Praise and Worship Services

Worship is the heart of our life together at First Presbyterian Church. In worship we direct our attention towards God and His grace given to us through Jesus Christ, and are renewed for our life and service in the world.

The word worship comes from Old English roots, meaning "to create honor and worthiness." Of course, we don't create God's honor, but we do devise ways which honor God and bespeak His worthiness. As Presbyterians our worship is centered on God's Holy Word. In the reading of the Scriptures and the proclamation of the Scriptures through the sermon, we focus our attention on God's gracious acts of salvation, culminating in His most gracious act in sending Jesus Christ His Son. In Jesus we encounter the Incarnate and Living God and discover that we are loved and forgiven, and transformed to be His disciples in the world. Worship grounds us in the reality of God's presence and activity in the world, and recenters us to our calling as God's agents of reconciliation.

Our worship at First Presbyterian is mainly traditional in style, though we are working to bring in more contemporary elements with the goal of achieving a "blended" format, employing the best of both traditional and contemporary styles. Yet we remember that in Christian worship, style is always subordinate to substance, and we believe while the Gospel message is unchanging, methods for sharing the Gospel must always be flexible and able to speak to a new generation.

Worship at First Presbyterian begins at 10:45 a.m.