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What We Believe The
Bible How We Worship Everything in its Place - Our worship follows a fixed order of service called a 'liturgy'. The entire service is designed to be 'Christ-Centered' and has two high points: The reading of the Gospel and Communion. Same Old Thing? - It may seem that we do the same thing week in week out, but if you notice the Psalm (called the 'Introit'), the Scripture readings, the prayers, the hymns, and of course the sermon are all different each week. In addition, some parts of our service change depending on the time of the year. Stand up, Sit down - You may notice we do a lot of standing and sitting in our services. There is a reason behind this. We stand when we are speaking to God and sit when we are listening to God's Word. By the Book - We use a hymnal in our services. The hymnal keeps our songs, prayers, orders of service, and even the Psalms we use, in one handy place. A
Singing Church
- Our church loves to sing! We believe that music and song are gifts
from God. Our songs are not always easy to sing, but we encourage
people to 'make a joyful noise to the Lord' (Psalm 100) whether
they are musically inclined or not! Holy Communion - We believe that Jesus Christ's Body and Blood are really present with the bread and wine in communion. As such, we practice, with 80% of the world's Christians, closed communion. We ask that only members of the Lutheran church receive communion at our altars. Well Fed - No, not potlucks-though we have them, but our church emphasizes being nourished from God's Word. Put into practice the Lutheran Church has the 2nd largest parochial school system in America. In addition, all our pastors hold a master's degree in theology. More locally, we offer several Bible studies and year round Sunday school so that all ages may be 'well fed' on God's Word. More about the Lutheran Church Not in Paris? Click here to find a congregation in your community. |
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