Each Sunday we gather together to edify one another and worship our God as a congregation. Our goal is to simply do what the churches in the New Testament did when they assembled together.
Therefore, when you are a guest in one of our assemblies you will find us…
- Praying: Even before the church was established, the disciples gathered together to devote themselves to prayer (Acts 1:14). Once the church was established, the disciples continued to devote themselves to prayer with one accord (Acts 2:42). As demonstrated in I Corinthians 14:14, prayer was part of the assemblies of Christ’s people.
- Singing: According to James 5:14, singing is a natural part of the Christian’s life. Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16 say we should teach and admonish one another by singing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. I Corinthians 14:15 demonstrates that singing was part of the congregational edification and worship in the assemblies of the churches in the New Testament.
- Partaking in the Lord’s Supper: The night Jesus was betrayed, while partaking in the Passover with His apostles, He established the memorial in which Christians would partake to recall His death and shed blood (Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:14-20; I Corinthians 11:17-34). He took unleavened bread and said we should eat it in remembrance of His body hung on a cross as our sacrifice. He then took fruit of the vine and said we should drink it in remembrance of His blood shed for the remission of our sins. The only time we see the New Testament churches participating in the Supper is on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7; I Corinthians 11:17-34, cf. I Corinthians 16:2). Therefore, we participate in the Lord’s Supper only during our assembly on the first day of the week. Additionally, we partake every first day of the week.
- Contributing: To underwrite the work the Lord has given our congregation, we take up a free will contribution from our members during our assembly on the first day of the week in keeping with the command of Paul in I Corinthians 16:1-2 and II Corinthians 8-9. This contribution is only expected of the members of the congregation. If you are our guest, we encourage you to bring your Bible, sing along with us, pray with us, study with us, but we do not ask for your money.
- Reading Scripture: In I Timothy 4:13, Paul encouraged Timothy to devote himself to the public reading of Scripture. As such, we take time in each assembly to simply read the Scripture. On various occasions, the lesson for the assembly will consist of reading Scripture and singing songs that relate to the text we are reading.
- Preaching: As evidenced by the example of Paul at Troas in Acts 20:7, the proclamation of God’s word was part of the assemblies of the early churches. In nearly all of our assemblies, a lesson from God’s word will be presented for us to consider (cf. Acts 17:11).
