Monday, November 4, 2019

Music and Prayer

This Sunday was another foray into the world of my ministerial friends. This week was at the Universalist/Unitarian Church. I have been assured the church is more Christian than not, that the decision to combine was made years ago.

The first thing I noticed was the amount of music used during the service. It was all familiar. In fact, several pastors ago had acquired the Methodist Hymnal from a church that was closing! The other standout was the amount of prayer. Not necessarily rote prayer, but frequent prayer to God in thanksgiving and for guidance.

The message itself was more researched with many, many quotes and no personal antidotes. The pastor's deliver was a little cadenced with odd breaks in the middle of sentences and even phrases, but wasn't really hard to follow or to understand.

Overall, it was a very worshipful experience.

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