“Confirmation” As next year approaches, I will be in high school, and not only in school but in my church, I am maturing. In September of 2015, to the spring of 2016, I was in a confirmation class, then was later confirmed in front of my church. Although to receive my confirmation acquired time. My pastor that taught the classes, she was, and still is, dedicated, along with energetic. The feeling of anxiousness was inside me to go to the class for the first time. However, I am exceedingly joyful that I have been confirmed. I understand that my confirmation will stay with me the rest of my life and I am glad to know that. As everyone believes in a different religion around the globe, all are respected. As part of my …show more content…
At that moment and behind, I was considered an adult in the church. I had the opportunity to vote on decisions there, such as if renovations needed to be done. I was able to have my first communion the same day. Plus I kept the little cup because it looked to be a little miniature chalice made of wood that I would only receive once. Furthermore, once I had been confirmed I was no longer supposed to go to the children’s Bible school. Now even under the circumstance that I would attend church somewhere else, I still would have communion. I most defiantly felt happy and my tone was respectful again. In May of 2016 I had been confirmed at the St. Vincent United Church of Christ . I am now more responsible than in the past, and am considered an adult in the eyes of my church .Moreover, I can take communion too. In the past I used to feel excluded, not being able to stand up and take communion. Furthermore, everyone that the church consists of, respects us. Nothing went wrong on the day of my confirmation, I will forever hold the deeper feeling of being confirmed in my heart wherever I
Religious tolerance and religious pluralism have many different definitions, depending on the person’s interpretation of the word and where the person gets the definition. Every person of every faith and the people without a faith can have a different definition for tolerance and for pluralism. Diana L. Eck, the director of The Pluralism Project at Harvard University, gives a clear definition for pluralism. Pluralism is a two way street of dialogue, knowledge, understanding, and active participation (Eck 2 “From Diversity”). Pluralism is not meant to be an assimilation of religions or that a person of any faith has to believe all religious paths are true. Religious Tolerance is the continuous congruent relations betw...
I have attended a Christian church my whole life. While I have attended various denominations, I have always considered myself to be non-denominational, not favoring one over the other. The only other churches I have ever attended were Catholic; I have had other family members practice this faith and so have always been a guest with them if I have gone and had the services feel fairly familiar. When we were given the project to go and attend a different religion’s church I wasn’t sure what to expect. I decided to attend a Jewish church since Judaism and Christianity believe some of the same fundamentals but are still separated, I thought it would be a good way to learn more about the church as well as be able to relate better to anyone I know who practices Judaism. Also this taught me what it feels like for someone who does not have any experience in church.
I am a nondenominational Christian and I decided to attend a catholic mass. I attended mass at the Conversion of St Paul Parish on April 6, 2014. The preside was Father Senan Glass and the starting time was 10am. The Conversion of St Paul Parish’s location is 4120 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44103. The church was very big and the stain glass windows were beautiful. At first, I felt uncomfortable because I did not know where to sit or what to do. I really did not have an idea of what to expect. Everything seemed very formal and the service was easy to follow because of the bulletin I was given, which had the order of service on it. The service was concise and it only lasted about an hour.
received salvation in 2010, have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, and an a Christian by religious
I have never felt more welcome and loved in my entire life, the energy in that room from all these people was incredible.This was the day I began my transition into adulthood, I made a commitment to this community, to God. I turned my life around, I started working harder in school, I matured, and had a positive outlook on my situation. Because of young life I learned
There are two types of mornings: good and bad. Bad are those that usually occur during the weekends. The dreams are never finished to watch, warm bedding does not want you to go, and a little puppy desires even more attention than ever. To counterbalance it, good mornings are those that allow you to sleep until the midday and let the world wait. However, there was one particular day when everything has changed. I was waiting for my alarm to ring and could not wait to get up to proceed with my preparations for the day. That was the year of 2010, my graduation from County High School that is in Lafayette, Indiana.
The event I choose to go to was a confirmation ceremony. The event was held at the Living for Christ Catholic Church in Saint Michael, MN. The event started at 7pm on Wednesday. There were several families there and their children were the ones being confirmed. The children looked to be high school age and were wearing a robe over there clothing. I was sitting in the back of the church and all the young adults came walking in from the main doors coming into the what I will call the hall. In front of the young adults there was a what looked to be middle school age kids carrying down a stick with Christ on the cross and candles on a stick. fallowing them was Father Richard and several other Fathers’ or priest from the congregation. The child then fallowed behind them
It's been great attending County Christian School. Where else do students walk into school at 7:55 and receive a cup of hot chocolate and a cookie? Then, after third period, Mr. Obrastoff combs our hair and sings to us. It really has been a delightful place to go to school.
Good evening Mary of Nazareth faculty, fellow classmates, and families. When I first stepped into this school ten years ago, my life changed in many ways. It was changed spiritually, academically, and socially. I made many memories throughout the years I have been here. I have made many friends and I will never forget them. This school has been my family since preschool. I will miss everyone next year as we all head into different high schools. This school has taught me valuable lessons that I will remember and make use of in the future. After being here for a long time, I had experienced many things others did not. Here are some of the experiences I had.
Religion is a common theme that has bridged together people from all races and backgrounds. It has provided people with meaning and it has given hope to the hopeless. Religions have transcended culture and time untying people who believe in a higher power and choose to put their lives in the hands of the divine. Although all religions practices and styles of worship are not the same. Religions serve a greater purpose in directing people to pursue a moral and courageous life. All world religions focus on living a holy life to please and glorify some kind of deity. The Oxford handbook on religion explains that religions have “always been global, in the sense that religious communities and traditions have always maintained permeable boundaries. They have moved, shifted, and interacted with one another around the globe” (Oxford hand book). World religious contain “traditions [that] claim some ultimate anchors of truth that are unchangeable” (Oxford handbook). The three major religions of the world, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all contain one element of truth that unites the chore of their beliefs. The Old Testament is a common source of information that links the heritage, traditions and moral commands of these three major religions.
Living in a diverse world should be something a person should be proud of. Getting to know a person’s culture and their beliefs should be a wonderful ability. Respecting one another is important, even though a lot of people still disregard that, which should discontinue. We should all start to learn how to make this world a better place,
The people there were all extremely nice and would try to help me understand. They understood and accepted the fact that I wasn’t religious, but was showing interest in their faith. There were not as much people there as I had expected, but that might have been because it was a smaller church. It also wasn’t as racially diverse as I had expected. I thought that because it is the world’s biggest religion, that it
My high school graduation was one of the saddest moments of my life. Although I was excited about graduating, I did not know what I was going to do with the rest of my life. In Maya Angelou’s “Graduation,” Angelou was excited and proud of all that she had accomplished. In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Late Encounter With the Enemy,” Sally Poker Sash was proud that she was finally graduating and just wanted to show that off to all the “upstarts”. In the two readings the pupils are contrasting in a few different areas, and a couple of those areas are in pride and feelings that their families have being involved in the graduation.
Since I grew up in the Catholic faith, I understand that not everyone has the same religious beliefs that my religion teaches. The way a person is raised, has an impact on their religious beliefs. Your belief system is the actual set of precepts from which you live your daily life, those that govern your thoughts, words, and actions (Woods, 2006). Since, I had religion classes through out my school years I have been taught to accept other people's religious beliefs. Even my parents have taught me to look at a person's culture and beliefs to gain a better understanding of their point of view. With the understanding of others religious beliefs and cultures it has allowed me to deal with others in a fair and equal manner. Even though I have had some difficult time with others I remember how I was raised and it has helped me through those difficult times.
It is important as a daughter of God to respect others and their religions and to love and tolerate them no matter what. While there will always be intolerance and opposition between religions, we, as Christians, can help change that by being good examples of Christ. By portraying Christ-like attributes and by obeying God when he said to love one another, we are showing our love for Christ and for those around us. It is said that by small and simple means are great things brought to pass. We may only be a minority in this massive world, but sometimes the smallest and simplest things can bring about the greatest change.