Sunday Worship

Gathering Together on the Sabbath   

We gather to worship God every Sunday morning at 10:45 am.   Here we find friends, pray together, confess what needs mending in our lives, hear readings from the Bible and a sermon preached with relevance.  Our services are normally about one hour or less.

Our regular Sunday worship service include singing God’s praises with triumphant music on our pipe organ.  The choir usually offers a special anthem, the children's bell choir may offer a selection.  There may be a first person sermon to challenge our thinking and move our spirits.  We will always hear readings from the Bible and pray together the community's prayers. 

In the UCC, we celebrate two sacraments, communion and baptism. We share communion at least six times a year. We welcome folks of any age or religious preference to partake in these sacraments.

Worship? What’s the point?

Where you were a young person, who was “dragged off” to a church service? Did you find it hard to connect to the service? Or… have you never been to church in your life? Are wondering what is the point of coming to worship?

Worship at St. John’s is an opportunity to come home - emotionally, spiritually, and socially.  In our congregation, we all lead busy lives, but Sunday morning is the time we dedicate to God, to one another and to our own spiritual growth.  It is a chance to find belonging and a sense of peace the world cannot give. 

When we gather to Worship, we understand God is our only audience.  We find in worship a reverence, relevance, and ability to stir the senses.  Worship where we may both laugh and cry, knowing that the Holy Spirit is with us through these feelings.

Our wider Church, the United Church of Christ affirms that each generation has the blessing and responsibility to “make the faith its own.”  At St. John’s we do this with a worship service that speaks to our modern everyday lives, while tapping into time-tested, deep, and ancient practices of the faith.  

Children are important to St. John’s. There is a special time in our worship for them to hear the Scriptures and understand that meaning for their lives at their own level.

Come and join us! Find out about all St. John’s has to offer!