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Sunday Worship services are offered at 8:30 and 10:45 am.
The 8:30 service is informal, offering early risers an intimate
setting for worship, prayer, communion and song.
The 10:45 service (following the 9:30 hour for Christian Education)
is a more formal worship of music, word, and sacrament enhanced by an
outstanding choir and organ.
During July and August, there is one service at 9:30 am, followed by
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Communion is served on the first, third and fifth Sunday of each
month (at the 10:45 service), alternating between traditional
Presbyterian communion, in which worshipers are served in the pews,
and communion by intinction, in which worshipers come forward
and immerse the bread in a communal cup.
A short service of prayers for wholeness and healing is provided on a
regular basis in the chapel adjacent to the sanctuary following the
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A fellowship hour follows the 10:45 service, in which coffee,
tea, juice and cookies are served. 
Special activities are often scheduled during the fellowship hour:
drama by student groups, lectures, lunches, musical performances,
group and congregational meetings.
Periodically, we join with other FOCUS
congregations for joint worship services, with guest preachers,
massed choirs and collective fellowship. Services rotate from church
to church. Check this month's newsletter or calendar for scheduling information.
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First Presbyterian services are recorded directly to compact disc
(CD). This serves shut-ins and visitors. Miss a service, or want to
revisit it? Contact the Church Office for a copy.
Deacon John Knutson (right) mans the console during a Sunday service. |
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