what's a church service?

Photographed in the St Petersburg museum.

"Christ's appearance to the people" - Alexander Ivanov, 1806-1858.

Church gatherings bother me. I mean, how well do they really reflect a gathering of people in the presence of God? I mean, really ... it seems so artificial.

So I started imagining a conversation where I would be planning a church service to give people opportunity to meet Jesus:

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Lets plan a service, he said
OK, she said. What type of service? Postal service, catering service, security service, what service are you thinking of?
Twit ... a church service
Oh ... that's rather boring. Can't we do a catering service?
I'm serious ... lets plan a church service ... come on, it'll be fun.
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Full conversation here, "A service stripped down": [link]