When I was 20 years old, I decided to attend church services for the first time. King Street Church was the first church I went to and it is in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. There were three different types of worship services for different groups of people. One service was very traditional and most older people attended that one. I chose the 9:45 worship service because it was open to all age groups and the younger people attended. The sermon began with rock and roll type music, the ushers would collect money, the pastor talked about a story in the bible, and we closed with a prayer. There was a college-age group that met from 11:00 to 12:00 after the 9:45 worship service. I decided to give the group a try because I wanted to make some friends there. I was not sure what to expect or if they would accept me into their group. I did not have any experience reading the bible because the way it was written made it too hard for me to understand. I found out that the college group played games, got into small groups to discuss the weekly sermon or …show more content…
Sometimes we took prayer requests for someone who was diagnosed with cancer. The college group was a good experience because it was a big church that was very accepting and friendly and I met a lot of students there. I had to stop attending the church services and meetings when I got my retail job. My schedule was always changing and that made it hard for me to go. I also had a problem with some of their beliefs about LGBT people. I could not lie and pretend I believed the same thing. I would like to go back there sometime or to another church, but it would help me understand more if I get some background information about their beliefs and how they talk about them. When I first decided to go to church, I had no idea what to expect so it was hard to prepare. Now that I have an idea how things work and what they talk about, I know how to prepare and what I need to