Our Liturgy

Every Lord’s Day (Sunday), we gather to worship the Triune God. Worshiping God is what we were created for and is the highlight of our week.  At Providence, we seek to worship God in the manner He has prescribed in Scripture.

With this in mind, the elements of our worship service include the reading and preaching of God’s Word (1 Tim. 4:13; 2 Tim. 4:2), prayer (Phil. 4:6; Col. 4:2 1 Tim 2:1), singing (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16), and administering the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper (Matt. 28:19; 1 Cor. 11:23-29).

Our liturgy organizes these elements of worship as a dialogue between God and His people. God speaks to us through His Word and sacraments, and we respond with prayer, praise, confession, profession of faith, giving, and commitment.

Below is the worship liturgy of Providence Presbyterian Church with a brief explanation of each element of worship.

Call to Worship (God Speaks & Calls)

God summons us into His presence.

Prayer of Adoration and Invocation (We Respond)

We praise Him for who He is and ask Him to receive and bless our worship.

Hymn of Adoration (We Respond)

We sing a song of praise to God.

Call to Confession (God Speaks)

God’s Law is read as a reminder that God is holy, that we have all fallen short of His glory, and that we all stand in need of His mercy and redeeming grace.

Prayer of Confession (We Respond)

We confess our sins silently and then together with a written prayer, seeking God’s forgiveness through Christ.

Assurance of Forgiveness (God Speaks)

God comforts us with words of assurance and forgiveness.

Hymn of Thanksgiving (We Respond)

We sing a song of thanksgiving, expressing gratitude for our redemption through the blood of Christ.

Profession of Faith (We Declare)

We recite creeds and catechisms, uniting our voices with Christian churches around the world and throughout history, to affirm the core doctrines of our faith.

Scripture Reading (God Speaks)

God reveals His will and instructs us through the Word.

Prayer of Intercession and the Lord’s Prayer (We Respond)

We for the church, the community, the nation, the world, and the reading and preaching of God’s Word; we then conclude by reciting the Lord’s Prayer together.

Psalm of the Month (We Respond)

We sing the words of God given in the Psalms to prepare our hearts for the sermon.

Sermon Passage (God Speaks)

God’s Word is read before the sermon, emphasizing the authority of Scripture.

Sermon (God Speaks)

God’s Word is explained and applied to us, and the Gospel is proclaimed from every passage.

Hymn of Response (We Respond)

We sing a song in response to the sermon, declaring our commitment to live in a manner worthy of the Gospel.

The Lord’s Supper (God Speaks)

God communes with us through the Lord’s Supper, nourishing our faith and uniting us to Christ and one another.

Hymn of Thanksgiving (We Respond)

We sing a song of thanksgiving, expressing our gratitude for the redemption we have received through the broken body and shed blood of Christ.

Offering (We Respond)

We respond to the generous grace we have received in Christ by giving away our resources to advance the Gospel and Kingdom.

Benediction (God Speaks & Sends)

God’s Word sends us out with a blessing.

The Lord’s Supper

Our church partakes of the Lord’s Supper on the first Sunday of each month. We welcome to the table all baptized Christians who are trusting in Christ alone for their salvation, have made a public profession of their faith, and are accountable to a church where the Gospel is proclaimed. We offer both wine and grape juice in the communion tray.  If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Roy

Music

The music we sing at Providence is a blend of old and new. We love the doctrinally rich hymns of the sixteenth century, and we find blessing in the choruses of the twenty-first. We strongly prefer congregational singing, which emphasizes the gathered body singing praise to God with one voice, over performed music, which tends to spotlight the abilities of some while encouraging passivity in the rest. The majority of our songs come from the Trinity Psalter Hymnal and the Sing! Hymnal.

Your Children

We are a church that values all generations and age groups being present in worship together, including children. While your kids may not intellectually grasp everything that goes on, their hearts are being formed by participating in the weekly act of worship. In other words, children learn how to worship by worshiping with the congregation Sunday after Sunday. Therefore, we are not concerned about the little noises that typically come from these little ones. We do have a cry room available, where the worship service can be seen and heard if those noises get too distracting. We also offer childcare for children 4 and under on an as-needed basis. Please contact the church to schedule childcare.