Sorry for such the long delay on posting another blog, but when i went back for thanksgiving break I forgot my power cord on my computer and drained the battery. The main problem lay in the fact that I have no idea what the ULR of my blog is so I could get to it using another computer.
To start I visited the Park Street Baptist Church. This church managed to shatter most preconceptions that I had about church. Firstly, I guess people don't get dressed up for the sermons, secondly was the general demographic of the people there. I would say a good 70% were people of my age group. I thought in todays world, the youth have held science in more regard than the values of religion. When I went I thought I was going to be engaged right away by somebody welcoming me but nobody really paid me any mind. Only one woman said hello even. The way they incorporated modern stylings such as the project and power point presentations was surprising as well but I suppose when you take into account the majority of the crowd were of the computer generation it kinda fits. The live band was another unexpected aspect to the sermon. I never understood half of what the songs meant but some people became very immersed in them and began raising their hands in the air as I stood dumbfounded in the back corner what on earth was going on.
My next experience was at the Evangelical Lutheran Church to which I attended with Rikard. Now this was a heck of a shocker. The very first thing that happened was a two ladies came and welcomed us and attempted to get us to write down our mailing addresses, I imagine to further try and reel us in, and then were asking us to wear name tags. I really saw no purpose to the name tags, if you want to know what it is just ask or I'll tell you when you introduce yourself. Back to the sermon, it was probably the most confusing presentation ever, constantly jumping through the entire hymn book. Several times the people behind me and Rikard handed us their hymn books showing us where we were. I also took part in communion, probably goes against the rules, and looked like an idiot because I have never done it before and had not the slightest idea of what the procedure was. After the sermon we had 3 different people trying to talk to us and the same time which became rather overwhelming. They seemed to be very interested in the fact that I am from Calgary. A lady even asked if I would be interested in refereeing some pick up hockey games. Another woman made sure we didn't escape in any hurry. She introduced us to several people, who really weren't interested, and introduced us to the priest himself.
All I can say was it sure weirded me out, both times.
