LORD'S DAY

We Worship the Triune God According to His Word

reverent

We come together as the covenant people of God to worship him with reverence and awe (cf. Heb. 12:28-29). It is a dialogue in which God speaks to His people through His Word and Sacraments, and we respond in prayer, confession, and song.

Christ-centered

We preach Christ in all of Scriptures because, following Christ’s example in Luke 24:27, He is found and preached from every text of the Bible: beginning with Moses, and all the Prophets, in all Scriptures ( i.e., from Genesis to Revelation).

historical

We believe the teaching of the Bible is faithfully summarized in the ecumenical creeds and our Reformed Confessions. We worship together as a congregation that incorporates the creeds and confessions into the life of the Church and the believer.

biblical

Our worship is regulated by what Scripture commands — we read it, preach it, sing it, pray it, and, in the sacraments, we see it. At the heart of our view of the Bible is the belief that God has spoken His Word to all humanity in His law and His gospel and that Jesus Himself is that Word. Both the Old and New Testaments contain this Word (Romans 15:4, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Hebrews 1:1-3) and we look to Scripture as the only rule for faith and practice.

liturgical

Our worship service is liturgical, the elements of which include:

Call to Worship (a Psalm), Invocation, God’s Greeting, Psalm of Praise
Reading of God’s Law, Prayer of Confession, Assurance of Forgiveness, and The Creed
Pastoral Prayer to be concluded with the Lord’s Prayer, Reading of Scripture, Sermon
The Lord’s Supper, Hymn of Response, Benediction and Doxology

sacramental

We regularly and eagerly administer the two sacraments that Christ instituted, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which is the sign and seal of the covenant, and the visible gospel that confirms God’s promises in the preached Word. Typically, we celebrate the Lord’s Supper every week.