community worship
Shared religious practice
Community worship is religious devotion practiced collectively rather than privately, typically in a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other gathering place.
The term emphasizes the shared, congregational nature of the experience—singing together, praying together, hearing scripture together—as distinct from individual prayer or meditation.
Community worship strengthens our sense of belonging to something larger than ourselves.
Some traditions consider communal participation essential to proper observance, while others treat it as supplemental to private devotion.
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- prayerAddress to deity
- prayer circleGroup gathered for collective worship
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacred ritualCeremonial act with religious significance
cathedral · mosque · fellowship · religious gathering · Sunday service · faith · synagogue · interfaith dialogue · chanting · praise songs · devotion · congregation · sacred grove · temple · offerings · spirituality · communal prayer · call to prayer
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
- tribal beliefsanimism, shamans, ancestral spirits, nature spirits, totemism
- Friday prayerFriday prayer, Friday sermon, communal prayer, noon prayer, imam
community worshipprivate devotion
Personal religious observance
personal devotion · private prayer · hermitage · silent retreat
community worshipsocial gathering
Convivial group meeting
town hall · community recreation · social club · town hall meeting · public entertainment