Seventh-day Adventist Church

Every Seventh-day Adventist congregation around the world meets for study, worship, and fellowship each Sabbath (Saturday). 

Worship Service

Our services begin on Sabbath morning, where members gather for "Sabbath School" at 9:15 a.m.  After meeting together to sing, share, and hear mission reports from around the world, Sabbath School members divide into several "classes" to study and discuss a weekly lesson contained in the Sabbath School Quarterly--a study guide produced in all major languages so that members around the world can study the same topic together each week.

The classes we offer are:

• Cradle Roll (ages 0-2)

• Kindergarten (ages 3-6)

• Primary (ages 7-9)

• Junior (ages 10-13)

• Youth (ages 14+)

• Adult

At 11:00 a.m., the Worship Service begins, and includes congregational singing, prayers, the returning of God's tithes and the giving of our offerings, children's sermon, special music, and a sermon.

Our worship style is more traditional.

Prayer Meeting

We also hold a midweek meeting, called "Prayer Meeting," on Tuesday nights beginning at 7:00 p.m.  During Prayer meeting the pastor or an elder presents a biblical topic, following which those who attend join in with prayer requests for the concerns on their hearts.

Communion

Every three months, or quarter, we celebrate a Communion Service, following the example provided by Jesus Himself in the Gospels of the Bible.  This solemn but joyous service includes partaking of symbols of Christ's blood and body--small cups of grape juice and whole-wheat wafers--as Jesus did with His disciples in the Upper Room.

Before the Communion Service, we also follow Jesus' Upper Room example by joining in what is called the "Ordinance of Humility", or foot washing.  Men and Women go to separate rooms and pair off by couples and wash one another's feet, then reassemble as a congregation for the Communion service.  Participation in the foot washing service is a matter of choice, though nearly all church members choose to take part in it. 

We practice what is called Open Communion, meaning that all Christians of any denomination are welcome to participate in the ceremonies.

This page adapted from "Welcome! Your Church Family Album" published by ColorPress

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Last modified: 04/27/05

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