Our Philosophy of Worship
“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe.”
— Hebrews 12:28
God alone is worthy of worship, and man’s chief aim in life and death is to glorify and enjoy Him (I Cor. 10:31; I Peter 4:11). Though all of life is to be a spiritual service of worship to God (Rom. 12:1-2), God is specially present in the gathering of the saints corporately for worship on the Lord’s Day (Ps. 29:1-2; Heb. 10:25).
As a church, we are committed to the ordinary means of grace—word, sacrament, and prayer—as the primary channels through which God communes with and sanctifies His people (Acts 2:42). Each week as we gather together for worship, we come in holy reverence of God and spiritual dependence on the Spirit to receive the benefits of Christ’s accomplishment for us in the cross and resurrection. Our goal in worship, then, is to treasure the person and work of Lord Jesus Christ, and to experience afresh the joyous union we share together in Him as we worship in Spirit and truth (John 4:23).
Our Services
- We aim to glorify God in all things. This means we want to be God-centered in all we do because we believe that we and everything else exists for God–to know, cherish, and worship him. Therefore, our services are intentionally Godward focused instead of entertaining to people. We believe a worship service glorifying God is in this way is the path to true joy and fulfillment!
- We are ordinary. You won’t find anything flashy about us, but hopefully you’ll find a group of people who love Jesus above all and genuinely care for each other.
- Our Singing: We sing both old and new songs. Our main concern is to sing songs that are theologically rich and that are singable for the congregation. We believe the loudest element of our singing together should be the voices of the people!
- Our Preaching: Our preaching aims to proclaim the truths of the Bible through the expositional preaching of the Bible verse by verse. Sermons are explicitly centered on God, intentionally applied to man, and are generally 40-45 minutes in length.
- Our Attire: Most are dressed casually. Some are in jeans. A few are in ties. Come as you are—we’d love to have you no matter what you wear!