Is there a dress code?

Most of our congregation dresses in a “business casual” style, but please feel free to come in whatever you’re comfortable in as long as it is modest.

What if my children cry or are disruptive during the worship service?

We want the whole family to be together during worship on Sunday mornings. If that means a little noise, that’s okay! We understand kids are often unpredictable and many of our families are in a similar stage of parenting where we are training our children to sit in the worship service quietly and attentively.

Do you have a ministry for individuals with special needs?

Yes, we do! We call this our “buddy ministry.” Individuals with special needs are welcome to join the congregation in the worship service but we understand that isn’t possible in some situations. We have a team of volunteers designated to spend time with individuals with special needs during our worship service. Typically, it is a time spent one-on-one with a volunteer a portion of God’s word is read, songs are sung, and prayer is engaged in together. If you’d like more information regarding the buddy ministry or have other questions, please feel free to send an email to office@covenantcommunity.org.

What is the Regulative Principle of Worship?

The Regulative Principle of Worship (RPW) is the practice of worshiping God only in the manner He has commanded us in His Word. As the 1689 Confession of Faith says, “But the acceptable way of worshipping the true God is instituted by himself, and so limited to his own revealed will, that he may not be worshipped according to the imaginations and devices of men, or any other way not prescribed in the Holy Scripture” (22.1).

What are the Ordinary Means of Grace?

The ordinary means of grace are those means that God has instituted to bring grace to believing souls. This grace comes from the Father, through the Son, by the delivering of the Spirit, in and through the ordained means. (LBCF 14.1)

• The Word

• Baptism & the Lord’s Supper

• Prayer

These are not instruments we use to get grace but means God uses to bring us into fellowship with Him. This also keeps us from seeking to invent new ways of receiving grace from God and fixes our eyes on the finished work of Christ.