Have you ever sat in church and really paid attention? I know, sometimes it is hard! It’s early in the morning, you rushed to get to church on time, then you sit still in a pew. Sometimes, my mind starts to wonder. Does yours?
Did you know that the worship service we have on Sunday morning is set up the same as the disciples worshipped? Everything we do in worship has a purpose.
Look below. There are ten events that happen in our worship services that also happened in the early church. See if you can figure out what the pictures mean.
Here are your options: Preaching the Word, Praise, Singing, Passing the Peace, Confession, Reading the Word, Prayer, Offering, Witnessing
Some church services use old words and sing old hymns and others use new songs and prayers. But no matter what style of worship, each service will have these three parts.
1. Gathering of the Church This is when everyone comes together. There may be greetings, music and song, prayer and thanksgiving.
Think about the services you have been to in the past. Name one song or prayer that may fit in this time of worship
2. Proclamation and Praise This is when the Scriptures are open to the people through readings, preaching, witnessing, music and other arts and media.
3. Responses and Offerings These include acts of commitment and faith; offerings of concerns, prayers, gifts, and service for the world and for each other.
Now that we know how a worship service is put together, let's look at the special holidays we share! How many holidays do you think the Church celebrates?
Did you know our church calendar centers around 7 celebrations? Did you know for each celebration, the church has special colored clothes to put on the alter & pulpit? Check out the holidays we celebrate! ADVENT is weeks long and leads us up to Christmas.
Even though store start decorating for Christmas in October, in the church, Christmas begins December 24th and ends .
Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th. Epiphany means
Lent is a time of and preparation for Easter. Lent lasts for days.
Holy Week consists of Palm , Thursday and Good Friday,
The colors that the church uses to represent Easter are and .
Pentecost means . The color the church uses to represent Pentecost is red.
This Sunday, when you go to worship, take a look around you. What season is it? What is your favorite part of the service? We are blessed to be free to worship God in public. Take time to enjoy it this week
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