I used to be a regular member at my Seventh-Day Adventist, but as I grew older, the service slowly became a blemish on my Saturday itinerary; track practice/meets, organization meetings, honoring events, etc. suddenly became high priority.
I went today with my mom and my brother (my dad had to stay with the dog after he fucked up his paw this morning. ). Before a few weeks ago when I went with my mom, I hadn't gone in a few years (My mom goes every Saturday since she one of the many teachers in Sabbath School). There were many new faces, and a LOT of familiar ones. It was good to see that the teenage crowd was surprisingly in attendance--in large numbers--and that my more pious friends were there. We've all known each other since our early diaper years.
All the girls are fine as fuck.
Anyway, the service today was amazing. I mean, we had, "Chuuch." It was Youth Day today, a Sabbath in which the young adults replace the older adults in coordinating and presiding over the service. When I was younger, I once did the Prayer of Intercession (the really, really, REALLY long prayer), the Scriptural Lesson, the Call to Worship, and the Benediction.
The choir today, comprised of 19-year-olds and on down, was simply amazing. And it's great that each and everyone of them has a sublime, gospel singing voice. When I was in the choir, I once sang the solo part in "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" and my brother did the solo parts in "Wade In The Water."
We also had a performance by a few of the 12 through 15-year-olds. They did a mime performance...none of that white-faced, trapped-in-a-box type stuff. It was more like a spiritual, unspoken performance that dramatized the words of a song. It brought a few people to tears.
Anyways, it was great to go back...to hug and talk to all those people who haven't seen me in so long and just to be there.
Anybody else go to church (and this isn't excluding the other places of worship...I simply don't know there respective names)?
I went today with my mom and my brother (my dad had to stay with the dog after he fucked up his paw this morning. ). Before a few weeks ago when I went with my mom, I hadn't gone in a few years (My mom goes every Saturday since she one of the many teachers in Sabbath School). There were many new faces, and a LOT of familiar ones. It was good to see that the teenage crowd was surprisingly in attendance--in large numbers--and that my more pious friends were there. We've all known each other since our early diaper years.
All the girls are fine as fuck.
Anyway, the service today was amazing. I mean, we had, "Chuuch." It was Youth Day today, a Sabbath in which the young adults replace the older adults in coordinating and presiding over the service. When I was younger, I once did the Prayer of Intercession (the really, really, REALLY long prayer), the Scriptural Lesson, the Call to Worship, and the Benediction.
The choir today, comprised of 19-year-olds and on down, was simply amazing. And it's great that each and everyone of them has a sublime, gospel singing voice. When I was in the choir, I once sang the solo part in "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" and my brother did the solo parts in "Wade In The Water."
We also had a performance by a few of the 12 through 15-year-olds. They did a mime performance...none of that white-faced, trapped-in-a-box type stuff. It was more like a spiritual, unspoken performance that dramatized the words of a song. It brought a few people to tears.
Anyways, it was great to go back...to hug and talk to all those people who haven't seen me in so long and just to be there.
Anybody else go to church (and this isn't excluding the other places of worship...I simply don't know there respective names)?