At the heart of our new life as God's people is the weekly service of worship on the Lord's Day (Sunday).

The Directory for the Worship of God of the Presbyterian Church in America says: "A service of public worship is not merely a gathering of God's children with each other, but before all else, a meeting of the triune God with his chosen people. God is present in public worship not only by virtue of the Divine omnipresence but, much more intimately, as the faithful covenant Savior." (Chapter 46, Section 2). When we gather as God's covenant people, we are entering not only through the doors of the church but into the heavenly Jerusalem and to innumerable angels in festal gathering (Hebrews 12:22). To worship is to approach our gracious Father through the priestly mediation of Son, our sacrifice, in the power of the Holy Spirit. In worship, our risen Lord receives our praises in song, hears our prayers, addresses, re-dresses, corrects and builds us up through the reading and preaching of his Word, and nourishes us with his body and blood in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

Our Directory for Worship also emphasizes two complimentary dynamics of redeemed worshippers that we strive to capture at ACPC - joy and reverence: "It behooves God's people not only to come into His presence with a deep sense of awe at the thought of His perfect holiness and their own exceeding sinfulness, but also to enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise for the great salvation, which He has so graciously wrought for them through his only begotten Son and applied to them by the Holy Spirit" (47-8).

Here at Aliso Creek Presbyterian Church we structure our worship service in a way that is consistent with the above theological convictions. We attempt to honor our God by offering a Christ-centered, biblically-based, rich and coherent service that engages and encourages our hearts and minds, and that helps us to stand in humble adoration before our Judge, who has justified us and drawn us into the loving communion of the Father, Son, and Spirit. More specifically, our music is not meant to draw attention unto itself, nor is it performance-oriented. Rather, it is meant to support congregational singing and meditation and is, therefore, simple, beautiful and moving. We weave together hymns and Psalms and newer songs that fit within the larger thematic emphases of our liturgy.

Download a sample Order of Worship.