WORSHIP
SERVICES
ARE SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 10:30.
·
Child
Care is available.
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Collenbrook
United Church is handicapped accessible.
·
Our
sanctuary is air-conditioned for your convenience during the summer
months.
A TIME OF
FELLOWSHIP
(Coffee Hour) in Carl E. Grimm
Fellowship Hall follows our worship service each Sunday. Everyone is invited!
There are Sunday
School Classes for all ages (including adults) each Sunday morning
at 9:30.
Choir: Collenbrook has a small volunteer choir of about 10-12. The choir sings a variety of music from classical, to
traditional, to gospel, to modern.
Choir practice takes place Sundays following the worship service.
Children’s
Time: There is a time for the children (sometimes known as a
children’s sermon) in each Sunday morning’s worship service. It is important for the children to know that they are an
extremely important part of our church family.
The point of this time is not for the children to remember
necessarily the object lesson, rather it is to make the impression that
God loves them and the congregation loves them.
While we realize that children do remember and learn very easily,
what we hope is to leave a loving, warm, and fun impression that will
carry over a positive feeling about God, Jesus, and the church.
Worship
Style: Overall Collenbrook’s style of worship is traditional for a
PCUSA or UCC congregation. However,
because of the size of our congregation, worship has a degree of
intimacy about it. Also,
our worship style is formal at times and informal at others.
Our hymn selections tend to be a varied as our choir selections.
Perhaps the time that most epitomizes Collenbrook’s worship is
our sharing of our joys and concerns prior to the pastoral prayer.
This sharing of our successes and blessings, as well as our cares
and anxieties, adds to the unity and closeness we feel as a church
family.
Communion: The
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is celebrated about eight times a year.
It is celebrated on specially selected Sundays of the liturgical
year. Among those time that
Communion is celebrated are:
·
The
First Sunday of the New Year
·
The
First Sunday of Lent
·
Maundy
Thursday
·
Pentecost
Sunday
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Mid-Summer
Communion Sunday
·
The
First Sunday of October (World Communion Sunday)
·
The
First Sunday of Advent
We celebrate an Open Table.
This means that you do not have to be a member of Collenbrook to
worship and receive Communion. All
we ask is that in participating you place your trust in the God revealed
to us by Jesus Christ.
Baptism: As a church in both the PCUSA & UCC traditions, we
practice infant baptism and adult baptism.
If you are interested in baptism, either for yourself or for one
of your children, you are encouraged to contact the pastor.
Baptisms are celebrated as part of our regular Sunday morning
worship.
Weddings: Weddings for couples who are not members of our congregation
are performed at the discretion of the pastor.
There are modest fees for use of the church sanctuary and for the
services of the pastor for non-members of Collenbrook.
Please call the church office if you would like more information.