Last Saturday I went to The Black American Church of Seventh Day Adventist to observe the costumes of the people in that church- the way the families come to worship God; sit and eat together after the service of the Church. In the ethnography assemble I interviewed three families of the church on their faith, and their family expectations when it comes to reverence to God.
The church is in River Street Hyde Park MA 02136. It is a fairly big church with the capacity to take at least over 500 hundred people, it has a big yard, and everybody can recognize it to its architecture and the sign that Says Seven day Adventist along with the name of the pastor and the hour they open. Inside of the church there are three bench rows with over 180 hundred people each. On the podium there are seven main chairs behind the pulpit and several other chairs for the choir of the church.AS planed I managed to come early enough to observe everything, even the time of the members’ arrival. The church’s service started at 9:30, as written on the sign in front of the church. I was there one hour before the scheduled time. When I arrived the church wasn’t yet open, But 10 minutes later someone came and opened all doors of the church which allowed me to notice and describe all the details written above.
The most important thing for me was to identify family groups as they gathered in front of the church. To do so I first observed the people coming out of the cars; my curiosity allowed me to ask people who came in the same car if they are a family. They were very nice in giving me an answer about my question. Most of them, over 80 percent gave me a positive answer and even presented to me the members of the family: kids, husband and wife. The truck that I used to do that .I stayed between the entrance door and the parking lot, I did back and forth with all people that I have a feeling they are a family. I questioned them while walking and looking how they sit. Almost , all the family sat together ,some people who wasn’t sit together with their family has something to do to the podium or talk to another people but before the end of the service I saw them seat in the same place. All people were very nice. They wore clothes clean...............i m not finish yet......
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