United Methodists

I've been attending the United Methodist Church in Ely. This past Sunday, the pastor decided to do a healing service where anyone that needed healing of any kind could come to the front of the church and have the pastor lay hands on them and pray for them. I've been through this myself more than once and it has always been an extremely personal, emotional and spiritual experience. However, in the United Methodist Church they do not pray from their hearts and the whole thing seemed a little weird. I did not participate in this service, and I am not trying to tell you how the ones who did felt. The pastor prayed the same prayer, which she read from a sheet of paper, for every person. I know that this is just how the Methodists do things since all of our prayers throughout any service are printed in the bulletin, but it's not something that I think that I will ever get used to. To me, Christianity is about having a personal relationship with God. He doesn't expect everything to be scripted and allows you to share your whole heart. The Methodists, take the personal out of your relationship with God.
I am certainly glad that I have a church to go to in Ely and that my kids are going to Sunday school. I just don't understand the ways of the Methodists.