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| Alabama Quarsarty Baptist Church | E.
of Wetumka, OK. December, 2002
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Before
it is time for the services to start, the head deacon appoints one of
the other deacons to blow the conch shell, a call to worship. It is used
for two calls, and at each call it is blown four times. The first call
is for everyone to prepare for the service, the second call is for the
starting of the service. When it is blown the members stop whatever they
are doing and bow their heads in prayer. A few churches still use a conch
shell, most will use a cow horn.
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