Worship

Worship is key to the Christian life. We come together in worship to celebrate God, to acknowledge our brokenness before God and ask for healing, and to hear God's Word to us.

We follow the Reformed tradition in worship, centering on the Word of God. We hear the Word as it is read, sung, and preached. We speak the Word to each other in hymns, in responsive readings, in the proclamation of our faith, and in prayer.

Our services tend toward the traditional. We observe the liturgical calendar. Sermons often follow the lectionary text. We mostly sing hymns. But we also vary our worship. A special service might have more singing and less reading. Or more readings and no sermon.

And, while our services are traditional, we are not formal. We leave our seats for the passing of the peace. The choir assembles to sing, and after the anthem, choir members return to their seats. If people cannot hear the worship leader, someone may come up front to turn on the microphone.

The point in worship is not for leaders to present a perfect service to the congregation. It is, rather, for all of us, those in the pews and those up front, to bring ourselves wholly into the presence of God, to proclaim God's greatness, and to offer ourselves to God for his use.