Here at FPC, worship of the God of the creation is a big part of what we do. Each Sunday at 11:00 a.m., the entire community gathers, hears, and responds to God’s call on our lives. Our worship is a lively, authentic mix of both traditional and more modern worship styles.
Worship here at First Presbyterian Church is . . .
Multigenerational: During worship, everyone from Kindergarten to 101 years old is invited to join us. For anyone younger than kindergarten, childcare is available upstairs and, led by the nursery workers, they will join us on the floor of the sanctuary for their own personalized message. There are also worship activity bags available for children who would like them.
We believe that church is one of the only places where people of different generations gather in the same place at the same time. Extended families are so spread out that we are rarely able to get together. And everywhere we go, we are divided by age, or gender, or interest groups. Therefore we believe it is important for our youngest to our oldest to interact and worship together in this place.
Traditional-ish: We have a choir, our preachers wear robes, we have an organ, and we use hymnals for singing. Yet, some weeks we use a small worship band to lead our singing from the hymnal and from bulletin inserts. Our talented choir sings songs from all times and places. During each service we still sing the Doxology and the Gloria Patri. Around Christmas and Easter we bring string and brass groups in to make these special days truly glorious.
For over 100 years this church has been worshiping here, and we wish to stay connected to that heritage while also remaining relevant in this time and place. So each week we seek diversity in our music and worship, never overlooking where we have come from while looking ahead to Christ’s call on our lives.
Reformed: Reformed worship is best understood by its three parts: We gather to worship; We proclaim the Word of God; We respond to God’s grace.
We gather to worship – We begin each service by preparing ourselves for worship. Community announcements are followed by a time to greet each other in the Peace of Christ, to open our hearts in prayer and song and then to pour our hearts out to God by confessing our faults and failings and hearing God’s word of love and grace . . . In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.
We proclaim the Word of God – We have a special time teaching the children of the church, and hear of the grace of God in song from our choir. We hear the Word of God directly from the Bible, and based on that reading, our pastors preach the life-altering good news. Then we sing and pray for each other and the world.
We respond to God’s grace – We respond in gratitude to God’s Word by giving to the church through the offering, where plates are passed by ushers among the congregation and then prayerfully dedicated to God’s work in the world through. We close each service with song and a blessing.