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Traditional Church
Worship Services
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Traditional Worship Service The traditional worship service is held each Sunday morning, year around, at 10:15. There are also extra services at Christmas and Easter. |
When you arrive on a Sunday morning, you will be welcomed at the door by one of the congregation and given a church Bulletin containing the order of service and various news announcements. Then you come into a building that is light, airy and peaceful - an oasis of calm.
The service itself begins with a Prelude on the organ and a welcome to worship, and usually lasts for about an hour. After a number of readings, prayers and hymns, the children of the congregation are invited to the front of the church to hear a story, related to the sermon topic and the readings for that Sunday. Then we sing a children's song and the younger ones may leave to go to Kid's Church downstairs. The older children often stay
upstairs and help with Bible readings and the taking of the offering. During the rest of the service, we have more hymns, readings and prayers and our minister, Ruth Syme's sermon for the day. The hymns, readings and sermon are all reflections on the same topic. An offering is taken and dedicated to God's work. At the end of the service we have a benediction, a chorale amen, and recessional organ postlude.
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stop for a coffee (and sometimes cookies or cake) and a chance to visit with the rest of the congregation. Every second week, the choir sings a special anthem, in addition to leading the singing of all the hymns, and approximately every four weeks we have Communion during the second half of the service. |
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