The Feasibility of Protestant Service Everyday

[JoeyWarren]

Most daily Masses I’ve attended (and I’ve attended a lot) don’t have music, so your statement is inaccurate. You’re comparing apples and oranges.

As I said, Anglicans do often have daily services, particularly in large churches or cathedrals.

Edwin

Too broad of a question?

 

[JoeyWarren]

With the exception of the Offeratory Hymn, the Music at Mass is an accompanying Adornment to the Service.

Correct?

 

[JoeyWarren]

Originally Posted by Contarini
Most daily Masses I’ve attended (and I’ve attended a lot) don’t have music, so your statement is inaccurate. You’re comparing apples and oranges.

As I said, Anglicans do often have daily services, particularly in large churches or cathedrals.

Edwin

Aren’t you just being a tad bit to nit picky?

Apply the question to Protestant Churches in General, OK?

 

[Jokerz]

Interesting question, I know some Catholics here, their Church does not offer a daily Mass. Priest shortage is what they call it. As far as the church that I attend (Episcopalian) We have Sunday worship as well as a wednesday communion service. All members of our church have the combination to the lock on the main door, so we can come and go if you will day and night. Hope this helps.

Jokerz

 

[twiggymoo]

As a Protestant, I would not go to a daily Protestant service - it’s hard enough sitting through the Sunday service.
But I would attend daily Mass.

 

[mikeanayaus]

I guess it really depends on the denomination. When I was going to a Protestant church, we went to church on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, the only real difference between them being Sunday school. The rest of the week was for other kinds of religious meetings (prayer, bible study, and “choir” practice). So everyday of the week was “church” but not always in a church. If you didn’t go to each of those you were considered a “bad Christian”.

 

[Blue_Serenity]

Bible study is the only thing that our church could do during the week. We’re currently pushing for that to happen on Wednesday nights.

 

[mozart-250]

Well at my church there is a “service” everyday…well maybe not on Saturday. Admittedly I do not avail myself of it.

We have daily noon-time prayer meetings of about 1/2 hour or so.

In addition there are numerous small group, I am sure that given a day M-F, one of them can be found.

All we would need is a small group that meets on Saturday and bingo…you we would have our service every day.

 

[O.S.Luke]

Aren’t you just being a tad bit to nit picky?

Apply the question to Protestant Churches in General, OK?

What is the purpose of this thread? “Feasibility”? Whoever heard of such a thing where the worship of God is concerned?

Daily masses in Catholic churches in my area are virtually unheard of, because there are very few Catholic churches and even fewer priests. So I think to speak “in general” where Catholic or Protestant Churches isn’t very helpful.

Many Protestants observe the Daily Office in both churches and in their homes; services of Morning and Evening Prayer often accompany bible studies, staff meetings, and the like, and mid-Week Eucharists are not unheard of either, especially in Methodist/Anglican traditions.

A lot of cheap jabs and a strawman has been erected. What’s the purpose of this thread on a Catholic BBS?

Just curious.

 

[O.S.Luke]

Is it feasible for a Protestant Church to a have service everyday like most Catholic Churches do?

I say no based on the current mindset of many Protestants.

1. A sermon to prepare for everyday? This would be hard for those non-denominationals where the Pastor’s full time job is not his church but his job that provides his income. Even a Full time Pastor would be hard pressed to prepare a Sermon for everyday.

Where does it say that a “sermon” is necessary for worship services? Morning/evening prayers, compline, vespers, etc., are specifically NOT times for sermons or homilies.

1. Organist and/or Pianist would have to attend every Service. You know ya gotta have that happy-clappy atmosphere.

That was just plain bigoted and uncalled for. I’ve been a Protestant all of my life and never once been at, or ever heard anyone call, any service I ever attended as “happy clappy.” Nor have I ever heard clapping during a worship service.

1. Would the Pastor be wiling to pass the offering plate around at every service.

Anytime an offering is included in the liturgy, most certainly. But it’s not just a liturgical action to ask for money - we are also called to offer our talents, abilities, and gifts. If there is a Eucharist, the bread and wine are brought forward. What’s the point of this question?

1. What is a Protestant Service without a Sermon and Music?

A worship service. Again… what’s the point of all this?!?

Sounds awfully bigoted to me. Sorry.

 

[lak611]

Where does it say that a “sermon” is necessary for worship services? Morning/evening prayers, compline, vespers, etc., are specifically NOT times for sermons or homilies.

We don’t have sermons/homilies during daily Mass either.

Anytime an offering is included in the liturgy, most certainly. But it’s not just a liturgical action to ask for money - we are also called to offer our talents, abilities, and gifts. If there is a Eucharist, the bread and wine are brought forward. What’s the point of this question?

We don’t have a monetary collection at daily Mass either.

A worship service. Again… what’s the point of all this?!?

Sounds awfully bigoted to me. Sorry.

I agree.

 

[Curious]

I can’t speak for the rest of the world, but in my neck of the woods, a lot of (us) Protestants are roughly divided into two groups.

1. Those that go to church every single time the door opens be it Sunday Service, Youth Group, Single’s Choir, Men’s Koolaid and Fellowship Club, and anything else that comes around, and pretty much believes it a sin not to go every time. These folks, I believe, would make every effort to come to a daily service.
2. Those who are of the “I don’t think it’s necessary to go to church all the time I can praise God at home” group. I would doubt they would go every day.

 

[Zirconia]

Is it feasible for a Protestant Church to a have service everyday like most Catholic Churches do?

I say no based on the current mindset of many Protestants.

1. A sermon to prepare for everyday? This would be hard for those non-denominationals where the Pastor’s full time job is not his church but his job that provides his income. Even a Full time Pastor would be hard pressed to prepare a Sermon for everyday.
2. Organist and/or Pianist would have to attend every Service. You know ya gotta have that happy-clappy atmosphere.
3. Would the Pastor be wiling to pass the offering plate around at every service.
4. What is a Protestant Service without a Sermon and Music?

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All right, one by one:

1. A sermon every day? This sounds like overkill to me, and not necessary. Especially if your pastor has the tendency to keep on talking and talking. I don’t see why this should have to be required.
2. Well then, the members of the Church of Christ should have it really easy (forbid all musical instruments)
3. Why? This makes it sound like a money-making ploy.
4. I am not sure who decreed that all Protestant services must have these things…

I say that for daily services, a church could have a Psalm or two, quiet prayer and meditation, and offer Communion. I would certainly go to such a service as often as I could. Now if I could only find one…

Zirconia

 

[a_cermak]

Aren’t you just being a tad bit to nit picky?

Apply the question to Protestant Churches in General, OK?

I think the problem is you made your category too large (Protestant). Many people on these boards when they think of Protestantism think of non-denom, Pentecostal, and Baptist Churches. But many of us who are Protestants cleave to Churches that are just as liturgical as yours.

My Episcopal Church offers a Morning prayer and evening prayer service M-F with a Mass on Wednesday nights. I don’t go because it doesn’t work for my work schedule, but I do listen to a podcast of morning prayers most days.

 

[Eddy]

I’m a little concerned about some assumptions that some seem to make. Such as ‘You know ya gotta have that happy-clappy atmosphere’. No, actually. Have you ever been to evening Compline? Or listened to the singing of Metrical Psalms? They’re not ‘happy clappy’ - music is an aid to helping people connect with the longing for God deep within themselves, and to express joy and worship to God.

Or ‘there is no substance to a Protestant service’. Remember, the Jewish worship that Jesus would have attended would largely have been psalms and preaching - I’m assuming he found them worth attending?

A local Presbyterian church does daily services. It consists of reading a psalm, period of quiet, Intercessional prayer (often for the people there, or requests that have come in by e-mail, and then for whatever’s in the headlines that day), the singing of one song (usually unaccompanied), and then a reading from the gospel. It’s about 20 minutes in all. There are about 10-15 people at it, but that, as a % of the total congregation is actually much higher than the % of the total congregation who attend the local Catholic church.

And I know several Methodist and Anglican churches who have daily prayers (I think Anglican Cathedrals have daily Eucharist?). I’ve also heard some schools have groups of Christian students who gather daily to use www.pray-as-you-go.org - not a service, but a daily gathering.

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[Mary3]

For those who might, such as Anglicans or other liturgical non-Catholics, there is no reason why a service couldn’t be done daily. In the Anglican tradition, it could be the Eucharist, Morning Prayer or Evenprayer.

I know of an Episcopalian church in our area that celebrates Lauds and Vespers 6 days per week.

 

[Mary3]

Men’s Koolaid

What is that?

 

[Curious]

Mary3,

Sillyness/sarcasm

 

[Harland]

I vote no way.

It could never happen. It would take to much time to come up with a half hour sermon every day of the week, the same with a daily bible study. It would take to much time.

I’m sorry if this has been covered. I confess I read every post.

 

[O.S.Luke]

I vote no way.

It could never happen. It would take to much time to come up with a half hour sermon every day of the week, the same with a daily bible study. It would take to much time.

I’m sorry if this has been covered. I confess I read every post.

???

It already DOES happen. And you read every post? And daily bible studies already exist in many churches, Protestant and Catholic alike, I suspect.