I've never seen service as separate from my spiritual practice or my spiritual teaching.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I see everything I do as an extension of the ministry. It's all about service.
I always felt God had called me to serve within the church because of what the church stands for. This has always been home.
I think service is honorable, and that was always inculcated in me.
I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.
There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you just follow someone that's preaching. There's lots of different emotions and moods that a service requires.
My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.
A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.
I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.