What To Expect When You Visit WIth Us

We want your visit with us to be an enjoyable one and a vist in which you are able to feel free to partake in the worship service instead of being anxious for what might happen next or what might take place in general during the service.  To help you visit with such an experience the following is a brief description of what will take place during our services and worship to God. 

Bible Study
Bible study is an important part of our service to God.  It afford us the opportunity to truly search out the beauty of God's word.  Bible study is truly a window into our spiritual growth and we invite all to join us for this part of our services.  Bible study begins at 9am CST.  We start with everyone gathered in the auditorium.  A song will be lead. We encourage you to grab a songbook from the pew and join us in singing.  The song is followed by a scripture reading by one of the men of the congregation and a prayer.  After the prayer everyone will be dismissed to classes.  There are classes available for all age groups from nursery to adult.  If you have children we will be glad to help your children find their class.  The adult class is held in the auditorium.

Break and Return to Service
At 9:45am a bell will sound to mark the end of our Bible Study period.  At this time we will break for 15 minutes.  You can use this time to do some visiting, check out our bulletin board for updates an announcements and of course make your way to the auditorium.

Worship Resumes
At 10:00 am the song leader will begin singing a song as a call to worship.  At this time we would encourage all if they have not already found a seat to quietly make their way to their seat and join in the song being sung.    When the song is finished a welcome will be extended and any announcements, prayer list updates and events will be made.  After the announcements have concluded the song service will begin. 

Singing
An area of the worship service you will notice right away is singing praises to God. One of the members will lead the church in congregational singing at various times throughout the worship. You are welcome and encouraged to join us in singing praises to God, but don’t feel uncomfortable sitting quietly if these songs are new to you. Songbooks are available for everyone. The song numbers are announced before each song.

The singing is a cappella, or voices only, because we believe that the Bible tells us to sing praises. Consistent with our goal of using the Bible as our guide, and in following the example of early church, we do not add any instruments to the New Testament’s instructions.

Praying
Several times during the service today, one of the men of the congregation will lead a prayer. Generally, people bow their heads and close their eyes when a prayer is being offered during the worship. However, this is simply our tradition which is intended to show reverence to God. The important thing to us is focusing on what is being said. The members of the congregation will be praying silently along with the one who is leading their thoughts.

Communion
An important time during the worship service is the time we remember the sacrifice Jesus made for all of our sins. Churches of Christ observe communion (also called the Lord’s Supper) each Sunday. This is done because of what Jesus taught. He told his disciples to eat bread to remember his body which was sacrificed for our sins and raised from the dead. He also told the disciples to drink “the fruit of the vine” to remember the blood that he shed for our sins.

Unleavened bread and grape juice are used in the communion service because we believe this is most like what the first Christians used. The Lord’s Supper served today is for any Christian, whether or not you are a visitor.

Offering
We will be taking an offering from our members during the worship service. We do this each Sunday immediately following the communion; it is one of the parts of our worship.

The money contributed by the members is overseen by the elders and used for evangelism and benevolence both locally and around the world. As a guest, you are not expected to contribute to these works, but you are free to give if you so choose.  When the collection plate is passed to you, feel free to give any donation you might want to give or just pass it on to the next person

Preaching
Today and every Sunday you visit, you will hear a lesson based on the Bible. Nick Secula, who is our full-time minister, will speak to the congregation for about 30 minutes. At the end of his lesson, he will ask anyone who wants the prayers of the church or wishes to be baptized to come to the front. Sometimes people refer to this as “the invitation” or we might call it a "song of encouragement," but God’s invitation to obey him is always open.

To become a Christian a person must believe the good news they have heard about Jesus. They need to repent of their sins, which simply means to turn away from sinning. They need to confess their belief in Jesus and be baptized to have their sins washed away.

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