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Downtown
Worship Times
Andover
Worship Time
Offerings
Worship Time
Holy Communion
Childcare
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WORSHIP AT
FIRST CHURCH
First United Methodist Church
offers four distinct worship services where people
can worship and experience God. Our desire is that you
come to love God and understand the awe and wonder of his
majesty, his creation, his grace, his holy power to heal and
forgive, and most of all his tremendous love for you.
DOWNTOWN CAMPUS
200 West High Street
Our
Sanctuary (downtown campus) holds two traditional worship service every Sunday morning at
8:30 AM and
11:00 AM.
Each service is about one hour in length. Sunday School meets at
9:50 AM.
Our downtown service is in a
beautiful historic sanctuary built in 1908, and is part of our
legacy dating back to 1789. There is wonderful singing using
hymns and anthems, meaningful liturgy, inspiring preaching, and
warm, vibrant music. About 300 persons worship at 8:30, and
400-450 at our 11:00 service.
We are in the heart and
"hub" of downtown Lexington, and we often say we are
"downtown for good" meaning we are here to stay as an urban,
historic "city on a hill" and we are here for the "good we
can do" close to the hurting humanity of the streets.
Our sanctuary truly is a
sanctuary where we find rest, peace, time for
prayer--but also to move toward being with one another and
then out into the world.
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ANDOVER CAMPUS
4131 Todds Road The
worship service at our Andover Campus is also traditional and family
friendly. We offer one worship service at 11:00 a.m. which is about
one hour in length. Sunday School starts at 9:45 a.m.
Andover has a worshipping congregation of
about 200 persons of all ages, and was launched in October 2007.
Already it has welcomed a wonderful group of children, a sanctuary choir
that serves each Sunday, many musicians who share their gifts, and four
Sunday school classes (plus more for the children!) for spiritual growth.
There is plenty of parking on site. |
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Offerings
Downtown Campus
Offerings,
a contemporary service at First
Church, meets in West Chapel (downtown) at 11:00 a.m. each Sunday at
the same time as our sanctuary service. This service is geared
toward those who prefer an alternative to traditional worship.
This service lasts about an hour. You may learn more about
Offerings
at
www.firstofferings.com. |
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Chapel Service
Every
Wednesday night at 6:00 PM downtown in West Chapel, First Church offers an informal time of singing, prayer and teaching. This
service does not meet from mid-May through Labor Day |
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Holy
Communion
Downtown and Andover
Holy Communion
is offered downtown on the first Sunday of
each month at the 8:30 service and at both the 8:30 and 11:00 services on
the first Sunday of each quarter (January, April, July, October,
which is World Communion Sunday). Communion is served at the
communion/altar rail using wafers or communion bread and communion cups with
juice.
Come and
Go Communion is available downtown in Slaton Chapel at 8:15 a.m.
and 12:15 p.m. and is self-guided.
Holy Communion is
celebrated at Andover on the second Sunday of each month at our 11:00 a.m.
worship service. It is served using two different methods:
Served at the communion/altar rail where most persons kneel if they are
able, using the wafer and small communion cup and juice OR served by
intinction (the congregation walks to bread and chalice "stations" tears a
piece of bread from the loaf, dips it in the juice,
and partakes of the elements.
Anyone can be served where they are seated
if they are not able to come forward. |
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Childcare
Childcare
First United
Methodist Church provides excellent child care for its tiniest members. In
the east wing downtown, first floor rooms --101, 102, 103 and 104 -- our paid child
care staff await your infants, crawlers and toddlers.
Child care
is provided every Sunday morning beginning at 8:15 a.m. and continues
until our 11:00 a.m. worship service is over. Every Wednesday evening and during any other
church wide event, child care is provided upon request. When special
programming is not available for preschoolers and children Kindergarten
through 5th grade, age appropriate child care is available.
Childcare at Andover begins
at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday with care and learning. |
If
you have any questions about the services, please call the church office at
233-0545. For information on how to join, go here. |
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