Our worship service is at 10:30 a.m.  Perhaps the most foundational question about worship is, why do Presbyterians worship the way they do, in the order they do?

According to the Book of Order, we worship to know God and enjoy God’s presence: “In worship, the people of God acknowledge God present in the world and in their lives. As they respond to God’s claim and redemptive action in Jesus Christ, believers are transformed and renewed. In worship, the faithful offer themselves to God and are equipped for God’s service in the world.”

The late Presbyterian minister, author and theologian Eugene Peterson once observed that “every call to worship is a call into the real world.” This element of worship marks and sets apart a time that is different than other times. It calls the “real world” to focus on and pay attention to one’s relationship with God.

“What’s important,” said the Rev. Dr. David Gambrell, “is that we understand it is God who invites us to worship. Everything begins with God’s initiative; it isn’t us who calls. God comes to us in the world, in Jesus Christ and in the Holy Spirit.”   -taken from Elements of Worship on the PCUSA website