The Lord’s Day
Morning Worship · 10:00 AM Evening Worship · 6:00 PM
Morning Worship · 10:00 AM Evening Worship · 6:00 PM
A Worship Service Shaped by God’s Word
Our worship is ordered according to the pattern we see throughout Scripture: God speaks to his people, and his people respond to him in faith, prayer, praise, confession, and thanksgiving. Reformed churches sometimes describe this as the dialogical principle of worship. For that reason, the service is not simply a sequence of religious activities. God calls us into his presence, addresses us, assures us of his grace, feeds us at his Table, and sends us with his blessing. Throughout the service, the congregation responds to what God has said and done.
The Shape of Worship
1 · God Calls Us · God summons his people and welcomes us into his presence to worship him.
2 · God Confronts and Comforts Us · In the law and gospel, God exposes our sin and assures us with grace.
3 · God Speaks to Us · Through Scripture and the ministry of the Word, Christ addresses his church.
4 · We Respond in Faith · We respond with prayer, praise, confession, and the confession of faith.
5 · Christ Feeds and Sends Us · At the Table and in the benediction, God nourishes us and sends us in peace.
What Marks Our Worship
Scripture and Preaching
We read from both the Old and New Testaments, and our preaching ordinarily works consecutively through books of the Bible so that, over time, the whole counsel of God is proclaimed to the church.
Confession and Creed
We confess our sins together, hear God’s assurance of grace from Scripture, and regularly confess the historic Christian faith through both the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds and readings from the church’s confessions and catechisms.
Prayer and Song
We pray together throughout the service and sing psalms and hymns from the Trinity Psalter Hymnal, accompanied by piano. Our singing is congregational and is offered as part of the church’s response to God’s Word.
The Lord’s Supper
We celebrate the Lord’s Supper every Lord’s Day. Communion alternates between morning and evening worship from week to week, keeping Word and sacrament together as regular means by which Christ strengthens his church.
Morning and Evening on the Lord’s Day
We gather for worship both morning and evening because we understand the Lord’s Day as a day set apart by God for worship and rest. In the language of the Westminster Standards, Christians are called to devote the day to the public and private worship of God, while resting from the ordinary work and activities that occupy the rest of the week.
Morning and evening worship help frame the whole day around God’s gifts to his people. Between the services, the Lord’s Day gives us time for rest, fellowship, works of mercy and necessity, and the enjoyment of God and his people. Rather than treating Sunday morning as the entirety of our weekly worship, we gladly return in the evening to gather again around God’s Word as the Lord’s Day draws to a close.
Little worshippers are welcome in worship. A staffed nursery/cry room are available during morning worship; the nursery room remains available, though unstaffed, in the evening.
*No evening worship on fifth Sundays.