LITURGY

 

 

 

 

 

LITURGY

 

 

 

 

LITURGY

 

 

Why do we worship the way we do?

 

 

If you've never been to a Presbyterian or Reformed church before, some of what we do in worship may seem foreign. That's ok. We're here to help! Our church services follow what we call a liturgy. This means that we have a form and flow to our services that includes prayers, praises, and readings from Scripture. Although it may seem different at first, we believe that worshipping this way is a powerful way of engaging with God, and we look forward to sharing that with you. 

 

Why Do We Worship The Way We Do?

 

If you've never been to a Presbyterian or Reformed church before, some of what we do in worship may seem foreign. That's ok. We're here to help! Our church services follow what we call a liturgy. This means that we have a form and flow to our services that includes prayers, praises, and readings from Scripture. Although it may seem different at first, we believe that worshipping this way is a powerful way of engaging with God, and we look forward to sharing that with you. 

Why do we worship the way we do?

 

 

If you've never been to a Presbyterian or Reformed church before, some of what we do in worship may seem foreign. That's ok. We're here to help! Our church services follow what we call a liturgy. This means that we have a form and flow to our services that includes prayers, praises, and readings from Scripture. Although it may seem different at first, we believe that worshipping this way is a powerful way of engaging with God, and we look forward to sharing that with you. 

 

Our Worship Principles

We worship the way that we do because of two foundational beliefs:

 

  1. 1) God tells us how we should worship Him in His Word
  2. 2) Worship is a holy dialogue between God and His people 
  3.  

Because of this, our services are faithful to the Scriptures, filled with the Scriptures, and designed to create times of corporate response to God's Word so that we can have a conversation with our Father in heaven. 

 

Our Worship Principles

We worship the way that we do because of two foundational beliefs:

 

  1. 1) God tells us how we should worship Him in His Word
  2. 2) Worship is a holy dialogue between God and His people 
  3.  

Because of this, our services are faithful to the Scriptures, filled with the Scriptures, and designed to create times of corporate response to God's Word so that we can have a conversation with our Father in heaven. 

 

Our Weekly Liturgy

Our Weekly Liturgy

The flow of our service each week will look simmilar to the following.

Call To Worship
Prayer Of Invocation
Songs Of Praise
Call To Confession
Confession Of Sin
Assurance Of Forgiveness
Affirmation Of Faith
Songs Of Renewal
Offering
Congregational Prayer
Preaching Of God's Word
Holy Communion
Benediction

All in all, our liturgy tells a story. It's a story about a God who gathers us to Himself, cleanses us and forgives us, feeds us and instructs us, and then sends us out to be participants in the work that He is doing in our world. We would love nothing more than for you to be a part of that story with us. 

Sacraments

Christ has given to the church two sacraments:  baptism (Matthew 28:16-20) and the Lord's Supper (Matthew 26:26-29). Together with the Word and prayer, these sacraments make up the means of grace that the Holy Spirit uses to bring us to Christ and make us more like Him. 

 

We believe the Bible teaches that sacraments are signs and seals. They are signs painting a picture of a spiritual truth and seals confirming that God has applied that spiritual truth to us when we put our faith in Him. 

 

Baptism is a washing with water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that signfies and seals that we are united to Christ by faith, that we belong to His covenant people, and that we receive all the benefits that He has provided for us in Jesus. 

 

The Lord's Supper is a partaking of bread and wine (juice) that signifies Christ's substitutionary death on the cross for our sins and seals our communion with Him in His presence by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

 

Sacraments

Christ has given to the church two sacraments:  baptism (Matthew 28:16-20) and the Lord's Supper (Matthew 26:26-29). Together with the Word and prayer, these sacraments make up the means of grace that the Holy Spirit uses to bring us to Christ and make us more like Him. 

 

We believe the Bible teaches that sacraments are signs and seals. They are signs painting a picture of a spiritual truth and seals confirming that God has applied that spiritual truth to us when we put our faith in Him. 

 

Baptism is a washing with water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that signfies and seals that we are united to Christ by faith, that we belong to His covenant people, and that we receive all the benefits that He has provided for us in Jesus. 

 

The Lord's Supper is a partaking of bread and wine (juice) that signifies Christ's substitutionary death on the cross for our sins and seals our communion with Him in His presence by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

 

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