“Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: This is known in all the earth.”
(Isaiah 12:5)

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
(Colossians 3:16)

“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;”
(Ephesians 5:19)

In our worship to God, He is the audience. We proclaim praises to His name through the command to sing, and through singing, we teach one another.

The Bible gives a pattern of the music that God desires in worship throughout the New Testament. This music is defined by what we call “a capella,” which simply means “without instrument.” We believe that this instruction as given is the only way that God is pleased in this offering.

If you have never experienced this style of praise, we invite you to come and see how beautiful our voices blend together in worship to God!

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
(Hebrews 4:16)

“Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
(1 Thessalonians 5:16–18)

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
(Philippians 4:6–7)

When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, He gave a very uplifting example in what is often called the Model Prayer.

Many verses in the New Testament detail the significance of prayer and the benefits of our ability to speak to the Father through this avenue.

We value this opportunity and make it an integral part of our worship to the Father each time that we come together. If you have a prayer request when you visit, please let us know and we will also pray for you.

“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
(Romans 10:17)

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”
(2 Timothy 4:2)

“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
(Matthew 28:20)

One of Jesus’ last commands to His disciples was to teach. The New Testament church began in Acts 2 with this very facet. Peter and the 11 stood and preached to the crowd that had gathered that day.

Later in Acts, we will see that Stephen was called an evangelist, sent out to preach, then we also meet others, especially Paul the Apostle who would preach to not only the Jews, but to the Gentiles. One of Paul’s last exhortations to the young Timothy can be seen in the verse from 2 Timothy 4 - “preach the word.”

During this time in our worship, our minister will spend a few minutes discussing Bible passages or a specific Bible topic.

The goal of preaching is to teach and edify. The result of the word being taught should often “prick the heart” in such a way that the truth is believed, and an obedient response is made to the soul-saving message of Jesus.

Each lesson will be motivated by love (Ephesians 4:15) and will be faithful to what the Bible teaches and we sincerely hope that those who hear will benefit from it.

Gospel preaching edifies the saved and instructs the lost on exactly how to be saved by Jesus the Christ.

“And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.”
(Acts 20:7)

“And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”
(Matthew 26:26–28)

“For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.”
(1 Corinthians 11:26)

Each first day of the week, we have the privilege of partaking of the Lord’s Supper together.

We will first have a prayer to thank God for each element of the Lord’s Supper as is described in scripture, and then we will partake together.

This practice was instituted by the Lord Himself and we are commanded to partake as Christians on the first day of the week as we come together.

The elements consist of unleavened bread and unfermented grape juice. Each person that has obeyed the gospel and become a Christian is invited to partake of the communion with us to commemorate the death of Jesus as we find in scripture. We only partake of the Lord’s Supper on Sundays as is given in the example of scripture.

“Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.”
(1 Corinthians 16:1–2)

“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
(2 Corinthians 9:7)

“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
(Luke 6:38)

On the first day of the week, as the church meets, we find that it is a convenient and authorized time in which we can each on give back as we have been prospered to fulfill the work of the church and help with benevolence for those in need (Galatians 6:10).

While our members are expected to give as is commanded, we do not expect a visitor to give unless they choose to do so. We understand that visitors may have their own obligations to their home congregations as well.