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Service Times
We begin every Lord's Day by gathering for the Sunday School hour at 10 am.
Our morning worship service begins at 11 am.We currently meet for evening worship twice a month (2nd and 4th Sundays). This service includes a brief devotion, the singing of psalms, and a time of prayer. Evening services begin at 6 pm.Please make sure to check the News page to see if there are any changes in service meetings and times.
Midlane Park also meets on Wednesday evenings at 6 pm for a time of Bible study and prayer. Please see the News link on the menu for updates--the schedule is adjusted during the summer and holidays.
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What to Expect at a Worship Service
The worship at Midlane Park ARP is best described as traditional.
The word "traditional" can mean a lot of things. Traditional is not synonymous with "boring," or at least it should not be (the worship of the God who made the heavens and the earth is anything but boring!). At Midlane Park, we fall somewhere between liturgical worship services ("high church") and contemporary worship services (granted, that is a very large area to be).
At Midlane Park, our focus is on the preaching of God's holy word. We begin the worship service with a call to worship (usually read from the Psalms), following by a short time of preparation for worship. After the invocation and Lord's Prayer, the congregation sings a song of praise to God (often from the Psalms as well -- ARPs were traditionally psalm singers). There is a time for confession of sins, as well as a Responsive Reading (either from the Scripture or one of our church's confessional documents, such as the Westminster Shorter Catechism). This is followed by a hymn and the collection of offerings. The reading of Scripture is followed by the sermon. An intercessory pastoral prayer, a closing hymn, and the benediction from the pastor close out the service. The congregation then sings a recessional, which is from one of the ARP's historic Bible Songs.
The Lord's Supper, which is also an important part of worship, is celebrated the first Sunday of every even-numbered month (February, April, June, August, October, and December). We also celebrate the Lord's Supper every odd-numbered month (January, March, May, July, September, November) during the second Sunday evening service.
If you would like to see a copy of this week's bulletin, please click here.
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