Baptists Church Service
The first thing I noticed was the unusual interior. The
walls were decorated with sheer fabric swags of pink, green and gold. It made
me think of a circus or a Bedouin tent. There was a set of drums in front as
well as a few rows of chairs. The choir took some of them, the minister had
one, the woman who told us what would be next had one, the guy in charge of
taped music had one. I’m not sure why the other people were up there.
All of the music was recorded and played at top volume. We
all sang along and several people had tambourines. The only time the drums were used was during
one song when the pastor banged on them
a few times. She also had some shiny pompoms that she shook and waved
around for one song.
We were never sure when we were supposed to stand up and sit
down. I decided that it didn’t matter as some people stood sometimes and others
at other times. We just picked one man and did what he did.
After the sermon, the minister asked everyone that was going
to be selling something at the festival to come forward to be anointed with
oil. She asked that the food that they would be preparing would not make any
one sick or fat. We were also anointed and she asked for our safe travels. It
was quite an experience.
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