Sunday worship
(see Children in Worship) 10:00 a.m.
Special arrangements are offered
for young children during our full-length service.
Nursery care is provided for infants and toddlers.
There's a Children’s Message early in the service
with an option of “Children’s Church” after
for 4 year olds - 2nd or 3rd grade.
Special Services
Sunday PM
Throughout the year we occasionally hold special services on Sunday afternoons or evenings.
These may offer our praise and worship,
seek for healing and wholeness,
or look for comfort (as in our Blue Christmas service).Prayer Services
When we feel God calling us to pray, we set aside a time for prayer
to deepen our personal faith,
to seek God's guidance for our church,
or to pray for others.Holy Days
We gather together to celebrate Jesus' birth on Christmas Eve
to repent on Ash Wednday
to sit at the Lord's Table on Maundy Thursday
and to stand at the foot of the cross on Good Friday.
O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
Psalm 95:6
The spirit is joyful and informal. We energetically sing many different styles of music, including songs from other cultures. A projection system gives visual impact to our worship. We enjoy coming together and we love to worship God! The energy and vitality exhibited by children and youth is welcomed. We continually look for ways to be inclusive and joyfully extend Jesus’ welcome to all people.
We think of worship as a dialogue with God in which we sing, we pray, we praise, we listen, we learn, we stretch and we grow. We receive God’s word and blessings and offer in return our gifts, our hearts and our service. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming. There’s no place else we’d rather be!
Make
a joyful noise to God, all the earth;
sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise.
Psalm 66:1-2
We believe worship can and should be both
“friendly” for kids and meaningful to adults.
At the 10:00 service, infants and toddlers are welcome to stay
in the sanctuary.
If they are restless,
there are other choices available for them.
There are “busy boxes”
with activities for little hands.
In the children’s corner
(off to one side of the main worship area) they can have a bit of privacy
and room to walk around with a parent.
The 10:00 a.m. service offers a children’s
message and optional
children’s church for young
children.
Warm and friendly care is provided in the nursery
every week during the 10:00 service. When care is not available, parents
who wish to use the nursery will be able to listen to the service while watching
their children.
"Let
the little children come to me; do not stop them;
for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
Mark 10:14
Every Sunday during our worship both the people and the pastor lift up the needs and thanksgivings of people locally and throughout the world as we share joys and concerns in prayer.
A Prayer Corner in the back of the sanctuary offers a place for a private and confidential time of prayer alone or with a prayer partner. A group often gathers for a circle of prayer soon after worship to pray. As there is need, we pray for individuals, rejoice in the worship we’ve had, or pray for the church and its people.
Our Prayer Chain is made up of people who are committed to praying for a particular need on a moment’s notice.
The Vision Prayer Team meets twice a month to listen for God’s word to our church.
A Prayer Shawl Ministry creates shawls that are knit with prayer so that friends may wrap themselves in warmth that is practical, loving, and prayerful.
Whatever you ask for in prayer
with faith,
you will receive.
Matthew 21:22
