Join us for Worship on Sundays!

Listed below is the basic order of our worship service with Scripture references cited reflecting biblical teachings or principles related to each aspect of our service.  We follow an "ACTS" outline for the first part of our worship service (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, & Supplication), followed by a time devoted to the "Ministry of the Word". 

Our worship service emphasizes the following: the public reading of Scripture, the holiness of God, praising God in hymns and spiritual songs, the leading of the Holy Spirit, intercessory prayer, testimonies & God speaking thru the body of Christ, worshiping Christ in communion, monthly mission updates, affirming our faith thru public readings (of Scripture and the Creeds), worshiping God thru offerings, the family worshiping together (for part of the service), biblical teaching for children (during the Sermon), and the priority of expository preaching (with the on-going proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ).  If you desire to learn more about becoming a Christian or do not have a home church in this area, please join us on Sundays at 10:00am or call us at (847) 546-5409.

 ADORATION & CONFESSION:

 Call to Worship (reading from the Psalms): Ps 95:1-2; Ac 20:7; 1Co 16:2

 Worship thru Songs: Ps 100:4; Rev 15:3-4

 Confession of Sin: Ezr 9:1-2; 1Jn 1:8-2:2

 THANKSGIVING & SUPPLICATION:

Edification & Intercession: Mt 6:9-15; 2Ch 20:1-12; Mal 3:16-18; 1Co 14:26-40; Eph 1:3-14; Php 4:4-7; Heb 10:25ff

    {which includes an open time of prayer and testimonies, mission updates, etc., on various Sundays}

 Worship in Communion: Mt 26:17-30; 1Co 11:ff; Rev 5:9-14 (usually celebrated on the 1st Sunday/Month)

 Worship thru Offerings: Ps 96:8; 1Co 16:2

 Affirmation of Our Faith (using Scripture & the Creeds): Dt 6:4; Jn 1:1-18; Rom 1:1-6; 1Co 15:3-6

 MINISTRY OF THE WORD: Ps 119:1ff; 2Ti 3:14-4:8; 2 Pe 1:19-21

 Children’s Ministry begins: Dt 6:4-9; Lk 18:15-16

 Preparation in Song: Ps119:108,169-172; Col 3:16

 Preaching the Word: Dt 1:1; 2Ti 4:1ff

 Closing Song & Benediction: Ps 119:7; Ro 11:33-36; Nu 6:24-26; 2Th 2:16-17; Jude vs24-25

 ORDER OF WORSHIP UNDERSTOOD:

 The purpose and goal for having an Order of Worship is to promote and ensure a service:

 - that is reverent and orderly, while also spirit-filled and spirit-led;

 - that gives priority to various aspects of worship without neglecting others, including scripture reading, prayer,

 music and songs, confession, intercessory prayer (including prayer for local and national government leaders),

 affirmation of our faith, and communion;

 - that gives recognition to the traditional church calendar (including Advent, Lent, Easter, Pentecost),

 as well as other observances, such as: the Sanctity of Human Life, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Mother's Day, Memorial Day,

 Father's Day, Reformation Sunday, Veterans Day, and the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church;

 - that encourages the body to minister to one another;

 - that ministers to all ages, backgrounds, and needs of our community;

 - that emphasizes the preaching of the word.