Services - MIDLANE PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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 are currently holding a Bible study and prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings at the church fellowship hall. We are now studying the subject of evangelism in Scripture, using Richard Phillips' Jesus the Evangelist as a guide (purchase of the book is not necessary for attending). The Bible study begins at 6:00 pm (new time).

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.

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 from a Psalm), 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.

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