Editing Church service (section)

===Types of church service===
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[[File:Interior of St. John's Church in Helsinki.jpg|thumb|During a Christmas service at [[St. John's Church, Helsinki|St. John's Church]] in [[Helsinki|Helsinki, Finland]]]]
Church services take many forms, and set liturgies may have different names. Services typically include:

*Regular Sunday services. These are a part of most traditions. [[Holy 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. Larger churches often tend to have several services each Sunday; often two or three in the morning and one or two in the late afternoon or evening, as well as on Saturdays. Some churches have begun to provide religious services conducted through internet technology, for the benefit of those who cannot attend for health or other reasons, or who may want to preview the church before attending in person.
*Midweek services. Again, Holy Communion can be part of these, either on every occasion or on a regular basis.
*Holiday services. Treated like a regular Sunday service, but made more specific for the day.
*[[Wedding]]s. These are normally separate services, rather than being incorporated into a regular service, but may be either.
*[[Funeral]]s. These are always separate services. 
*[[Baptism]]s. 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 are invited to communion in some denominations, whether confirmed or not.
*[[Ordination]] of clergy. New bishops, elders, priests and deacons are usually ordained or installed generally in a solemn but celebratory ceremony on Saturday or Sunday, generally open to the public, either by their own superior or by another approved senior minister with ordination powers. The service is held either at the area headquarters church or cathedral or at another church agreed upon by those to be ordained and the ordaining ministers. Ordination of bishops or elders may require consecration by more than one individual and have a more limited audience.   
*[[First Communion]]. Children may celebrate Communion for the first time.
*Opening of new churches or church buildings.
*Dedication of new [[missionary|missionaries]] or those about to be sent on new missions.