This was one of our advisers of the EPA programmers church and we were excited to see how the service was conducted. Because we had heard that it was unlike the other churches that we had been to thus far. This is from the pamphlet we received when we got there "We sing from the Psalms of David. The blue psalm book contains both the modern Sing Psalms and the older Scottish Metrical Version. We stand to sing all of the psalms and we also stand for the first prayer and the benediction, but sit for the second prayer. Offerings may be placed in the collection plate situated in the hall on the way to service." This church service was interesting and new. There was no piano, organ, or musical instruments of any kind. Just a music director that would start the songs off and then the congregation would take over the song. Prayers were long and "by the end you forgot what you started praying for and just started praying again" which was not an ideal thing to do. I liked the service and how the scripture that was chosen for the sermon was delved into. How each word was picked apart and explained in hand so that we could better understand what the Bible was saying. However, I had not slept all night and was very very tired, so the long prayers and the in-depth sermon did not help my tired eyes stay open. Hopefully, I can go back and experience it again after a good night's sleep, because after the sermon all the people we meet while having coffee (to keep us awake on our walk home) were very nice. Some were even from America and wanted to hang out and see how things were going for us in Edinburgh. I liked this church experience and hope to attend again before my time is up here.
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