Faith is committed to Bible preaching and teaching. Therefore, our ministries are being designed to accomplish that purpose. Our services are designed to explore the wonders of God through the revelation of himself in Scripture. To that end a significant passage of Scripture is read in each main service with the congregation. A reading schedule was begun this year that will allow our church to publicly read the Bible in the next few years. The concept of preaching, praying, reading, and singing the Word of God is our essential philosophy of corporate worship.
Sunday School
Sunday School for the adult class has been taking a relatively detailed look at some of the key doctrines in Scripture. We have covered the topic of Dispensations, Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology, Angelology, Anthropology, Hamartiology, and Soteriology. We are now in the engaging study of Ecclesiology. The doctrine of the church is critical for every local assembly to understand. Not only God's comprehensive work in the world, but in local churches will be covered by this study.
Sunday Morning Services
Sunday Morning services have been devoted to a systematic, exegetical study of the New Testament. Luke-Acts was chosen for its historical presentation of the events surrounding Christ and the beginning of the New Testament local church. Having recently finished up the gospel of Luke, the companion volume of Acts is under investigation. During this study, the epistles of Paul will be examined as they fall into this historical account.
Sunday Evening Services
Sunday Evenings are used for a chronological study of the Old Testament. A survey approach, rather than a detailed verse-by-verse study, has been chosen so that the series will not stretch on indefinitely. Genesis has been completed with Job being covered in its place around Genesis 12. We completed the study of the book of Exodus. This book can be called "the Romans" of the Old Testament because of its explanation of God's work in redemption. The study of Leviticus has recenctly been completed. For those familiar with the OT, this book has its challenges for modern readers. The vast historical distance between us and this book cause it to be somewhat obscure and difficult to read. However, it is a significant OT book because it explains in detail God's means of atoning for sin. We are more familiar with the atonement ('covering') made by Christ for our sin, and this book provides the background of what God was going to accomplish through Jesus Christ. Although the study of the OT was the original intent of the PM service, we are now entering a study of the book of Hebrews. Its value for contemporary believers is providing an important bridge to the OT. Its composition nearly 2,000 years after Moses provides a welcome commentary on the NT believer's appoach to the Mosaic Law. Therefore, it was deemed necessary to examine this book in light of the current study of the Pentateuch.
Wednesday Evenings
The mid-week service had been designed for prayer and Bible study. The Bible study is more abbreviated and the Wisdom literature of the Old Testament is the biblical material being used. Psalms is the book we are presently working through. Following the expostion of God's Word, the adults break up into small groups for prayer.
For the children we have a class called the Patch Club. It is a music based teaching time for children that will be held in conjuction with our regular Wednesday evening service. The Patch Club is designed for younger children, since most of the children in our church presently are quite young. The age group we are presently serving is four years old to third grade. The music being taught supports our general ministry goal of traditional, conservative music.
Nursery is provided on Wednesday evenings for the children up to four years of age.
Weekly Bible Study
On Tuesday mornings at 9:30, a Bible study is being held at a members home. In a deliberate more detail driven appoach. Presently the Gospel of John is the book being discussed. The approach is more concept driven, since narrative sections of the book are more profitably understood in larger sections than invidual verses. The Bible study has a standing open invitation to anyone interested in coming. Contact the church by e-mail or phone if you would like more information about this opportunity to study the Bible.
