@Home Worship – May 24

Once more, we are at home together. Thank you for your perseverance in faith, hope, and love.  In faith, that what we’re doing in this pause is being used by Jesus Christ, who has promised to continually build up his Body, the Church. In hope, that this will not last forever. We are planning, by …

@Home Worship – May 17

This Sunday we celebrate our graduating senior students!  Normally, the Praise Team would lead us in singing their favorite worship songs and hymns, leading us in magnifying the name of our God with our youth. Instead, we’re still in our homes, worshiping our One God separately, celebrating these students’ achievements in spirit, if not in …

@Home Worship – May 10

Happy Mothers Day! May God meet with you, and comfort you, and refresh you, as you worship with us this weekend. This worship guide is designed to accompany the May 10 sermon, “We Are: God’s Temple.” If you are worshiping alone, you are welcome to read the service elements silently, or aloud. I wonder if …

@Home – May 3

Grace and peace be yours today and always, in the boundless compassion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This worship service relies heavily on Scripture to speak words of peace and tenderness to us in worship. Instead of music, I invite you to respond to these words with healthy pauses of silence.  If worshiping …

Home Worship – April 26

God meet with you as you worship the risen and reigning Lord Jesus together with us.  This morning we attend to God’s Word throughout worship, in particular from the letter of 1 Peter. Peter celebrates the hope that is ours in the resurrection of Jesus Christ: hope for salvation, peace, forgiveness, righteousness. After the sermon …

Home Worship – April 19

This morning, I invite you to worship the risen and reigning Lord Jesus together with us.  As usual, our worship takes place in three sections or movements. The first movement is our approach to God, as He gathers us. This movement is about preparing our hearts to hear God’s Word. Remember, as we use the …

Tenebrae: Service of Shadows

Maundy Thursday — Good Friday April 9 & 10, 2020 This service is conducted by video. Follow the disciples to the cross of Jesus. As the candles are blown out, we draw nearer to Jesus’ death. The last candle, however, is not extinguished, but merely hidden, to remind us of our hope. service-of-shadowsDownload Prelude: “Pie …

Home Worship — March 29

Thank you for worshiping together with us.  Make yourself ready for worship.Shower and get dressed, like you would to attend sanctuary worship. Or don’t: stay in your pajamas and grab a cup of coffee. Do whatever will keep you free of distractions or discomfort during this next hour.Silence your phone and put it in another …