If you've never been to a worship service of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints the first thing you'll notice is that we lead you into a dark
room, strap you to a chair and we brainwash you with bright images of
green jello and the Book of Mormon.
False. That's totally false.
Hopefully nobody stopped before the intro and was like, "I knew it!" That's not
what happens in church. In most of the world, we have church services on Sundays
but that can vary depending on which country you're in. If you live in Jordan,
we worship on Fridays, if you're in Israel it will be Saturday, according to
local customs. Normally church services would last for three hours but a revised
schedule was implemented at the beginning of 2019 and now it's only two
hours. The first meeting is called sacrament meeting. It lasts for one of
those two hours. Everyone, men, women and kiddos all gather in the chapel area.
Everyone wears their Sunday best but we're not gonna throw you out if you
don't have a white shirt and tie. Anyway, we'll sing a hymn, have a prayer, and then
participate in the sacrament. During the sacrament, members each eat a small piece
of bread and drink a tiny cup of water symbolizing the flesh and blood of Jesus
Christ in remembrance of his atoning sacrifice. Visitors are free to
participate as well or not, whatever you're comfortable with.
We don't kneel during sacrament meeting nor do we recite pre-written prayers
except when priesthood holders bless the sacrament. We don't have a band playing
music, it's usually just a piano or an organ. It's all very mellow.
After the sacrament, the congregation listens to a few prepared messages.
There's no official pastor that teaches from the pulpit every week. Instead,
congregation leadership asks different members of the congregation to prepare a
message to share the following week or whenever.
So in sacrament meeting you'll hear a few brief spiritual messages from
average members. They might talk about faith in Jesus Christ, repentance
or the Holy Ghost or great aunt Kathy's rash. Who knows. The meeting closes with
another hymn and a prayer. You might even recognize some of the
hymns. They're not always exclusive to our church, you've probably seen some of
them in your congregation. For the second hour of church, we attend a rotation of
smaller, more specific classes. Children will always attend what we call primary.
For teenagers and adults, the class you attend depends
on the week. One week, Men and women will separate and attend different
classes. We call the adult women's class Relief Society and the men's class
Elders Quorum. Teenagers also attend a class, young women with the other young
women and the young men with the other young men.
The following week they'll hold Sunday School during the second hour. Again,
youth and adults have separate classes but Sunday school is not separated by
gender. Adults will most likely have a variety of Sunday School classes to
choose from. If it's your first time attending you'll probably want to go to
the Sunday School class called Gospel Principles which teaches the basic
beliefs of our faith so you don't get lost in the other classes but if you
somehow end up being the only person in the class and you feel weird, you can go
to whichever class you want. If that schedule sounds complicated, don't freak
out. Here's a super simple graphic the church released for the new two-hour
meeting schedule and if you get lost, don't hesitate to ask questions. Ask the
members there or if you can find a couple of missionaries in the
congregation, they're gonna be a great resource for you so make sure to
introduce yourself. That's a brief overview of what a Latter-day Saint
Church service looks like but if you're really interested in what it looks like,
go check it out for yourself. If you're gonna be surprised by anything it'll be
by just how normal we are there. If you're wondering where a Latter-day
Saint church building is or when meeting times are, there's a link in the
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