My Live Interaction

For my live interaction, I visited The Basement that meets at The Church Of the Highlands. I compared it to the service at First Baptist Church of Trussville. These two services were completely opposite from one another. The Basement was more geared to younger kids who love rap and R&B. When you walk through the doors, you see strobe lights and hear loud music. The worship was up beat and everyone jumps around. Lets just say, an older person may not like this place of worship. On the other hand, First Baptist was more calm.The lights were up and the music was much softer. There was also a more diverse groups of ages. It seemed like a much more family church, like a typical Sunday morning church. The preaching was also different. Matt Pitt screams and gets excited about the things he talks about. He preaches about things that dont usually get put into the normal church service, like sex, drug, etc. The pastor at First Baptist was calmer and did not raise he voice at all. That day he preached about how to get closer to God. I've gone to church my whole life. This sermon is always being preached. I call it the safe sermon.
I learned that there are many different types of churches, worship, and preaching just in our town. I wish I would of gotten a chance to go to a much wider range of churches, but I got a good look into the difference in some worship. The Basement is a much modern type of worship, and First Baptist is not as modern as The Basement. Everyone also likes there own types, but some people like many types. I do have to say the both churches somewhat complimented each other. The Basement, although it is like a teen night club, also played slow worship music at the very end. First Baptist did the same thing. They played an upbeat song or two, but not as upbeat as The Basement. I saw some of the same people at The Basement that I did at First Baptist. This just shows that it can be good to have different types of worship. It can refresh you. Who needs screaming music all the time? If the only music you listened to was slow and quite, where would the excitment come from? It was interesting comparing the two services, but I wish I would of had a better chance of going to a completely different church to get a better comparison.