Christ Church

read moreReverent, thoughtful, joyful, orderly, corporate worship begins with the call the worship. Families, young and old rise to worship the Triune and living God. As we come into the presence of the Holy and Triune God, it is right and fitting to acknowledge our sins, and be reminded of the promises of the gospel of God's grace, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Consecration centers around the Word of the LORD. The sharp sword of the Spirit prepares our spiritual offerings namely, our praise as we responsively read Psalms, hear the reading of the Word, respond in song, hear the proclamation of the Word in the sermon, give God's tithe and our offerings, and lift up our corporate prayers of thanksgiving and petition.

read moreWhat do we mean when we say that at Christ Church "Worship Orchestrates Life?" Each word in this statement has important meaning to us, allow us to unpack this statement more fully. We believe that the church is central to the Christian life. We deny that Christianity can be reduced to an exclusively personal relationship to Jesus. The church is the new Jerusalem, the new covenant "city from above, " the mother of us all Gal. 4:26. We agree with the ancient church father Cyprian who famously said, "No one can have God for his father, who has not the Church for his mother."

read moreWe are a church. The first and most foundational statement about our identity is that we are a local church of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus came to build His Church Matt. 16:18. As a husband loves his bride, so Jesus loves His Church and gave Himself for her Eph. 5:25. This is why Jesus is appropriately the Head and Savior of the Church Col. 1:18. Therefore we who have been baptized into Christ weekly partake in the Lord's Table and trust in Him for the forgiveness of sins, and joyfully submit to Jesus Christ as the Lord of the Church.