Church

GoodMorning,

Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend church service while in South Carolina. More importantly we attended service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, if you remember then that was the same church in which nine people were killed in during 2015. They never once mentioned the situation however you can tell that it still effects them. For example, if you had a large book bag then they wanted to search it. Furthermore, it was a police officer in the very back of the service just standing in the corner.

Despite the horrible event it was still very encouraging to still see members attend service. I feel that it was a testament of their dedication to the church and to god. Personally I feel that if I went through something so horrible that I would be scared to revisit.

On a more positive note, service was amazing. I feel that it was an ideal “African American” Christian service. They did a lot of praise through music which is a large part of our culture. Furthermore, compared to churches that I have visited in Chicago I feel that this church was more connected. It was not just the pastor preaching but he had others involved doing various things throughout service such as a young lady reading a prayer and the young men lighting and extinguishing the candles at the beginning and end of service. Overall it was a great experience.