Worship and Music

We have three distinct worship service styles and settings.  While each worship and message is based on the same Holy Scripture, the liturgy, style, setting and music is unique to each service.  There is fellowship time immediately following each worship service.

Traditional Sunday Morning Sanctuary Worship @ 11:00 a.m.

Our beautiful sanctuary offers the feel of a large church.  It seats 500 easily and is adorned with high ceilings and terrific acoustics for the Word, vocals and the grand pipe organ.”

The formal sanctuary is a fitting atmosphere for the responsive readings and historic creeds of the church.  The robed minister and choir, our talented organist and historic hymns all fit the ambiance and context of the Reformed Tradition.

Worshippers are greeted with a smile and a printed bulletin.  There are no screens or visible signs of electronic technology in this space but modern conveniences do carry the sound and cool the air!

Communion is served the first Sunday each month.  Trays of the bread and the cup are passed to a seated congregation.

Informal Sunday Morning Chapel Worship @ 8:30 a.m.

The quaint chapel connected to the main sanctuary is sacred space for early worship on Sunday morning.  The service is contemplative and simple.  Worship begins with the entry of a single candle for the Communion Table.

Our intimate chapel seats 90 and provides the ambiance of a small church.”

The attire of worshippers tends to be more informal here.   This service seems most popular among people with small church backgrounds who yearn for quiet time with God, people who desire a familiar face but anxious to welcome the visitor….

A silent prayer and the opportunity to request prayer is a staple here.

Communion is served the first Sunday each month.  Worshippers come forward to receive and partake of the elements of bread and cup.

Saturdays @ Six Casual and Contemporary Worship at Briggs Hall

Briggs Hall, the site of the first worship services at the church in the early years, now provides a bright informal setting for contemporary Saturday evening worship. The hall- lined windows reveal the small park across the street and the green space of the courtyard. This is inviting, welcoming, even unintimidating space for the person who has never been to church in his or her life as well as for someone raised in the church hoping for a guitar.”

This worship begins standing singing up tempo Christian Music.  If Sunday morning chapel tends to be informal then this is downright casual!  Some would describe worship style as more for the younger folks but a good many baby boomers of the James Taylor generation would disagree!  Regardless, this worship service is participatory.  People are encouraged to come as they are and worship the Lord.

Communion is served the first Sunday each month.

Worshippers come forward to receive and partake of the elements of bread and cup by intinction.