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About Worship at Trinity Church:
The essence of true worship is covenant
renewal.
The rhythm of worship is antiphonal: Throughout the service, God speaks
to us and we respond.
The mode of worship is spiritual and
incarnational: We worship God with our spirits, our hands, and our
voices, employing various appropriate bodily postures.
Call to worship: God comes near and calls His
people out of the world to gather in His presence. He graciously takes
hold of us and brings us near to Himself.
Confession and Forgiveness: God reminds us what
He has done for us in Christ and declares His interest in restoring us
again to His favor in Christ. We confess our sins and God absolves
us of guilt. God graciously reminds us that we bear the name Christian
and are members of His family in Christ. He tears us from our old sinful
ways and renews His love for us in Christ.
Consecration: God speaks to us through His Word
read, sung and preached. We, His people, respond by giving ourselves and
our gifts as fitting offerings.
Communion: God invites us to commune with Him at
His Table, and we respond by memorializing His covenant and enjoying His
faithful provisions at the family feast.
We invite all who have put on the Lord Jesus Christ in
the water of baptism to partake of this covenant feast with us, for great
are the blessings promised to those who receive this meal by faith.
And we would invite any who are eager to sit and sup
with the Lord Jesus and all who love him, but have not been identified
with Christ in the water of baptism, to seek it at once, and then
to come join us at this Table. Remember as well, you baptized
saints, that you are not authorized to disqualify yourself from this
table. You are a guest at, not the Lord of, this sacred feast.
If you suspect that you should abstain from communion due to your sin and
ongoing impenitence, then contact one of the elders immediately for
counsel and direction regarding the same.
Commission and Benediction: God blesses us and
charges us to extend His kingdom into the future and into the world,
making disciples of all nations. We are dismissed from God's special
presence, renewed and equipped for this task.
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