The document provides information about churches as places of worship for Christians. It defines a church as both the physical building where people worship as well as the community of Christians. It describes some of the key roles of Christian leaders like priests and ministers, and notes that the Pope is the leader of the Catholic Church. The document outlines the main roles of leaders which include praying, celebrating mass, teaching, and helping the community. It also lists and describes some of the main parts of a Roman Catholic church like the altar, font, pulpit, and nave. Diagrams are included to illustrate these parts.

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THE CHURCH: PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR CHRISTIANS
1. What is a church?
• It's the place for public worship. The building where people worship.
• It's the community of Christians. People who go to church
2. Glossary
– service: religious ceremony in a church
– worship: saying prayers, singing in a church, listening to the Bible...
– pew: bench in church
3. Christian leaders in a church. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
• priests, ministers, vicars...
• The Pope is the leader of the Catholic Church in the world. He is called: the bishop of Rome, the vicar of
Christ, St Peter's successor, chief of the Church, Holy Father, His Holiness, Pontiff.
4. Leader's main roles.
• praying for the community
• celebrating the Holy Communion / Eucharist / Mass
• teaching and preaching (give a talk - a sermon on a religious subject)
• taking marriages, baptisms and funerals
• giving advice to the community
• helping people in need
• visiting the sick in the community (at home, in hospital)
5. Parts of a Roman Catholic church.
- the altar (a table where the priest offers bread and wine). It's the focal point in the church. It's used
for Holy Communion. There are candles on it. The candles mean Christ is the Light of the world.
- the font (a place for holy water. It's used to baptize children)
- the pulpit (a platform from which a priest preaches a sermon-talks to the congregation)
- the lectern (a reading desk from which the Bible is read in church)-podium
- the nave (the main central part of a church where the congregation sit in pews)
- the radiating chapels (places with statues of saints, on both sides, to pray in silence),
- side aisles (lateral walkways in a church) and transept (cross-aisle of a church)

2. 6. Pictures about the parts of the church.
pulpit lectern font nave
altar radiating chapel transept
7. Plan of a Christian church.
María Quintas