How long is your typical church service?

[JaneP 10]

Just curious... how long are your Sunday church services and how long are the sermons?

 

Our services are 1 1/2 hours long and the sermons are between 35 - 40 minutes.

[QueenCat 9,206]

60-75 minutes. Sermons are 15-20 minutes. Usually the longer services are on Communion Sundays (first Sunday of the month) or if someone decides to get baptized/have baby baptized, confirmed or become members. This is an United Methodist Church. Edited to add: Sunday School is separate from the service. It is held in between the two services. It is for all ages, including adults (well infants and toddlers are in the nursery, not in Sunday School).

Edited July 14, 2012 by CathieC

[Coffeemama 164]

Mass at my church (Catholic) is between 45-50 minutes. Homily is maybe 15 minutes, hard to know for sure, I've never timed it.

[Parrothead 6,958]

We generally get out after 65 minutes. Depending on the topic or if there are any extras (like the financial report) we could be longer. Father's homily is 10-15 minutes of power packed message.

 

Oh, I'm Catholic.

[carlychan 17]

We are usually actuall there for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, but that includes a Sunday School hour. Our sermons are usually 45 minutes. We are missionary baptist.

[Soror 24,513]

60-75 minutes here. I've never timed any particular part. Catholic. Special services, ie Christmas, Easter, etc can be up to 3 hrs.

[Chris in VA 17,805]

Service itself is usually from 9am til about 10:05. Can run later if there's a baptism or commissioning or something. We have Eucharist every Sunday. Sermons usually run 12-15 mins. They are not teaching sermons like, say, Calvary Chapel has (though we do learn something...:D).

 

We have Sunday School for everyone inbetween the services. It lasts about 50-55 minutes. That's where the teaching happens in my church.

[happyhomemaker 334]

 

Our services are 1 1/2 hours long and the sermons are between 35 - 40 minutes.

 

This is what our service is like. There is a 45 min Sunday school beforehand with a 15 min break in between. We are Presbyterian Church in America.

[Leanna Tomlinson 28]

Our services are 1 1/2 hours long. The sermons are 50-60 minutes long. We don't have Sunday School, and our sermons are expository and teaching oriented.

[Ellie 34,398]

Normally, an hour.

[jelbe5 1,150]

Lutheran (ELCA) here. Traditional service is 60-70 minutes with a 15-20 minute "lesson". Contemporary service is about 45 minutes with same lesson.

[prairiegirl 2,174]

Our service usually lasts 75 min. The message takes about half an hour. We visited a Pentecostal church a few weeks ago and the service was 2 hrs long but it seemed to go faster than our own service. :D

[Cinder 4,993]

Non-denominational church, 75-minute service, 45-minute teaching sermon.

[AngelaNYC 463]

Mass at my church (Catholic) is between 45-50 minutes. Homily is maybe 15 minutes, hard to know for sure, I've never timed it.

 

This.

[Pamela H in Texas 2,237]

Jehovah's Witness - Public Talk (like a sermon) is 30 minutes, then there is the study from the Watchtower publication. Both together, the prayers, plus a song at the beginning, between the two, and at the end come to 1 hour 45 minutes. It is that way every time.

[ktgrok 78,061]

Episcopal, about 1 hr and 15 minutes, sermon is about 15-20 minutes maybe? It is a fraction of the service. Personally I prefer a more tightly written 15 minute service, with an hour long service, but this works.

[Shannanlee 14]

Including sunday school are services are 2hrs and 15mins. Sermon around 30 mins. We are independent Baptist

[Delighted3 140]

Service is 65-75 minutes long and sermon is 35-45 minutes of it. We are reformed (URC).

Joy

[mamakimberly 11]

1 hr 15- 1 hr 30.

 

The sermons are 25-30 minutes I think.

[mommaduck 5,232]

Liturgy is about an hour and a half (?) The Homily (sermon) is about 15min at the most.

[momofkhm 933]

Anglican. 75-90 minutes. Sermons are about 20 minutes or so.

 

There is a 45 minute Sunday school before church during the school year that is age loosely segregated. (elementary, middle school, high school, adult)

[HappyCrazyMama 77]

Liturgy is about an hour and a half (?) The Homily (sermon) is about 15min at the most.

Same here.;)

[dangermom 427]

3 hours.

 

1:10 in the main meeting, which has communion and talks from members or leadership (we don't really have sermons, but 2-3 talks that vary in time).

 

50 minutes in Sunday School.

 

50 minutes in women's or men's groups.

 

Kids under 12 have a group meeting and classes divided by age in the last 2 hours.

 

We are LDS. :001_smile:

[PeacefulChaos 3,906]

1.5-2 hours.

Worship about an hour, preaching 30-45 minutes.

 

Oh, I didn't count Sunday School. That is an hour long, before the church service starts.

[********* 914]

We homechurch.

The official arrival time is 11am, but I don't think we usually start until 11:15ish.

 

We have our meeting, then lunch, then people stay as long as they want talking, playing volleyball, whatever.

 

So, including the meal, it's anywhere from 3 to 8 hours.

[PrairieSong 4,764]

We are Catholic and Mass lasts about an hour. Kids have a Sunday school hour between Masses and there is an adult study group then also.

[Susie in SWVA 97]

Just curious... how long are your Sunday church services and how long are the sermons?

 

Our services are 1 1/2 hours long and the sermons are between 35 - 40 minutes.

 

Ditto. We have weekly communion which takes some time.

 

Susie in SWVA

[Kathryn 7,129]

Episcopal Church

 

8-9am: Rite I service (15 minute sermon)

9:15-10:15am: Sunday school

10:30-11:45am: Rite II service (15 minute sermon)

12ish: "coffee hour"

12:30-?: Spanish service

 

The Eucharist is every Sunday at every service. Rite I vs. Rite II at our church is only different in that at Rite II, we sing (during worship, the Lord's Prayer, and hymns throughout) whereas the Rite I service has no singing. There is a bigger difference between the services at other churches.

[luvnlattes 99]

Our service is 1 hour 15 min long with a sermon that lasts about 30 minutes.

[NancyNellen 647]

Each service is 90 minutes with a 40-45 minute message. Sunday school is similar. We are non-denominational.

[Mrs.Gregg 37]

Typically 1hr and 15mins. About 20 mins is worship, 5 mins announcements, the rest sermon and then closing.

 

*Community Church. Non-denominational but with an association with the Church of God.

Edited July 14, 2012 by Mrs.Gregg

[forty-two 2,780]

Service is about 60 min (not counting announcements at the end, but that's technically after the service, not part of it); sermon is 15-20 min. The service can go a bit longer on communion Sundays (1st and 3rd of the month) or when there is a baptism (or when the pastor gets a bit long winded ;)). Sunday School/Bible class is entirely separate - we have services at 8am and 10.45am, with SS in between, at 9.15am. We're Lutheran, LCMS :).

[twoxcell 1,436]

Our services are typically 1 1/2 hrs long. 30 minutes of worship 10-15 minutes announcements/special music and 45-50 minutes of teaching. Occasionaly our pastor will go longer. We attend a Calvary Chapel.:001_smile:

[Whereneverever 1,491]

We have two morning services, each about an hour and fifteen minutes. Both are strictly Liturgical. The sermon is probably 20-30 minutes, depending on the texts and which pastor preaches. We have communion weekly at alternating services.

 

In between the two services we have fellowship time and then Sunday School and above Study. A few times a month we have a meal after the second service.

 

LCMS Lutheran.

[edithcrawley 62]

Services are supposed to be about an hour, but with the current pastor, they tend to run about 15 minutes over because his sermons are rather long. They run even longer when something extra is happening (like communion on 1st Sunday of the month or baptism etc) because he doesn't adjust his sermon length to allow for the extra items. His sermons are around 25-30 minutes.

 

United Methodist here.

[SKL 59,472]

About an hour total, give or take, depending on whether or not it's a Communion Sunday. The sermon is probably around 20-30 minutes though I've never timed it.

[Sparkle 354]

We have Matins first, but most people don't come to that. It goes for about and hour and 15 min. Then Divine Liturgy is approximately 1 1/2 hours. If there is a memorial afterward, add about another 10 minutes. Then we have Sunday School for the kids, which is short, about 10 minutes. We always have coffee hour too for everyone. Usually we're not out of there until about 1 pm. (This is an Orthodox church, BTW). At the Catholic church my dh attends, Mass is an hour more or less, homilies are usually about 15-20 minutes.

[milovany 7,325]

We have Matins first, but most people don't come to that. It goes for about and hour and 15 min. Then Divine Liturgy is approximately 1 1/2 hours.

 

Same, also Eastern Orthodox. Agape meal after so we're there from 8:45am until about 2pm. The homily, during Divine Liturgy, is about 10-15 minutes.

 

An interesting aside -- there can only be one Divine Liturgy a day in an Orthodox church, so no back-to-back services.

Edited July 14, 2012 by milovaný

[Cricket 1,048]

Service is about 1 hr 15 min. Sermon is expository and about 45 minutes. We're reformed baptist. We also have Sunday School before that which is 1 hr.

[nono 494]

Around here, Roman Catholic masses are pretty tightly timed to be about :55.. Episcopal masses go almost exactly 1:05. Since it's almost the exact same Mass, the difference is the singing goes longer in the Episcopal churches (hey, there's second verses to these hymns!) and the sermons are a couple minutes longer. Pretty even though. When I'm in a hurry, it's always the first mass of the day at an RC church. Gets me in and out in about :35. ;) (no singing, shorter homily at 6:30 a.m.)

[Denise in Florida 1,084]

One hour total. 15 minutes or so for sermon. Service can occasionally go over by a few minutes if there are important announcements, but there are three services on Sunday morning so staying on schedule is crucial.

[Lawana 2,217]

United Methodist here. Service is usually 65 minutes, sometimes 70, with about a 15 minute sermon. We start 5 minutes before the hour for announcements. The service is broadcast on the radio and they try hard to stay on a schedule. On communion Sundays other parts of the service are shortened to make it all fit.

[SunnyDays 2,288]

We attend an ELCA Lutheran church... service is 60-70 minutes, they usually aim for an hour. Sermon is 20-25 minutes of that. Kids' church is during the adult service.

[Amanda82 10]

Sunday School (classes for all ages, even adults) is from 10-10:45 and then the morning service is 11-12:30 usually, sometimes we get out by 12:15. The sermon is usually at least 45 minutes. We are Independent Baptist.

[jewellsmommy 3,738]

We are Southern Baptist. Sunday school is 1 hour. Then service is 1 hour and 15 min -ish. The actual sermon is around 30-ish minutes.

[Celia 94]

We're there from 9:15 until about 12:30. We have Sunday school (including classes for adults) from 9:15-10:20ish. Then a break until 11, and then announcements/singing/freewill offering until 11:15. Exhortation (sermon) until 12:15ish, and breaking of bread/wine/hymns until around 12:30, give or take 15 minutes here and there. We are Christadelphian.

Edited July 14, 2012 by Celia

[Dustybug 230]

We are Independent Baptist and our service (not Sunday School) generally last for 60-75 minutes

[violingirl 12]

Our services are about an hour and 20 minutes with 50-60 minute sermons. We also have sunday school classes during all the services that are the same length. We usually serve in the nursery or kids wing for first service, go to the middle service and then sunday school during the third service.

[TheApprentice 347]

Ours runs between 70-80 minutes. Part of the reason is that we go to the first service so there is a bit of a time crunch. 80 min. is running long. I have no idea how long the second service lasts.

[JaneP 10]

OP here :)

 

I have a few questions about "all age Sunday School" but I might start a new thread. Thanks for all the replies