We invite you to join us in our worship of God.
All are welcome to worship, participate, lead, and serve in all of our diversities.
We meet God in every heart and face.
Our Sunday 9:30 worship seeks to bring us together into a shared experience of God’s presence, with the Word at the center.
Our worship follows the traditional reformed order:
We Gather to Worship
We Prepare to hear the Word
We Listen for the Word of God through our time with children, in Scripture, in Music, and in Sermon
We Respond in Thanksgiving, giving our gifts and sharing in prayer
We Are Sent Out to serve this world in Christ’s name.
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, also known as the Eucharist and Holy Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of each month. This Sacrament is also celebrated at special times in the church, in special services.
Our congregation welcomes all people to our Lord’s Table, of all ages and traditions, and stages of faith. We underscore this inclusive welcome by serving only gluten-free bread and grape juice.
The Sacrament of Baptism is celebrated upon request. Our congregation follows the Presbyterian/Reformed tradition of infant baptism and the baptism of adults who have not previously been baptized. Because our tradition includes the promise of the congregation to support the family in raising the child in the faith, normally the parents, or a parent of the child to be baptized is a member of the church.
Special worship services are held during Holy Week and in Advent and Christmas. We also gather for prayer and worship at times important to our community and in response to events in our area, our nation, and the world.
We are currently welcoming people back for in-person worship.
Masks are optional. Your individual vaccination is encouraged but not required. Worship services will be officiated by unmasked leaders, including unmasked cantors.
Wednesday Noon Prayer and Meditation
We gather on Zoom each Wednesday at 12:00 to check in with each other and engage in a short Biblical reading and reflection. All are welcome, please email for the login information.
Your first visit
On your way from the parking lot, you pass by the cemetery. Nearby are the oldest headstones, some with time-worn names and dates from the 1700s.
Up three steps and through the double doors into the narthex, you meet a couple serving as ushers for Sunday worship. Hello! they say, and you note their cross-stitched nametags. Hello! you answer back, and then turn right or left to enter the sanctuary.
One of the ushers hands you a program.
You see the sanctuary has two aisles, not one in the center. (“How does that work during weddings?” you think.) The four columns of pews are mostly full, at least at the back. People murmur in conversation, some turned around to talk with the people in the seat behind them. Children sit with their parents in the pews.
Looking up, the nave of the church shows off the organ pipes, a cross, and two traditional stained-glass windows. Music begins, and the chatter subsides.
It’s 9:30 on Sunday at Dutch Neck.
Join us!