Sunday Morning and Wednesday Evening Bible Study.

Sunday Morning Traditional or Comtemporary Worship.

Our congregation utilizes two quite different yet similar styles of worship. The focus of worship is our praise to God whom has created and redeemed us from the power of sin, bringing us to eternal life in Christ. Down through the centuries worship has evolved into forms that are meaningful to people and yet are characterized by worship in a faithful response to God’s love. In many churches today, worship has evolved into a form that tends to be more ego-centric, than Christo-centric. The question becomes more about what I get out of the worship experience, rather than an attitude of deep thankfulness to God for all his mercy, centered in Christ.
Our Traditional Worship utilizes historic liturgical formats that during the course of a worship service move the worshipper to a greater sense of urgency and awe as we hear traditional hymns, a sermon based upon the enduring truths of scripture, and finally reaching its climax in our participation in the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

Our Contemporary Worship is unique to our Lutheran heritage and worship. The contemporary has elements of liturgy that are familiar to most Christians, such as Creeds, confession and absolution, responsive prayer, biblical sermon identical to the sermon of the traditional service, and culminating in the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. The hymns however, are those that you might hear on a Christian radio station. Artists like Michael W. Smith, Chris Tomlin, Mercy Me and others are featured by our Praise Team. Our contemporary worship is a uniquely Lutheran mixture old and new with the focus upon our worship of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Holy Communion is celebrated at each worship service. Both Common Cup, and Individual cups are offered. Holy Communion is an expression of God’s grace to us, for in this Sacrament we receive the True Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, in, with and under the bread and wine (Real Presence). In this sacrament our Lord Jesus reminds us that in the bread and wine--body and blood we receive forgiveness of sins, eternal life and salvation for all who believe in the words and promises of God.

 

Holy Communion is an expression of the unity of believers, joined in a unity of doctrine. Mt. 26:26-28, Mark14:22-24, I Cor. 10:16-17, I Cor. 11:17-32. If you have further questions regarding Holy Communion please see one of the pastors prior to communing.