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In the Protestant denominations of Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
, a service of worship is a meeting whose primary purpose is the worship
Worship

Worship usually refers to acts of religion devotion typically directed to one or more deity. It is the informal term in English for what sociology of religion call cult —traditional beliefs and practices, the individual study of which is one of the chief concerns of theology....
 of God
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
. The phrase is normally shortened to service. It is also commonly called a worship service. The term is also commonly used in Jewish
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
s.

ost but not all Protestant tradition
Tradition

The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem, acc. of traditio which means "handing over, passing on", and is used in a number of ways in the English language:...
s, services are presided over by clergy
Clergy

Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. The term comes from the Greek language ?????? - kleros, "a lot", "that which is assigned by lot" or metaphorically, "heritage"....
 wherever possible. However provision is in many cases made for them to be conducted by laymen if clergy are not available.

Services typically include:



Other acts of worship can be sometimes incorporated into services, and sometimes not.






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In the Protestant denominations of Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
, a service of worship is a meeting whose primary purpose is the worship
Worship

Worship usually refers to acts of religion devotion typically directed to one or more deity. It is the informal term in English for what sociology of religion call cult —traditional beliefs and practices, the individual study of which is one of the chief concerns of theology....
 of God
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
. The phrase is normally shortened to service. It is also commonly called a worship service. The term is also commonly used in Jewish
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
s.

Protestant Services

In most but not all Protestant tradition
Tradition

The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem, acc. of traditio which means "handing over, passing on", and is used in a number of ways in the English language:...
s, services are presided over by clergy
Clergy

Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. The term comes from the Greek language ?????? - kleros, "a lot", "that which is assigned by lot" or metaphorically, "heritage"....
 wherever possible. However provision is in many cases made for them to be conducted by laymen if clergy are not available.

Services typically include:

  • Regular Sunday services. These are a part of most traditions. Holy Communion may be celebrated at some or all of these; Often it is included either once a month or once a quarter. A few denominations have their main weekly services on Saturday rather than Sunday. Larger churches often tend to have several services each Sunday; often two or three in the morning and one or two in the late afternoon or evening.
  • Midweek services. Again, Holy Communion can be part of these, either on every occasion or on a regular basis.
  • Holiday services. Treated like a regular Sunday service, but made more specific for the day.
  • Marriage
    Marriage

    Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
    s. These are normally separate services, rather than being incorporated into a regular service, but may be either.
  • Funeral
    Funeral

    A funeral is a ceremony marking a person's death. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour....
    s. These are always separate services.
  • Baptism
    Baptism

    In Christianity, baptism is the ritual act, with the use of water, by which one is admitted as a full member of the Christian Church and, in the view of some, as a member of the particular Church in which the baptism is administered....
    s. These may be incorporated into a regular service, or separate.
  • Confirmation. This is normally incorporated into a regular Sunday service, which will also include communion. It was traditionally the first Communion
    First Communion

    The First Communion is a Roman Catholic Church ceremony. It is the colloquial name for a person's first reception of the sacrament of the Eucharist....
     of the confirmee, but more recently children whether confirmed or not are invited to communion in some denominations.
  • Ordination
    Ordination

    In general religious use, ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration, that is, set apart as clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies....
     of clergy.
  • Closure of ministry of a clergyman.
  • Opening of new churches or church buildings.
  • Dedication of new missionaries
    Missionary

    A 'missionary' is a member of a religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith; someone who Proselytism. The word "mission" is derived from the Latin missioninimus...
     or those about to be sent on new missions.


Other acts of worship can be sometimes incorporated into services, and sometimes not. Sometimes the line is hard to draw. These include:

  • Blessings for the openings of school and university terms and many other events.
  • Prayers for healing of particular persons, whether present or not, and for other specific issues.


Jewish services

Services in Jewish synagogues vary depending on the traditions of the synagogue.

See also

  • Church service
    Church service

    In Christianity, a church service is a term used to describe a formalized period of communal worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing seventh-day Sabbatarianism....
  • Divine Service
    Divine Service

    The Divine Service is the liturgy of the Lutheranism Church which is used during the celebration of the Eucharist. It has its roots in the medieval Latin mass as revised by Martin Luther in his Formula missae of 1523 and his Deutsche Messe of 1526....
  • Mass
    Mass (liturgy)

    The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church. The term is used also of similar celebrations in Old Catholic Churches, in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, and in some largely High Church Lutheranism Lutheranism regions, including the Scandinavian and Baltic states countries....
  • Agenda (liturgy)
    Agenda (liturgy)

    The name Agenda is given, particularly in the Lutheran Church, to the official books dealing with the forms andceremonies of Service of worship....
  • Worship services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    Worship services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    In Mormonism, worship services include weekly services, held on Sundays , in neighborhood based religious units. Twice each year the Church holds a worldwide General Conference....