Worship

Saturdays at 5:30 PM
Sundays at 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM

Worship is offered to glorify God and provide inspiration for worshipers for a life of faith, hope and love.

Worship is trans-cultural – the experience is rooted in our basic humanity shared by all

Worship is contextual – it must be relevant to a particular people in a particular place

Worship is cross-cultural – we can all be blessed by the music and traditions of others

Worship is counter-culture – it challenges us to strive for the standards of the rule of God

We worship regularly on Saturdays at 5:30 pm and Sundays at 8:30 am with a traditional liturgy and order of service, using the Lutheran Book of Worship. The singing of hymns, reading the Scripture, listening to the sermon, voicing our prayers, offering our financial support of the congregation and sharing in Holy Communion are weekly worship experiences. Our adult choir (Joyful Praise) and Handbell choirs are featured at these times.

On Sunday mornings at 10:45 am we rev up the service with contemporary Christian music, led by various praise bands: Sparks (middle-school youth), Be Not Afraid (high school youth) and New Spirit (adults). Each band provides a different style of presentation that keeps the toes tapping and the head bobbing. A children’s message is added in the mix.

In November 2006, we received the new Evangelical Lutheran Worship hymnbook for use in ELCA congregations across the nation and in Canada.