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How does the Church worship God?

We seek to understand and obey the Bible and to faithfully participate in the sacraments as Jesus commanded.

Have you ever wondered what it truly means to worship God? What did Jesus or the early Christians mean when they talked about worshipping God?

First, when the earliest Christians thought of worship, they thought of what we call sacraments. A sacrament refers to something which highlights the relationship between God and his people. Christians have usually spoken of two main sacraments: baptism, which celebrates the beginning of the Christian life; and the Lord’s Supper, or Communion, which sustains the Christian life.

1. Baptism symbolizes the beginning of the new life we have because of the death and resurrection of Jesus. Washing with water symbolizes the Christians participation in the death and resurrection of Jesus, because he has cleansed their consciences before God.
2. The Lord’s Supper symbolizes the sharing of the benefits of the death and resurrection of Jesus, which has given us eternal life. We partake of the bread and the juice, which symbolize the body and blood of our Savior.

These are some of the ways in which the Church worships God. We baptize people into the death and resurrection of Jesus. We celebrate the benefits of that death and resurrection by partaking of the Lord’s Supper.

If you haven’t yet been baptized, talk to one of your spiritual leaders at church about being baptized. The next time you see a baptism or take part in the Lord’s Supper, offer God your thanks and worship his Son, who is glorified in these sacraments.