12819 - 160th Avenue SE Renton, Washington 98059 (425) 226-2871

   Worship News
 

Worship/Education Schedule

 8:10am Informal Worship with Communion -- A service planned for those who want to get up and get going for the day.  It is a short informal service using the Scripture reading for the day, the sermon, prayers and communion.  It generally lasts 30 to 45 minutes.  On a few occasions there is special music but usually the service has no music.  The format is:

  • Welcome and Announcements

  • Opening prayer

  • Scripture Reading

  • Sermon

  • Prayers

  • Communion

 9:10am Contemporary Worship and Sunday School for 3 year olds through High School --  This is a 'contemporary service using a variety of piano, guitar, drums, bass, and other instruments to lead singing.  The children going to Sunday School come to the first part of this service through communion and the leave for their classes while adults and others who choose stay for the Scripture readings, Sermon, Prayers and more singing.  The format is:

  • Singing as people arrive (starts early)

  • 9:10am - Opening songs

  • Welcome, Announcements, and Opening Prayer

  • Children's Sermon                 

  • Communion (children leave for Sunday school after communion)

  • Scripture Reading

  • Sermon

  • Special Music and Offering

  • Prayers

  • Closing Song(s))

9:10am - Adult Education -- We have great classes for Adults who choose to go to the 8:10am and 10:30am worship services.  We have guest teachers who offer classes on the Bible and Biblical topics  The classes are in the multipurpose of the education building..

                    

10:30am Traditional Liturgical Worship -- This service is filled with music using liturgies from sources; such as, the Lutheran Book of Worship, With One Voice, Marty Haugen, the Chicago Folk Service, and other liturgies we put together from the sources available.  A wide variety of music is used from chorales, traditional hymns, contemporary songs, to international hymns from Africa and Latin America.   Because the liturgies vary there is no predictable format.  However, the service will include much of the following:

  • Order of Confession and Forgiveness

  • Open Hymn

  • Hymn of Praise

  • Prayer of the Day

  • Children Sermon

  • Scriptures for the Sunday and Season

  • Creed

  • Prayers

  • Exchanging of the Peace

  • Communion

  • Blessing

          

   Other Worship Information
 

Communion

Preaching and the Sacrament of Communion are the central parts of our worship and are a part of every Lord of Life service. We believe they are gifts from God to sustain our faith. 

We invite all baptized Christians to share the Lord's Supper with us.   We believe that Jesus truly comes to us through the bread and the wine.  We believe it is his supper in which he meets us and shares himself with us.  We also believe we share our fellowship with each in the meal.

At the 8:10am we offer both wine and grape juice in individual glasses. 

At the 9:10am service communion is given by intinction; that is, a person receives a piece of bread and then dips it into the cup of wine or grape juice and then eats it.

 At the 10:30am service we offer both the common cup and individual glasses. The individual glasses give the choice of wine or grape juice.

If you are visiting you are invited to come to communion.  If you have any questions, the pastor is happy to visit with you. We also encourage children, regardless of age, to join in receiving communion.

Nursery

There is a nursery for infants and small children

(through age 3) during the services and our education

time.  Member households, including children, assist in

worship by reading the lessons and helping with

communion.

 

Music and Musicians -- In addition to the music

provided by our fantastic organist/pianist, we

use a contemporary band at the 9:10 service and have

special music almost every week from our choir and

other musicians at our 10:30 service.  If you enjoy singing, our choir

practices on Thursdays at 7:30pm. Everyone is

welcome.

 

Children's Church - In order to help and encourage

parents with small children (through age 3) we have

nursery services at all Sunday education times and

during worship.

 

During the summer months when Sunday School is not

in session, at the 9:30am liturgical worship, parents

have the option of sending their children from ages 3

through 5 or 6 to receive a short Christian learning

children's activity from the time of the 1st lesson

reading through the sermon allowing parents more

freedom to focus on the readings and the sermon.

 

:Of course we value children in worship and many

parents also choose to keep their children with them

for the whole service.

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