In five 45-minute sessions, we are not going to accomplish all this. We can, however, begin this process in hope and faith that it will continue through many years of happy and challenging participation in the life of The First Presbyterian Church. On this understanding, our pastor has laid out the following tentative structure for these classes. The Fall session of Inquirers' Classes begins after church on Sunday, September 26. The Church Is a Community Fellowship is basic to the nature of a church.
People come together to make friends, to be friends.
Our fellowship is based not just on a need for friends, but on beliefs we hold in common. The Church Is a Worshipping Community That which makes a church different from all other communities is the way we come together to worship God. All institutions need a certain amount of organization, ways to get things done, to resolve problems without unnecessary friction. Our faith is in a Lord who became a servant. The Christian Church has always served others as the way of living out its beliefs in daily life.