WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN WORSHIP

PRAYER There will be several prayers during a worship assembly. During prayers, we usually stand or sit quietly with heads bowed while the prayer is spoken before the church. You may hear members of the congregation assent to thought in prayers or at the close of the prayer by saying “Amen!”

SINGING Each congregation chooses whether to sing a capella or with the accompaniment of musical instruments. Despite this musical diversity, we are united in Christian fellowship. While we have members here at Westminster from both backgrounds within our movement, our practice for congregational singing in our Sunday morning worship assembly is to sing a capella.

COMMUNION We have communion, the Lord’s Supper, each Sunday. If you are a Christian, you are invited to join us in this traditional act of Christian faith. During this time, there will be a prayer of thanks for the bread and a plate of unleavened bread will be passed among the congregation. Each participant breaks off a piece, reminding us of the body of Christ, and passes the plate. Immediately following this, there will be a prayer of thanks for the cup, reminding us of the blood of Christ. Trays of individual small cups filled with grape juice are passed among the people. Each participant takes a cup, drinks from it, returns it to the tray, and passes the tray along to the next person. During communion the congregation sits quietly and meditatively, or an appropriate song may be sung.

OFFERING This is a time for members of the Westminster congregation to give to support the work of this church. If you are visiting with us, please feel comfortable just passing the collection plate along to the next person without making a gift unless you feel lead to give.

PREACHING Part of each worship period will be devoted to preaching from the Bible.

TIME OF RESPONSE We have a time of response to God’s Word in which all of us are encouraged to respond however we understand the Lord to be leading us, whether by coming forward or in our own hearts. At the end of the sermon, some may ask for prayers for special circumstances in their lives. Often this is a time when people let it be known that they wish to be identified as members of the congregation. Also, this is a time when people may confess their faith, and be fully immersed through baptism into Christ to become a part of His body.