Weekly Worship

I found it interesting that the Hull House sets one day aside and “give it up to music, dancing, conversation, games and reading aloud.” This struck me as coming from a religious background because most religions including Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim have one specific day a week to worship. During weekly worship many religions include such things as music, conversation, and reading aloud. The only differences between the weekly gatherings is the games and dancing which are used by the Hull House as a means of getting people to come to these events. The reason church’s don’t encompass theses acts is because they already have loyalty.

Reading aloud is the most important thing that connects the religious services to the Saturday’s at Hull House. Reading aloud on a Saturday night struck me as surprising because the other aspects of the night seem to be more for the sake of social entertainment. The reading aloud seems to be more of a teaching method within the community gathering just like readings in religion are used.

Other aspects of the Hull night are also seen in religion such as music and conversation. Almost all religions have a music component to their weekly services and some, as Oliver mentioned in class, are concentrated mostly on music. Conversation is also intertwined into services because before and after gatherings members have conversations among themselves. The conversations are not limited to religion but just as the members of the Hull community they talk about any similarities that they may share. Any group of people needs to gather on a regular basis overtime to build community and to get things accomplished.