Personal Narrative: My Journey At The Church Of Messiah

Church, temple, sanctuary, or the Lords’s house, these are just a few names that your average person might call the place you come to worship God, I have always called it home. The Church I have been attending, Memorial Baptist Church, which is also where I attend high school, I have been attending since I was the age of three years old. Moving to the area that my family lives in now, I do not believe is any accident. At the age of two years old, my father was stationed in Tennessee for the military. After passing away from brain cancer, my Mother moved my two older sisters and me to Killeen Texas, to be closer to her family. Memorial Baptist Church was the only church we have ever been members of since moving to Texas, it has always felt like

Throughout my time with the Methodist church, I have experienced great opportunities and also many challenges. My family and I have been taught by a man who I think to be one of the most godly men I have ever met. Reverend Felder has always had a positive outlook on St. Luke UMC future even through trials and adversity. In fact, I truly think the Lord used him to save St. Luke because when he became pastor the city of Augusta had the land the church occupied labeled a future parking lot. However Felder had a vision for the church and the vision included having the sanctuary packed with families from the neighborhood of Harrisburg. The church is now an entity in the neighborhood that it was not before Reverend Felder came, and while is has a

I'm sorry to inform you, but I am resigning from Methodist. It has been a humbling experience, with many memories and laughter. I have leaned a fair amount from my fellow volunteers, the Nursery school teachers, and especially the kids. They taught me to cherish the moments. I am beyond grateful for the experience I had in the past 2 years, for yourself allowing a place at this wonderful hospital. Once again, thank you & I hope you have a blessed day.

I have been participated in Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo St. Gabriel church since I moved to United States. I'm passionate about helping people. Any opportunity to perform an act of kindness, be it large or small, it makes me feel excited. From lending pencils to classmates in need to babysitting for my sister to doing community service, I enjoyed it all. I have many goals in my life. Among the most important is my desire to provide help to those in need through my commitment to service. As a high school student, I was able to gain experience for this by volunteering at the St. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Church. I've worked in the church every Sunday for the entire year. During this time I assisted in preparing holy water, cleaning

On Sunday, November 2 at 10:00am, I attended Shepherd’s Community Methodist church in Lakeland, Florida. It had been several weeks since I had attended church and I was looking forward to worshiping and learning from the message that would be delivered by the pastor. At a United Methodist Church the first Sunday is “Communion Sunday” and I was excited to take part in the sacrament of Holy Communion at the service. Pastor Mark Reynolds was the pastor that delivered the sermon titled “The Best Investment”.

Early on a misty Mother’s Day, I attended the Mount Zion Baptist Church’s 7:30 AM worship service to better understand how churches use Gospel music is used. Located in the middle of Seattle’s Capitol Hill, the church is a spacious, multi-story building with distinct African-style architecture, murals, and tapestries. After parking in the parking lot, I entered the building and climbed the stairs to the nave. There, a small, friendly woman greeted me, and I gave her my information, because it was my first time at the church. In the nave were rows of seats. To the right of the stage was the combined choir, accompanied by a pianist and drummer.

Their present is focused on Worship, Outreach and Social Justice, Relationships and Partnerships, Education and Spiritual Growth, and The Arts. In the worship setting, they want to present several opportunities for people to worship every week. They believe integrating music into their worship enlightens the overall worship experience.

I went to Concordia Chapel on February 13, 2017 at North Campus. Pastor Ryan Peterson was the main speaker for the service. The bible passage he preached on was 1 John 1:4. For my outside worship, I went to Sacred Heart Catholic church on February 11, 2017. The priest for the mass was Fr. Tom McNamara. In a Catholic mass, we have three readings and there is one from the old testament, the new testament, and the gospel. The first reading was Sirach 15:15-20, the second reading was 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 and the Gospel was Matthew 5:17-37.

Today, September 9, 2017, I went to Saint Paul Catholic Church on Sunday. I went to church today because I had to serve at church. Father Tully was the priest there today, so he was the one that gave the homily. This homily was one of my favorite homilies. I feel that it was very well thought out, interesting and easy to follow. In my opinion the three main points of the homily were sacraments, the appearance of grace, and the deaconates.

In the last year I have seen Jesus Christ in many parts of my life but mostly in my time spent at the Brookwood Community, a community for people with mental disabilities. Philippians 2:4 says "Let each of you look not only to his own interest, but also the interest of others". This bible verse greatly explains our calling to serve others. God calls us to give our time in helping others.While at Brookwood, I played basketball, participated in chapel and many other activities that they held for their citizens. All the citizens at Brookwood each have unique talents, each of which amazed me, for example a man named Thomas was a excellent basketball player and all around athlete. Another thing that truly amazed me was the love for God that the

"Now on the same day, two of them were going up to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem" (Luke 24:13 NRSV)

I was about six years old when I asked Jesus into my heart. It was a Saturday night when my oldest sister Marilyn asked me if I wanted to get saved. I heard that getting saved was the only way to heaven and I couldn't go unless I had asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins, I accepted Christ that night. Then when I turned thirteen, there were several times that I doubted salvation. I went to one of my counselors at camp and made sure that I was saved. About three years later I went and got baptized. Under the leadership of my then Pastor Paul Gaymon, I was able to be a helper in different ministries; nursery, VBS, junior church, and sing in both teen and adult choirs.

My journey with God started in February of 1993, when I went to a ladies’ conference in Columbus, Texas. It was while the speaker was explaining that she knew there were some of us out in the audience, who felt guilty about something they had done in their past, and they did not feel that God could forgive them for it. But then she quoted from God’s word; “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, not principalities, no things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:38-39 NASB) The speaker continued on to say that all we need to do is

Humans from my own point of view are God's creation, because the bible makes me understand that humans were created in God's image, and during the creation of man, God blew the breath of life into man to make him come alive. I assume the reason humans are so unique is that they were created like God. The reason why humans are the best of all creation is that they can think, invent new things, and have dominion of all other creatures on earth. Humans are the only living creation that is conscious of their own existence, because they have advanced knowledge and skills to do things, for example, humans can clothe themselves, cook their foods, and even invent numerous technologies. Humans have a well-regulated sense that is able to

Interviewing several pastors can be eye opening in that you will begin to see different character qualities, disciplines and where they are in their spiritual journey. My intention was to interview several pastors, however, I was unable to obtain the responses needed to complete a study such as that. I did get to meet with one pastor, and I believe that it was truly difficult for him to answer most of the questions even after giving him some time to think about each question. My interview was with a very intelligent and spiritual man named Les Harvey. He is currently serving at the Church of the Highlands Greystone campus under many great leaders.