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Worship (Page 4)

What is Advent?

“Advent” means “coming” or “arrival.” During the season of Advent, we celebrate Christ’s coming into the world and watch with expectant hope for his coming again. In its historical origins, the season of Advent was patterned after the season of Lent, a six-week period of penitence and preparation for Easter. Similarly, the four weeks of…

The Gifts of Pentecost

We celebrate the gift of the Spirit on Pentecost, and all of the gifts that come with the Spirit. We remember that the Spirit has been poured out upon us from our youth, and through our lives. In the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), we give a gift of gratitude and thanksgiving at Pentecost that helps the…

Pentecost is coming!

As we gather to celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost we gather to hear a new thing and an already done thing. Our young people will lead our worship on Sunday, June 9th at 10:30 am. They will recount what they have learned in the past year, and how their faith has…

Coming Home

The GVD family is on their way back from Klaipeda, Lithuania where they are serving as faculty at LCC International University. They’ll be leading us in worship on Sunday, June 2nd, at 10:30 am. Join us to welcome them home on furlough, and to hear how God has been guiding them, leading them, and using…

To the Painful End

When our worship is true and faithful, we get so wrapped up that even if we know what’s going to happen, it surprises us, as it did at the very end of worship last night. Hear the Spirit move.

Waiting and Hoping – The Great Vigil

Holy Saturday is the day in which the cross is empty, and the Christ is dead. The Savior of the world is gone. On this day, we gather as the sun sets, as one day turns into another, and we keep watch, keeping the flame, the light of the world, and our hope alive. Join…

Maundy Thursday Cantata

On Thursday, April 18th, we’ll gather in the sanctuary at 7:30 pm to hear the choir lead us in worship through the Last Supper, and the betrayal and arrest of Christ. This is a service that moves in music, and in emotion, in power, and in silence. It moves from light to darkness, and ends…

Shout Hosanna!

Holy week is upon us. In his week we experience the highs and lows of life, from the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem to shouts of “Hosanna!” to the celebration of the Lord’s Supper on Maundy Thursday that leads into the arrest, trial, and death of Jesus. We keep watch and wait for the promises…