A Sense Of Community By Ritual

Part I of Essay
s "In Christ, we who are many form one body and each member belongs to all the others"(Romans 12.5). From that definition, human's innate need to bond together is apparent, providing the basis of a community. In the religious sense, a community can be described as the int ....

Part II of Essay
.... it's rituals. In order to define the community within Spring Hills, one must examine the rituals and service and how they relate to the larger works of the church. Spring Hills has very unique aspects of architecture and technology that make it quite comfortable. The church is merely a few years old, so the structure is profoundly modern and geometric. The focal lines are rigid with no sense of curves. The congregation convenes on covered chairs instead of pews, and the white walls intensify the brightness and enormity from the alrea ....