Our Worship

We worship twice on Sundays:

  • 10:00 AM — Communion service
  • 11:45 AM — Catechetical service

Nursery care is provided at both services. Refreshments are provided after morning services.

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The Reformed Understanding of Worship

The Church, under the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, is given the responsibility to call believers to corporate worship each Sunday according to Hebrews 10:25 (do not forsake our own assembling together). The Church worships Father, Son and Holy Spirit by showing honor to Him. Furthermore, through the preaching of the Word of God and the administration of the sacraments, the kingdom of God or the “kingdom of heaven” is administered on earth. Salvation through Christ is known through the “opening of the kingdom of heaven” and the denial of salvation is known through the “closing of the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 16:19).

The Heidelberg Catechism question and answer 84 states:

How does preaching the gospel open and close the kingdom of heaven?
According to the command of Christ: The kingdom of heaven is opened by proclaiming and publicly declaring to each and every believer that, as often as he accepts the gospel promise in true faith, God, because of what Christ has done, truly forgives all his sins.

The kingdom of heaven is closed, however, by proclaiming and publicly declaring to unbelievers and hypocrites that, as long as they do not repent, the anger of God and eternal condemnation rest on them. God’s judgment, both in this life and in the life to come, is based on this gospel testimony. (Matthew 16:19; John 3:31-36 and 20:21-23)

The Church seeks to honor God by regulating worship by the Word of God only. Therefore, our bulletin contains a form of liturgy, which regulates worship according to the Scriptures allowing people to participate with a good conscience in the service. The minister wears a robe to signify his role as servant and spokesman of God alone.

Requirements for Participating in Communion

The Scriptures take the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper very seriously, warning us cautiously to examine ourselves. Therefore we ask you to refrain from the sacrament if you are in scandalous unrepentant sin. Nevertheless, if you confess your sin and look to Christ for your salvation then Christ invites you to His table, to forgive your sins, assure you of your salvation, and strengthen your faith. The Scriptures also warn us diligently to discern the body of Christ, which is to recognize that Christ is spiritually present in the Supper. We, therefore, carefully fence the Lord’s Table in order to fulfill our duty as faithful stewards who obey our Lord’s command and in order to protect participants from taking the sacrament unworthily and eating to their damnation.

To participate in the Lord’s Supper, you must believe in the real presence of Christ in the sacrament. This means that just as surely as you receive the elements of bread and wine with your mouth so surely does the Holy Spirit feed you through faith with the true body and true blood of Christ for the forgiveness of sins and the assurance of salvation.

To participate in communion at our church, you must be a member in good standing (not under church discipline) of a Reformed or Presbyterian Church. That means your church must have formal membership, which requires you to believe and practice the Three Forms of Unity (Reformed churches) or the Westminster Confession of Faith (Presbyterian churches). If you are not a member in good standing of a Reformed or Presbyterian Church that holds to and practices these confessions, we ask you to refrain from participating in communion. If you are a member in good standing of a church as defined above, we invite you to join us at the Lord’s Table. This sacrament is a means of grace by which Christ feeds you with His body and blood.

In addition, children of believers must have the permission of the elders and make a public profession of faith before communing.

By stating these requirements, we are not asserting that there are Christians only in Reformed and Presbyterian churches. Rather, we are being careful to administer communion to those who belong to churches that share a common confession of the Christian faith. If you don’t belong to a Reformed or Presbyterian church and would like to receive communion, please talk to the pastor or one of the elders.