Abiding Word Evangelical Lutheran Church

What are services like?
Every church has its own style of worship. At Abiding Word, we follow an order of worship called the liturgy. The word liturgy means service. Of course, the whole life of the Christian is our liturgy—our service to the Lord. On Sunday mornings, the focus on service is two-fold. The primary focus centers on God’s service to us through the Word (the Bible) and the Sacrament (Holy Communion). Another important emphasis in the Lutheran liturgy is our service to God. We believe this two-fold emphasis goes together: our service to God is the Spirit empowered response of God’s service to us. We maintain this emphasis throughout all our worship services at Abiding Word. We believe you will enjoy the style of worship at Abiding Word, but as in any church you should expect to take a couple of Sundays to become accustomed to our way of praising God as a family of believers. Each week, the service is either printed entirely in the worship folder or the basic parts are printed to provide reference to our hymnal during the service. In the worship folder, the Bible readings are printed for you. You will also find a brief explanation of the worship theme for the particular Sunday. You are welcome to bring your own Bible and follow along there if you choose. Music and singing are important parts of our worship as well. Loud or soft, in monotone or rich harmony, ancient or contemporary, all our praise is music to the Lord.