Services

Worship Service

The congregation meets at 10:30 each Sunday morning in the Sanctuary to worship God.

Sunday School

Sunday School convenes at 9:30 each Sunday morning in the parlor of the gym building.

Special Services

Ash Wednesday - We gather in penitence by the marking of the Cross on the foreheads of believers.
Palm Sunday - Observance of Jesus into Jerusalem the Sunday before Easter.
Maundy Thursday - Observance of the Lord's Supper, the night before the crucifixion of our Lord.
Easter Sunday - Celebrating the life, death on the cross, Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into Heaven to sit at the right hand of God.
Christmas Eve - A candlelight service celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Holy Week - Worship with other Churches in the community. We meet each day of the week for service and a lunch.


Ordinances

Baptism: "Baptism enacts and seals what the Word proclaims: God's redeeming grace offered to all people. Baptism is God's gift of grace and also God's summons to respond to that grace. Baptism calls to repentance, to faithfulness, and to discipleship. Baptism gives the Church its identity and commissions the Church for ministry to the world."

"The water used for Baptism should be common to the location, and shall be applied to the person by pouring, sprinkling, or immersion. By whatever mode, the water should be applied visibly and generously."

The First Christian Church allows more than one Baptism. There are many times in worship, however, when believers acknowledge the grace of God continually at work. As they participate in the celebration of another's Baptism, as they experience the sustaining nurture of the Lord's Supper, and as they reaffirm the commitments made at Baptism, they confess their ongoing need of God's grace and pledge anew their obedience to God's covenant in Christ."

Lord's Supper: "The Lord's Supper is the sign and seal of eating and drinking in communion with the crucified and risen Lord. During his earthly ministry Jesus shared meals with his followers as a sign of community and acceptance and as an occasion for his own ministry. In the First Christian Church, this is done every Sunday.

Around the Table of the Lord, God's people are in communion with Christ and with all who belong to Christ. Reconciliation with Christ compels reconciliation with one another. All are welcomed to the Table, and none shall be excluded because of race, sex, age, economic status, social class, handicapping condition, difference of culture or language, or any barrier created by human injustice. Coming to the Lord's Table the faithful are actively to seek reconciliation in every instance of conflict or division between them and their neighbors.

The Lord's Supper is to be observed on the Lord's Day, in the regular place of worship, and in a manner suitable to the particular occasion and local congregation. It is appropriate to celebrate the Lord's Supper as often as each Lord's Day. It is to be celebrated regularly and frequently enough to be recognized as integral to the Service for the Lord's Day.

The invitation to the Lord's Supper is extended to all, remembering that access to the Table is not a right conferred upon the worthy, but a privilege given to the undeserving who come in faith, repentance, and love. In preparing to receive Christ, the believer is to confess sin and brokenness, to seek reconciliation with God and neighbor, and to trust in Jesus Christ for cleansing and renewal. Even one who doubts or whose trust is wavering may come to the Table in order to be assured of God's love and grace in Christ Jesus.