have attended very few church services in my life. As a child, I went on rare occasions with my family to my grandfather’s Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, and often felt intimidated during the experience. I can remember the time I accompanied my grandfather to a service on a day in which the congregation received communion. During communion, I reached…