Our Mission
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Ephesians 2:22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Philippians 3:3 For we ... worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus ...
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses ... to the end of the earth.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes ...
Ephesians 2:22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Philippians 3:3 For we ... worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus ...
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses ... to the end of the earth.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes ...
Our Ministry
Our style includes a blend of traditional and contemporary worship music. This recognizes that we as a congregation are not a standalone church, either in location or in time, but rather are a part of the Church eternal, the body of Christ across the ages. Incorporating worship music from a variety of sources and styles allows us to learn from how others have been led by the Spirit to worship God, and in a sense allows us to participate in worship with them, emphasizing the unity of all who are in Christ.
Our worship services follow an order of service which is typical of traditional Presbyterian and Reformed liturgies with the Word of God being the focal point of the worship. Engagement with the Word of God is woven throughout each worship service which in order includes responsive readings of the Law of God where we reflect on our Christian duty; responsive readings from the Heidelberg Catechism which summarizes the core teachings of Scripture; Scripture readings; the sermon; a Scriptural charge to the congregation; and a Scriptural benediction. The sample bulletin linked below illustrates the format of our worship services.
In the reformed tradition the purpose of preaching has been to inform the mind and engage the heart so that the people of God in response lift their hearts and minds up to God in worship. Perhaps nobody has more clearly articulated this balance between the engaged mind and affected heart than Jonathan Edwards, often referred to as the theologian of revival. In his book Religious Affections, Edwards explained it like this; "For although to true religion there must indeed be something else besides affection; yet true religion consists so much in the affections, that there can be no true religion without them. He who has no religious affection, is in a state of spiritual death, and is wholly destitute of the powerful, quickening, saving influences of the Spirit of God upon his heart. As there is no true religion where there is nothing else but affection, so there is no true religion where there is no religious affection. As on the one hand, there must be light in the understanding, as well as an affected fervent heart; where there is heat without light, there can be nothing divine or heavenly in that heart; so on the other hand, where there is a kind of light without heat, a head stored with notions and speculations, with a cold and unaffected heart, there can be nothing divine in that light, that knowledge is no true spiritual knowledge of divine things. If the great things of religion are rightly understood, they will affect the heart. The reason why men are not affected by such infinitely great, important, glorious, and wonderful things, as they often hear and read of, in the word of God, is undoubtedly because they are blind; if they were not so, it would be impossible, and utterly inconsistent with human nature, that their hearts should be otherwise than strongly impressed, and greatly moved by such things."
Copies of our sermons are available through our Resources links above.
Our worship services follow an order of service which is typical of traditional Presbyterian and Reformed liturgies with the Word of God being the focal point of the worship. Engagement with the Word of God is woven throughout each worship service which in order includes responsive readings of the Law of God where we reflect on our Christian duty; responsive readings from the Heidelberg Catechism which summarizes the core teachings of Scripture; Scripture readings; the sermon; a Scriptural charge to the congregation; and a Scriptural benediction. The sample bulletin linked below illustrates the format of our worship services.
In the reformed tradition the purpose of preaching has been to inform the mind and engage the heart so that the people of God in response lift their hearts and minds up to God in worship. Perhaps nobody has more clearly articulated this balance between the engaged mind and affected heart than Jonathan Edwards, often referred to as the theologian of revival. In his book Religious Affections, Edwards explained it like this; "For although to true religion there must indeed be something else besides affection; yet true religion consists so much in the affections, that there can be no true religion without them. He who has no religious affection, is in a state of spiritual death, and is wholly destitute of the powerful, quickening, saving influences of the Spirit of God upon his heart. As there is no true religion where there is nothing else but affection, so there is no true religion where there is no religious affection. As on the one hand, there must be light in the understanding, as well as an affected fervent heart; where there is heat without light, there can be nothing divine or heavenly in that heart; so on the other hand, where there is a kind of light without heat, a head stored with notions and speculations, with a cold and unaffected heart, there can be nothing divine in that light, that knowledge is no true spiritual knowledge of divine things. If the great things of religion are rightly understood, they will affect the heart. The reason why men are not affected by such infinitely great, important, glorious, and wonderful things, as they often hear and read of, in the word of God, is undoubtedly because they are blind; if they were not so, it would be impossible, and utterly inconsistent with human nature, that their hearts should be otherwise than strongly impressed, and greatly moved by such things."
Copies of our sermons are available through our Resources links above.
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