In the protestant denominations of Christianity, a service of worship is a meeting whose primary purpose is the worship of God. The phrase is normally shortened to service. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... List of Christian denominations ordered by historical and doctrinal relationships. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament writings of his early followers. ... Worship usually refers to specific acts of religious praise, honour, or devotion, typically directed to a supernatural being such as a god or goddess. ... The term God (capitalized in English language as a proper noun) is often used to refer to a Supreme Being. ...

In most but not all protestant traditions, services are presided over by clergy wherever possible. However provision is in many cases made for them to be conducted by laypeople if clergy are not available. A tradition is a story or a custom that is memorized and passed down from generation to generation, originally without the need for a writing system. ... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ...

Services of worship typically include:

• Regular Sunday services. These are a part of most traditions. 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.
• Midweek services. Again, communion can be part of these, either on every occasion or on a regular basis.
• Marriages. These are normally separate services, rather than being incorporated into a regular service, but may be either.
• Funerals. These are always separate services.
• Baptisms. 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 of the confirmee, but more recently children whether confirmed or not are invited to communion in some denominations.
• Ordination of clergy.
• Closure of ministry of a clergyperson.
• Opening of new churches or church buildings.
• Dedication of new missionaries 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: Sunday is considered either the first or the seventh day of the week, between Saturday and Monday, and the second day of the weekend in some cultures. ... The Eucharist is either the celebration of the Christian sacrament commemorating Christ’s Last Supper, or the consecrated bread and wine of this sacrament. ... Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. ... Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals (termed spouses -- a male spouse is a husband and a female spouse, a wife) that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ... Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A funeral is a ceremony marking a persons death. ... Baptism is a water purification ritual practiced in certain religions such as Christianity, Mandaeanism, Sikhism, and some historic sects of Judaism. ... Confirmation can refer to: Confirmation (sacrament) Confirmation (epistemology) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the sacrament. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ...

• 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.