Worship
Sunday 9:30am, Children's Church 9:30am
Sunday Church School 10:45am
The Bible doesn’t give a formal definition of worship. But
perhaps we can start by seeing what various words for worship mean.
The English word "worship" comes from two Old English words: weorth,
which means "worth," and scipe or ship, which means something like
shape or "quality." We can see the Old English word -ship in modern
words like friendship and sportsmanship – that’s the quality of
being a friend, or the quality of being a good sport.
So worth-ship is the quality of having worth or of being worthy.
When we worship, we are saying that God has worth, that he is
worthy. Worship means to declare worth, to attribute worth. Or to
put it in biblical terms, we praise God. We speak, or sing, about
how good and powerful God is.
This is a purpose for which we are called: "You are a chosen people,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that
you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness
into his wonderful light" (1 Peter 2:9). We were called for the
purpose of praising God, worshiping God. That is one of the job
descriptions of a Christian. We should declare that God is worthy,
worth more than everything else put together.
Children's Church
Kids up to the age of six are taken to a special learning section
- where computers are available with access to scripture and
relevant games. Traditional training is blended as well (below
left)
 
Christmas time gives them a chance to become actors (right).
Sunday Church School
Adults study scripture and share perspectives (below left)


Bible school is always an attraction for children and teens.
Spiritual growth is blended with fun activities (right)
Summer camp is very popular also - and camping out instills a
certain sense of independence - visit www.camppaddyrun.org .
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