How We Worship

Every Lord’s Day, God calls His people from every tribe, tongue and nation to worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. Those who trust Him joyfully obey this call and respond with singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16).

Having come into the presence of a holy God, we respond as all the faithful saints of old did when encountering God. We fall on our face and confess our sins and need for mercy, seeking His forgiveness in prayer. The minister then reminds us, that in and because of Christ, God forgives our sins and remembers them no more.

We then confess the faith we share with other Christians all over the world and throughout time by reciting or singing a Scripture passage confessing our faith in the one true God, or by utilizing one of the ancient Christian creeds that have endured for centuries.

Having had our sins forgiven, we are then ready to come feast upon the Word of God which renews our minds and hearts and prepares us for service in His Kingdom. God does this through the public reading of His Word and through the preaching which is effectual, by the Holy Spirit, for the conversion of the heart and the sanctification of the hearers.

We respond to His Word and gracious promises by bringing our tithes and offerings with cheerful hearts. And as a nation of priests, we also bring members of our church, the community, and the world before God in prayer.

Having been called, cleansed, and consecrated, God then invites every member of His family to feast at His table of grace.

At Crown & Covenant, we believe that Christ’s Table is open to anyone who belongs to the body of Christ through the covenantal sign of Christian baptism into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Having been forgiven, consecrated, and fed, God sends us into the world to accomplish the mission that He gave us when He ascended into heaven; namely, to make disciples of all the world.