Our Worship

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We have households in size from one to twelve. From small children to senior citizens. Dress trends toward business-casual including jeans. The women wear dresses or pants. People are friendly and are genuinely glad to see you and one another.

Nursery and Children's Church

Because we believe children benefit by worshiping God together with their families, and the Holy Spirit is not limited by age, we do not offer nursery or children's church. To read more about this position and get practical suggestions to help your children worship, please see our document on age-integrated worship. We realize not every child is ready for our type of worship service so we provide a partitioned room which features the sounds of the service piped-in. This allows parents to train their children in a stress-free but worshipful environment.

Before the Service

The worship service usually begins at 11:15am. If you arrive early, you can visit with us while we set up the chairs and audio/visual systems.

Worship Service

A typical service includes corporate singing, the public reading of scripture, corporate prayer, and a sermon. In addition, one Sunday a month we observe the Lord's Supper with a potluck meal following. Check the Calendar to see when the next Lord’s Supper service occurs.

Music

The music we sing at WSFBC is a blend of old and new, traditional and contemporary. We use guitar and piano for instrumentation. We love to sing so we usually have 7 songs each Sunday. We love the doctrinally-rich hymns of the past as well as modern hymns and choruses of today. All singing is congregational. All words are doctrinally correct.

Sermon

The message is generally 30-45 minutes long. The preaching is expository which means we take a small portion of Scripture, see what it meant to the original audience and apply principles to us today. We generally do not think of what we want to say and then find Scripture to support it. Instead, we systematically go through the Scripture and see what God has to say to us. We do topical messages from time-to-time, but expository is our preferred style. We do not offer walk-the-aisle invitations, but we close the service with a musical time of reflection after the sermon. We provide a Follow-Along page to help our young members learn to take notes. For the youngest ones, we offer a coloring page that illustrates some aspect of the sermon.

Communion

On these Sundays, we usually have a time of testimony where members can share what God is doing in their lives, set in new members as needed, and have a shorter sermon followed by the corporate observance of the Lord's Supper.

After the Service

A typical service is over by 12:45pm. After the service, most folks stay and visit with one another. It is not unusual to find people still visiting until we sign out at 2pm. Some children explore the garden paths with their parents. You can also pray or talk with the Elders after the service if you would like to. We would love to meet you!