Go to St Paul's Church

I went to the Nanjing St Paul's Church on 29th March, 2009. The church is at 396 Taiping Road, Nanjing. I went there with my friends Sima, Kathleen, Nelly, Charles and Doria. The service began at 10:30a.m. I arrived there very late at about 11:00a.m because of my class that morning. The traffic was also very busy at that time and the taxi driver did not know the route to the Nanjing St Paul's Church.


We chose Christianity because it is the biggest religion in the world and my friends recommended me to go there. They said Nanjing St Paul's Church is near our school and famous. It had sixteen sections. There were prelude, call to worship, hymn, responsive reading, scripture, the Apostles ‘ Creed, Gloria patri, the collect, anthem, sermon, hymn, the Lord's prayer, doxology, benediction, hymn and postlude.


I had no feeling about it because I am not a Christian and I did not know anything about it except Jesus. I did not understand what we did in the church. I had no idea about John, Glory and many other things. When I there, I just looked at other people and saw what they were doing. Then I did the same things. I did not really know what I did and why should I do these, so it was indifferent for me.


Some people say faiths are important for us; it can make us more confident and positive. Some people think people will have indebted hearts and become kind if they have religions, but I think it is not very important for me. I do not think religions can help me so much. I suppose it is necessary for us to believe ourselves, but through this process, I became know more western culture and understood their religious activities.