Post 2 (9/30)

Today we ended by splitting up into small groups of four to discuss our church backgrounds based on a few categories: nature of the church, liturgy & sacraments, community & service, mission & witness, and organization & leadership. I grew up in a PC(USA) church, then worked at a United Methodist church for the past two years. I certainly noticed some differences between them, but have never really considered in a in-depth way why each of those churches are run the way they are. I only thought, at a basic level, of the contrasts. Hopefully in this class I will learn more about why things are done as they are in the church traditions I have been part of.