Being Sunday, today I went to church with Patrick and his family. The service was early, starting at 8:30, although that is not at all unusual here. Patrick and his family are Pentacostal, so it was a very different service from the Anglican ones on Zanzibar, and it was also actually in English. (They have a Kiswahili service later) Yay! It was only my second English service since leaving the UK. In some ways it was more similar to StAG back in the UK, but I would place StAG roughly between the Cathedral and Patrick’s church. Although the sermon was more similar (with the exception of regular amens from the congregation), the worship style was a little different, was about 40 minutes of just worship to begin the service, although the use of guitar, keyboard, drums
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