Church time
The first Sunday of every month is combined services at the Assemblies of God church. That means that the service is spoken in English, Tamil and Sinhala. The service today was three hours long. When we have combined services we have communion. I find the combined services difficult because I don't understand most of what is going on. Most of the worship is sung in Sinhala or Tamil and when it's in English I usually don't know the songs.
In spite of all that it is very sobering to see everyone coming together to worship. The worship services last at least on hour before the sermon is given. The worship has extended periods of free worship which I like. I do miss church at home in Elim though. It's what I'm used to and it makes sense to me. The preaching here (in AOG) is not as structured as at home. Perhaps we should send Mr. Kadyschuk over to indoctrinate them with Braga!!!
Braga rules, Braga rules, Braga rules all the way!!! (Sorry Dr. K)
During the sermon it is hard to keep track of what the pastor is saying because it is translated so many times. You loose all the flow of the message. What's worse is that they are trying to translate quickly so you get three people rattling off partial thoughts at you. It's like you are being assaulted verbally sometimes, especially when they are excited.
I enjoy the English service much more. The English service happens every Sunday except for the first weekend of the month. The whole service is in English and they have an overhead for the worship so if I don't know the words to the songs at least I can read them. Pastor Ramesh is the English Pastor. I like him. He is a very kind man.
There isn't many other differences than I mentioned. They are however very much more charismatic then we are which takes some getting used to.
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