FAQs

When do  you meet for worship?
  • We meet for worship each Sunday at 10:30 AM and at 1:15 PM. Our  morning  service usually lasts an hour and our afternoon service about 45 minutes.
What other services do you have?
  • We have Christian Education classes for all ages on Sunday at 9:30 AM, Cottage Prayer Meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM , and Women’s Bible Study on the 1st Wednesday of each month. Each of these is open to all who wish to come and participate.
Do you have Christian Education classes?
  • Yes, they meet at 9:30 AM and there are classes for children and adults.
When do you observe the Sacraments?
  • We observe the Lord’s Supper the first Lord’s Day of February, May, August, and November. Baptism is observed whenever someone is ready for baptism, either an adult convert or a child of members.
What about children in worship?
  • Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Do not forbid then.” Children and infants are welcome in our worship services, prayer meetings, and psalm sings. We want our children to never remember a time when they did not attend church.
  • We have rooms for sleeping and nursing infants, as well as a staffed nursery during the morning service for small children to play quietly. The service is piped into the nursery. Ask for directions when you arrive.
Is your building wheelchair accessible?
  • Yes, all levels of our building are wheelchair accessible.
Does your schedule change in the summer?
  • From May – October, our congregation gathers with the Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church on the second Sunday of the month at 7:00 PM for a Psalm Sing. Each month, the location rotates between our church and Sharon. When we have a Psalm Sing, there is no afternoon service. Please note that this is subject to change. Contact us for specific dates and locations!
Who is the pastor?
Who are the elders?
  • Our elders are Daniel Drost, Robert Jarrard, Donald Wilson, and Michael Todd.
Who are the deacons?
How does the whole congregation conduct its business?
  • There is a congregational meeting on the third Wednesday in November to hear reports from the pastor, treasurer, and various committees; discuss a budget for the year; and deal with any other business. The congregation calls its pastor and elects its own elders and deacons to a permanent office.
What are your doctrinal standards?
  • We subscribe to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms. To these the Reformed Presbyterian Church has added a Testimony which speaks to issues not before the church when the Westminster Standards were written. We also have a Directory for Worship, a Book of Discipline, and a Book of Church Government.
To what larger church body does your congregation belong?
What avenues of service are open to your members?
  • Praying for each other, especially for our children, and for needs around the world;
 teaching a Sunday School class, helping care for the church grounds, being hospitable to one another and to visitors, visiting the sick, leading the singing, witnessing about Christ to family and friends.
What do you expect of members?
  • All of our members believe in Jesus Christ as their only Savior and accept the Bible as the inspired Word of God. We have promised to worship God weekly with the church, read our Bibles and pray, observe the Sacraments, tithe, serve one another, and listen to any necessary admonitions from the church. Families should pray together regularly; workers should work diligently and honestly. Below is the covenant of communicant membership.
 Covenant of Communicant Membership
  • Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God, the only infallible rule for faith and life?
  • Do you believe in the one living and true God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as revealed in the Scriptures?
  • Do you repent of your sin; confess your guilt and helplessness as a sinner against God; profess Jesus Christ, Son of God, as your Savior and Lord; and dedicate yourself to His service?
  • Do you promise that you will endeavor to forsake all sin, and to conform your life to His teaching and example?
  • Do you promise to submit in the Lord to the teaching and government of this church as being based upon the Scriptures and described in substance in the Constitution of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America? Do you recognize your responsibility to work with others in the church and do you promise to support and encourage them in their service to the Lord? In case you should need correction in doctrine or life, do you promise to respect the authority and discipline of the church?
  • To the end that you may grow in the Christian life, do you promise that you will diligently read the Bible, engage in private prayer, keep the Lord’s Day, regularly attend the worship services, observe the appointed sacraments, and give to the Lord’s work as He shall prosper you?
  • Do you purpose to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness in all the relationships of life, faithfully to perform your whole duty as a true servant of Jesus Christ, and seek to win others to Him?