Worship |
Sunday Service Our Sunday services are at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The later service is our music service accompanied by our organist, as the congregation makes joyful song. Our choir practices Thursday nights and performs Sundays from September to May. After Pentecost Sunday the second service moved to 10am and there is no Sunday School. Children's Sunday School begins at 10:15 a.m, fifteen minutes before the start of the late service. Before communion, the children join their parents and the congregation in worship. There is no Sunday School during the summer months. The children and teachers enjoy a time off for vacation. The first Sunday of each month is Family Sunday. The liturgy for this Sunday is designed with the children in mind, and our teenage members help orchestrate and participate in the service. There is no Sunday School on Family Sunday. Nursery Nursery is available during the 10:30 a.m. services and Children's Christian Education which begins at 10:15 a.m. We have a paid care taker, and a volunteer care giver ministry in which individual members of the congregation sign up to help in the nursery for each Sunday. Hospitality Gathering After the 10:30 a.m. service, the congregation and visitors gather for hospitality, coffee, juice and cookies. It is a great way to get to know each other better, to welcome visitors and new comers and to discuss what is going on with our several projects. Special Services During the time of Lent, we have Ash Wednesday Service and a special gathering on the evening of Maundy Thursday to commemorate the Lord's Supper and the last days of our Savior's life, in contemplation of our redemption. |
Stations of the Cross We have installed Stations of the Cross in a wooded area of our grounds. We have bushwhacked a trail through an undeveloped wooded area. Each station has a cross and marker. Some families have adopted a station to upkeep and plant flowers around. There are pamphlets near the front door of the church to guide you in prayer and meditation as you walk the stations. It is a quiet place of reflection and meditation. |
Toiling on maintenance of the Stations can be a wonderful distraction from the cares of our daily routines. Some families use the Stations for "family time" as described in Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. |
Shouldering the trunk of a fallen tree, feeling the sting of a thorny vine through a gloved hand, hauling the cut wood from the trail, link us physically and mentally to Jesus' struggle for our redemption. Arms and shoulder muscles ache from wrestling gravel laden wheelbarrows. |
Maintaining our Stations of the Cross expands the dimensions of our spiritual journey and the foundation of our faith as Christians. They will call us to meditation and reflection individually and collectively, and strengthen our relationships as community and family. Our Stations of the Cross repeat for us the question, "Who do you say I am?" In response, we are reminded that Jesus' answer to what the greatest commandment was, had two parts; love of God and love of neighbor. Who is our "neighbor?" The response translates our prayer into action. |
