The Methodist Sunday Service

This is about the only picture I could find of the inside of my church.

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WiredSpirit,

That is awesome! Thank you for sharing!

(I imagine that you have a choir at your church, plus an organist - that organ must be something else - and that the pastors and deacons sit up front on the left there? Do you have contemporary songs or traditional hymns during worship services?)

Here is our new church building (soon to be fellowship hall after we build our 3,000 seat church building).

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In God's Grace,
Ric

As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, For the wages of sin is death, Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned-- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 3:10; 3:23; 6:23a; 5:12; 5:8; 10:13 NIV)

Yes to all of your questions. We have a strong traditional music program with a few different choirs and a lot of orchestral music played from time to time during the traditional service. We also have a contemporary service which is improving, but I wouldn't say its up to par with the megachurches.

There's a small chapel behind the sactuary and an activities center, but I can't find any pictures of that stuff online.

P.S. I'm not sure what you mean by deacons, we have a couple lay ministers that speak from time to time, but those chairs on the right are usually empty. Actually, I don't even know if they are still there.

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Originally Posted by WiredSpirit

This is about the only picture I could find of the inside of my church.

Beautiful!

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WOW, That sanctuary is beautiful. I will try to take a snao shot of mine.

-CowboyDan

I attend a Free-Methodist church here in Central Illinois.

Normally someone plays the pian or organ while everyone sits down, then we have the welcome, usually by the person studying to become a pastor. Then the music director/pastor, will direct us in singing, it's a pretty good mix of traditional hymns and more contemerary Christian music.
Then we pray. Then the kids go off to Children's church, while Jesus lves me is being played. Then the Senior Pastor, gives the message, then we pray again and if there are any special prayer requests, we pray for that. Then it's done and we go off to our respective Bible study classes.

Communior is celebrated in our seats because to go up, it takes longer and this way everyone can at once. First the bread, then the wine(cranberry jucie) I like how they do it now.

We call the Pastor's by their first names. IE Pastor Doug, Pastor Anne etc

There are candles at the Alter and flowers get donated every week by someone different. In the program, after the Sermon note sheet, there is a little note about who donated the flowers and what for.

Yes, services are called services & sermons are called sermon.

My church is pretty but not over the top. Only one wooden cross it's bg and at the front. It's covered during the music for the screen which shows the words on powerpoint.

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Okay question ... hows come some of you call your pastor reverend

Psalm 111:9

He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
The bible uses that to decribe Gods name. So why would someone call another man reverend?

And where in the bible does it allow you to ordain women as ministers? I thought you werent allowed?

That word can be used to formally address any ordained clergy in almost any denomination. I've noticed it used more to describe evangelical pastors than United Methodist or mainline pastors.

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Here is a picture of my home church. This was built in a way that one day it will be the education wing and fellowhip hall, and a new sanctuary will extend from the main entrance towards the parking lot.



This is a picture of my pastor during morning prayer.