Liturgy

As with a confession, every church has a liturgy. The question is not whether a church will have a liturgy, but which liturgy it will have. At Christ Church, we seek to worship God according to his revealed Word, and according to the wisdom of the Church throughout the ages. We seek to avoid the extremes of sappy sentimentalism, as well as dishonest sacramentalism.

Christ Church unashamedly seeks to worship God with all our heart, mind, soul, and body. We ask the Lord to purify our hearts through confession of sin and humble prayer. We attend eagerly to the preached Word with our mind. Our souls are nourished through the Word and the Supper. Our body is engaged in kneeling before Almighty God, in lifting up our hands in prayer, and in heartily singing His praises.

We seek to offer our service of musical worship, not in the tattered rags of our degenerate culture, but in the beautiful robes of time-tested psalms and hymns. We do not want to squander the rich musical heritage of the Church, and so our psalter-hymnbook draws heavily on the Genevan psalms, as well as the music of the English and Scottish reformations.

 

Meditation and Preparation for Worship

Call To Worship

God Summons His People
Scripture Reading of Praise
Prayer of Praise
Corporate Recitation
Congregational Response

Confession

God Cleanses His People
Exhortation
Scripture Reading of Confession
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Response

Consecration

God Equips and Prepares His People
Reading of the Word
Congregation Response - Amen
Opening Prayer of Praise
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Prayer of Petitions
Congregational Response
Preaching of the Particular Word
Congregational Response

Communion

God Nourishes His People
The Bread and the Wine
Congregational Response - Amen

Commissioning

God Blesses and Sends His People
Gloria Patri
Benediction
Congregational Response - Amen