52 WEEKS OF WORSHIP

52 Weeks of Worship

Growing as disciples through our weekly worship

Affirming our faith through worship is a central part of our covenant with God and our church.  Join us on this journey through our Christian traditions, biblical teachings, and even a little bit of Newlonsburg trivia through these 52 weeks of worship.  Click on the question to go to the answer.

Week 1: Why is the first week Advent of the first week of the liturgical year?
Week 2: Why are our advent candles blue?
Week 3: What do the four candles on the advent wreath represent?
Week 4: What is a Jesse tree?
Week 5: Why are we still singing Christmas carols after Christmas?
Week 6: Why is it called Epiphany?
Week 7: Why are we baptized only once?
Week 8: Where can you find green in worship this week, and what is its                         significance?
Week 9: Why does the congregation meet once a year?
Week 10: What’s the difference between ordaining and installing officers?
Week 11: Why do we have a table instead of an altar?
Week 12: Where do the ashes for Ash Wednesday come from?
Week 13: Where can you find purple in worship this week, and what is its significance?
Week 14: Why are there no Alleluias during Lent?
Week 15: Why is Lent longer than 40 days on the calendar?
Week 16: What is the significance of the 40 days of Lent?
Week 17: Why do we have Youth Sunday?
Week 18: Why do our palms look different than traditional palms?
Week 19: Why do we use lilies to represent Easter?
Week 20: Why are we using white for our worship colors?
Week 21: How long is the time of Easter?
Week 22: Why is Sunday sometimes called the 8^th day of creation?
Week 23: Who’s responsible for preparing communion?
Week 24: What is the significance of the robes that our pastors wear?
Week 25: How is confirmation different than baptism?
Week 26: Why do we use red for Pentecost?
Week 27: What is Trinity Sunday?
Week 28: How do we pray for our seniors as they graduate?
Week 29: How do worship and mission connect in the life of Christians?
Week 30: What’s so ordinary about Ordinary Time?
Week 31: Why are announcements at the beginning of worship?
Week 32: Why do we do Joys and Concerns?
Week 33: Why do we have a Christ candle lit in worship?
Week 34: Why do we have flowers for worship every week?
Week 35: Who is called to worship by the “Call to Worship”?
Week 36: What do we call the different areas of the church?
Week 37: Who serves communion?
Week 38: Can you find the antependium, and what do the symbols mean?
Week 39: Why do we say offering instead of collection?
Week 40: What exactly is the Doxology?
Week 41: What does Gloria Patri mean?
Week 42: Why do we have greeters at each service?
Week 43: Why do we have Small Talk?
Week 44: Where do the kids go after Small Talk?
Week 45: What is World Communion Sunday?
Week 46: What is the difference between Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs?
Week 47: What is the difference between the great choir and the chancel choir?
Week 48: How is the worship music selected for each week?
Week 49: What was reformed in the Reformation?
Week 50: Why do we do things in the same order every week?
Week 51: How do the ushers serve the congregation?
Week 52: Why is Christ the King Sunday the theme for the end of the Christian year?