religion 101 site visit
Ocean View
The religious site that I visited is a Christian church called Ocean View, which is located in the Imperial Beach area. I decided to go to this church because one of my closest friends is part of it and she invited me a couple times before but I never went. This time I accepted her invitation to go and it was perfect for my assignment and at the same time to learn something from a different religious service. When we arrived to the place a lady was standing at the door welcoming people and passing out the bulletins for the service. This church was completely different than the church I go to. It was a normal building without any religious images, priest and nuns around. Everybody there was wearing regular clothing so I wasn’t able to tell who was the priest was, or pastor as they call the main person there. My friend introduced me to some of the people that were sitting next to us while we were waiting for the service to start. A man came up to me and introduce him self and welcomed me. He looked surprised to see somebody new in the church so he asked who I was. I introduced my self too and explained to him the reason I was there. Little did I know, he was the pastor of the church, Hugo Campos. He was glad and happy that I chose that church for my assignment and told me that I was welcome to go anytime I like.
The service started with a performance of the band that is formed by the youth group of the church followed by a prayer. The service was offered in Spanish and since in Latin America they celebrate the Children’s day in late April, they were dedicating the service to them and they were having a celebration with food, games and music at the end of it. All of the kids were sitting in front and close to the lady that was giving the speech about Hudson Taylor. Hudson Taylor was a British protestant Christian missionary and founder of the China Inland mission. He wanted to help people in china and wanted the Christian faith taken to the
The religious site that I visited is a Christian church called Ocean View, which is located in the Imperial Beach area. I decided to go to this church because one of my closest friends is part of it and she invited me a couple times before but I never went. This time I accepted her invitation to go and it was perfect for my assignment and at the same time to learn something from a different religious service. When we arrived to the place a lady was standing at the door welcoming people and passing out the bulletins for the service. This church was completely different than the church I go to. It was a normal building without any religious images, priest and nuns around. Everybody there was wearing regular clothing so I wasn’t able to tell who was the priest was, or pastor as they call the main person there. My friend introduced me to some of the people that were sitting next to us while we were waiting for the service to start. A man came up to me and introduce him self and welcomed me. He looked surprised to see somebody new in the church so he asked who I was. I introduced my self too and explained to him the reason I was there. Little did I know, he was the pastor of the church, Hugo Campos. He was glad and happy that I chose that church for my assignment and told me that I was welcome to go anytime I like.
The service started with a performance of the band that is formed by the youth group of the church followed by a prayer. The service was offered in Spanish and since in Latin America they celebrate the Children’s day in late April, they were dedicating the service to them and they were having a celebration with food, games and music at the end of it. All of the kids were sitting in front and close to the lady that was giving the speech about Hudson Taylor. Hudson Taylor was a British protestant Christian missionary and founder of the China Inland mission. He wanted to help people in china and wanted the Christian faith taken to the