I have to teach a class next month about Reverence and I would like to know some of the differences between having a chapel and renting a building for worship services. I am refering to dedication, sacredness of the building and so on. Any help on this?
I think the sacredness of the meeting place has more to do with the hearts of those who attend than it does with where the meeting is held. I grew up in a small town and we held meetings in a rented building. I remember being told that reverence was just as important for us in our building as it was for those who met in a beautiful chapel.
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When one recognizes the house in which he is meeting as the dwelling place of the Lord, whom he loves with all his heart, then it is not difficult for him to have reverence for it. Marion G. Romney, "Reverence," Ensign, Sept. 1982, 3 |