Purpose: Come to dive into and learn the Word and sound doctrine, to grow in the grace and knowledge of our savior, Jesus Christ, and to serve the Lord by serving and praying for one another. Leave refreshed and challenged!

Attire ranges from casual to dress casual.  The teaching pastors have been known to wear a tie from time to time.

Children's Ministry: Children’s Sunday School is provided for elementary aged kids following the greeting time.

We want you to be comfortable, so our Sunday School staff is fully safety vetted, experienced in teaching the Bible to children, and our program leadership maintains active compliance with the child safety requirements of AB -506 for every staff member. Some children prefer to stay in the main service and we also support that choice as well.

What a Sunday Service is Like

Service begins at 10:30am, Sunday - Plan on arriving at about 10:20. You'll be warmly greeted, given a bulletin that outlines the service and the sermon notes, and a comfortable place pointed out for you in the sanctuary. The restrooms and the Koinonia (fellowship) room will be pointed out. If you have any particular needs or questions our greeter can assist you (please don't be afraid to ask). Water bottles and cups are welcome in the sanctuary. Coffee or tea are welcome in spill-proof cups to avoid stains. There are Bibles in the pews for you to use during the sermon.

At 10:30- Welcome and Opening Prayer

Scripture Reading of the text for the day’s sermon. “give attention to the public reading of Scripture” – 1 Timothy 4:13

Several Songs of worship and praise to the Lord - Song/Hymn lyrics are displayed on the large screen in the front of the sanctuary. We welcome you to stand during this time, but if standing is difficult please feel free to remain seated.

Announcements: Upcoming events as well as ministry needs are announced.

Prayer: We share prayer needs, concerns and thanks to the Lord and we bear one another’s burdens. Galatians 6:2, 1 Timothy 2:1

Greeting One Another: This is a brief time, a few minutes, when we can turn and greet one another in the Lord and introduce ourselves. 1 Thess 5:26. You'll also find staff preparing the room for the sermon time.

Message in the Word (Sermon): This is the expository teaching of the full counsel of the Word and is usually around 45-55 minutes. Come prepared to have your mind and heart engaged and sometimes challenged by the Spirit and His Word! While we don’t take ourselves too seriously, we do take the Word of our Triune God with utter seriousness and joy!  You’ll want to bring a good Bible. We preach and teach out of the NASB, while some carry the KJV, NKJV, or ESV We have NASB Bibles in the pews if you would like to use one. There is a place in the bulletin to take notes. 2 Timothy 4:2, Acts 17:10,11, 2 Timothy 2:15.

We invite the congregation to ask questions or ask for something to be clarified or repeated during the sermon. The point of equipping the saints is that they learn, and respectful, appropriate interaction really helps the learning process. As long as the question or comment is on topic, respectful, timely, helpful, fair to those present and not disruptive to the general flow it really is encouraged and welcome! The sermon is a vehicle for the body of Christ to learn the Word of God and not an end in itself.

Q&A: After most sermons the teaching pastor often opens the floor for questions, observations and answers. If something about the sermon prompted you or raised questions, here is a great time to voice them, provided they are about the sermon topics! (We have plenty of other times when you can ask about other Biblical, theological or life application questions.) You may find that you learn almost as much from someone’s good question as you did from the sermon itself. Ephesians 4:11-16

Song: Sometimes we sing a song in response to the teaching.

Sending Prayer

Fellowship and coffee in the Koinonia room

Don't feel like you need to rush off after the service! You are warmly invited to join with others in the Koinonia room for coffee, tea and snack foods. Most all of us do. Here and in the foyer you'll find lively conversations about the sermon, a chance to chat with and get to know others, people praying quietly for one another, others planning on various ministry opportunities and needs. Or you can just enjoy the opportunity to sit quietly and take it all in.

Please sign our guest book in the foyer. We'd love to keep in touch.

Our Music

Music teaches very effectively and we want to make sure that what the music teaches is faithful to the Word of God.

-We sing to honor and to please the Lord! We sing as a way to be and an expression of being filled by the Spirit: Ephesians 5:19-19. The main question that should be asked of congregational singing is not, "are we pleased with it?" Rather it should be, "is the Lord pleased with it?"

-Our music is variously accompanied by piano, ukulele, acoustic guitar, flute, with percussion by a cajon.

-We sing a mixture of carefully chosen hymns and contemporary songs, but all of it selected for its doctrinal content and accuracy. You’ll even find we change a few words in songs to make them more Biblically accurate, and we don’t sing the “7 lines sung 7 times” kind of songs.

The musical accompaniment is supportive, leading and encouraging of heartfelt singing by the congregation, and is not a performance band designed to attract attention.

Our Fellowship

You’ll find our congregation is informal, open and friendly. We’re theologically/Biblically conservative, and liberal in love for Christ and one another. (John 13:34)

We are always looking for ways to help and bless one another, to pray for one another, and to share the gospel with those who need to hear it. We do the good works the Lord has for us, not to be saved or to gain right standing with God, but simply because God's grace gives motive and power to respond to His Spirit's good prompting with love and appreciation.

We’re a growing congregation in an established neighborhood church facility. As the Lord the Spirit directs, every person and family that joins us brings valuable gifts, talents and spiritual hunger to grow. Every person walking in the Spirit has the opportunity to have a significant ministry impact on the church body.

The Lord's Table/Communion

The Lord's Table/Communion is served the first Sunday of each month.

We celebrate the Lord’s Table/Communion with the Koinonia/Fellowship pot-luck meal, after the main service in the fellowship hall. This is more like the ancient, primitive church and like the Lord’s Last Supper. (This is a matter of informed preference on our part, and not of doctrine. The main thing is that the ordinance of communion is celebrated in obedience to our Lord, Luke 22:19).

-We meet after the service in the Fellowship Hall

-We are led in a communion devotional and partake of the elements.*

-We celebrate birthday and anniversary announcements.

-We bless the meal and partake of potluck and share in the fellowship of the brethren.

*Communion is open to all who earnestly profess Christ as Lord and savior. If you're not a believer or are not sure about your relationship with the Lord, we ask you to refrain. Parents should discuss this matter with their children beforehand.