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Going to Church Christanon 01/29/19 (Tue) 10:33:09 1c0d29 No.763337

Hey /christian/ newbie here, been interested in the faith and have been a private practicing Christian for some time now but I want to attend Church now that I'm more confident in my faith.

I never been to Church however since I was baptized as a young child, to be frankly honest I don't even know how liturgy goes exactly.

So I am anxious about just showing up to liturgy at 8 AM at some Church I've never been to and don't know anybody from there, while also being simply unaware of what to do.

Christanon 01/29/19 (Tue) 10:40:12 558869 No.763338

In most churches, if you sit at the back and just watch, people will understand and leave you to it.

Christanon 01/29/19 (Tue) 10:45:59 1c0d29 No.763340

>>763338

What's the point of going if you just sit in the back then?

I may have no idea on how to participate in something that's routine for basically everyone in the room but, I don't see how sitting in silence is any good.

Christanon 01/29/19 (Tue) 10:51:33 6f0d2d No.763342

>>763340

Than make a friend while you are there.

Christanon 01/29/19 (Tue) 10:51:54 c34fb8 No.763343

> to be frankly honest I don't even know how liturgy goes exactly.

If it is a high-church service (ie, a liturgy), it normally goes:

- Reading of the Old Testament

- Reading of the Epistle

- Reading of the Gospel

- Homily

- Great Entrance (the bread and wine, and the faithful, are taken to become an offering to God)

- Anaphora (thanksgiving and remembrance for what the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit have done for us - it is during the remembrance of the Son that the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Jesus in Catholicism, while it is during the remembrance of the Holy Spirit that it happens in Orthodoxy)

- Fraction (the Body and Blood are broken and presented to the faithful)

- Communion (the faithful eat and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus)

>So I am anxious about just showing up to liturgy at 8 AM at some Church I've never been to and don't know anybody from there, while also being simply unaware of what to do.

Feel free to contact the priest, his number and/or e-mail address should be on the church's website.

>What's the point of going if you just sit in the back then?

If you have no clue what is going on, maybe just sitting and observing is wise, you know. Besides, if you're not already trying to join that church's denomination, mingling with the faithful is a bad idea IMO as it makes it seem like there is any spiritual communion between you and them.

Christanon 01/29/19 (Tue) 11:09:55 558869 No.763345

>>763340

You sit and watch so you can learn.

Christanon 01/29/19 (Tue) 11:11:48 1c0d29 No.763346

>>763343

Thanks Anon and I did.

Or trying to at least, I already wrote to the priest's e-mail, no answer so far I may call this thursday.

>>763345

I guess.