Spriggs Road Presbyterian Church
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Acts2:42
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Two versions of the bulletin are available for download below.
The “Full Page” option is a PDF with one page per sheet. It would be best for mobile device viewing.
The “Booklet” option is a PDF with two pages per sheet to be printed on both sides of three sheets and then folded to form a booklet.
PLEASE NOTE… Construction of the church entry portico began on Monday, August 31. For the next few weeks, we will have to use the entry at the rear of the church while construction is taking place. Please use caution when walking near the construction site and, for their safety, please keep children away from the construction area.
As a reminder, we are still collecting funds to help pay for the project. If you would like to contribute, please designate any gifts as “Church Portico Project” or something like that.
If you have any questions, please contact any of the Session members.
A concept drawing of the planned portico is on the bulletin board in the foyer.
Two versions of the bulletin are available for download below. The “Full Page” option is a PDF with one page per sheet and would be best for mobile device viewing. The “Booklet” option is a PDF with two pages per sheet to printed and folded to form a booklet. It is formatted to print the full bulletin on three sheets (front and back) of printer paper.
Both slides and a bulletin are provided to aid in worship.
The bulletin is designed to be printed on two sides of two sheets of paper, then folded to form an 8 page booklet-style bulletin.
Slides contain all the text of music and readings in presentation form. They are better for mobile device viewing than the bulletin. Slides are available here.
The following is a new announcement from Pastor Michael Mang for all to consider before coming to the Lord’s Table each Sunday. The following announcement will be provided in the bulletins which are available to download and print from the bulletins tab on this website. However, given its length it is provided here to give all sufficient opportunity to read and consider it ahead of time.
Announcement:
All are invited to the Lord’s Table who have been baptized, have publicly professed faith in (either before a congregation of the Lord’s Church or to a body of Elders in a church where the Gospel of Christ is embraced) and allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior from your sins, and are members of the visible Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you have not publicly professed faith in Christ Jesus – the eternal Son of God who took on human flesh, lived a perfect, sinless life, died on the cross for sins, rose bodily from the dead, and who is returning to this earth in power and glory – please refrain from partaking of the Lord’s Table.
We invite you to respond to the Gospel by first understanding that you have sinned personally against the God who made you and have violated His good and right laws for you to follow. God is holy and has every right to separate you from Himself and from all that is good and beautiful because of your freely chosen disobedience to Him. But the really good news is that you can be restored to the God who made you because of what Christ Jesus has done on the cross as a perfect substitute and payment for the penalty that you owe and deserve. Simply believing and trusting in what Jesus did for you means you will belong to the LORD God forever. Abraham, the Biblical example of one who was restored to God by faith alone, trusted God’s promise and the LORD God credited it, that trust, to him as righteousness. God has shown His love to the world, and to you, by giving His only Son that whoever believes in Him should not die and be separated from Him forever but rather have the life man was created to have in the presence of God, a life that never ends.
This means that you cannot DO anything to earn your place with God. However, a true faith in Christ Jesus comes from a God-given desire that will produce behavior that does those things that are pleasing to Him.
Please seek out and contact one of our Pastors or Elders to talk more about your eternal future. You can find their contact information in this bulletin. They will be glad to show you from Scripture, God’s Word, how you can have a relationship with God through Christ Jesus and have true peace and security with Him.
If you have professed faith in Christ Jesus, have been baptized, and are a member of the Church, yet there is a distance between you and the LORD because of cherished and unrepentant sin and transgressions of God’s laws, we warn you to refrain from partaking the elements of the Lord’s Table today. Scripture tells us that partaking of the Lord’s Table is a participation, a communion, in the body and blood of Christ (1 Cor. 10:16). God’s people cannot partake of His holy Table while at the same time engaging in deliberate and conscious violations of His commands for us as His holy people. If this is true with you, the LORD graciously promises that, if you confess and turn from whatever thinking or behavior that is contrary to His nature and His Word, He is faithful to forgive and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). Until you have confessed and turned from whatever this breach of faith might be, please refrain from partaking of the Lord’s Table.
This does not mean that as a professing follower of Christ you are required to be perfect and flawless before communing with Christ at His Table. The Table is for you to be nourished and strengthened even more in your faith and love for Christ. You may have worries and doubts that God loves or hears you because your faith is weak. You may have sinned, confessed, and turned from it to the Lord before partaking, but still your heart condemns you. When you come to the Lord’s Table, the Lord by faith assures you that you belong to Him, and He belongs to you. If, despite your sins and imperfections, you can truly say that the LORD is your Shepherd, that the name of Christ and His smile is the desire of your soul, then take the LORD at His word that you are ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven!
Come, and dine with your Lord and Savior.
SLIDES are available which contain all the text for readings and singing.
SLIDES are available which contain all the text for readings and singing.
The Session has decided that it is no longer necessary to have a sign-up for Sunday worship services, so we are taking down the Sign Up Genius from this point forward.
We continue to offer two worship services at 9:00 a.m. and at 10:45 a.m., as well as a live stream of the 10:45 a.m. service. The Session recommends those attending the early 9:00 a.m. worship service to consider wearing masks in deference to our brothers and sisters with particular concerns about safety.
As a reminder, please practice social distancing when you attend either worship service. Our ushers will be available to help anyone having difficulty finding seating with appropriate distancing.
The full statement about resuming in-person worship can be found here.
Realizing that some may be hesitant to participate in corporate worship at this time due to health concerns, the session would like to remind everyone that anyone may request a visitation. If anyone would like a pastor and elders to visit you, please contact one of the pastors or elders. In addition to general visits, we can deliver a brief message from the Bible and administer the Lord’s Supper for you and your family. We will follow any health and protective measures or procedures that you may require of us during our visit.
LAST UPDATED: August 8, 2020
Our in-person worship services will accommodate a 50% seating capacity.
Additional details for in-person services:
Before and after each service there will be a cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces. We also have been in contact with our Hispanic brethren asking them to be diligent to clean and disinfect after they use the building.
We intend to have a Deacon at the front entrance who will open and close the doors as folk enter and depart. Signs will be posted to remind about health safety guidelines and to caution against entering if one has had a fever within the past forty-eight (48) hours.
In order to facilitate cleaning between the 9:00 and 10:45 service we request those who come to the early service to exit as soon as possible to the outside of the building and to fellowship with others safely in the yard area or the parking lot.
Session highly recommends those attending the early 9:00 a.m. worship service to consider wearing masks in deference to brethren who are legitimately concerned about their own or a family member’s susceptibility to contracting COVID-19.
The 10:45 service will be livestreamed over Sermon Audio and Facebook as usual. A bulletin will be available online. For those attending the service in-person bulletins will be available on the website for you to print out or to load on to your phones or tablets. There will be a few printed bulletins at the church, primarily for any visitors who might worship with us.
Alternate rows of seating will be used, and at least six feet should be between families or single individuals. The wearing of a mask is at your discretion.
The Lord’s Supper will not be livestreamed for several reasons, but mostly in order to ensure that the Sacrament is properly fenced and distributed to show forth the visible unity and communion of the body of our Lord.
At the on-site service, the elements will be placed on two stations at the front of the sanctuary. The Bread and the Cup will be spaced out on trays to facilitate receiving them in a safe and sanitary manner. Those who partake will come forward observing a safe distance from others, take both elements, and return to their seats to eat the Bread and drink the Cup.
Just to be clear, Sunday School is not currently in session, and the nursery will not be available. The Cry Room will be open, but being rather small, we ask you to be judicious and careful to maintain recommended distancing should others also seek to use it.
For the time being there will be no “Greeting” and passing of offering plates in the service. The Deacons have purchased a “Tithe Box” that is placed in the rear of the sanctuary should you wish to give your tithes and offerings to the LORD in that manner. We also offer online giving capabilities for those who wish to give in that way. If you have questions about online giving, please contact Lloyd Moore or one of the Deacons. You can find their contact information in the bulletin attached. Your faithfulness in continuing to support the ministry of the Gospel at SRPC has been a source of great joy and thankfulness to the LORD God.
We are working carefully to ensure that safe and sanitary measures and conditions ensue for everyone’s health and peace of mind. There have been so many varied and conflicting studies and opinions as to what actually constitutes the safest measures to take that it has often been difficult to assess what procedures are truly effective. Not being experts, we defer to the current consensus that comes from our government and health officials. We also trust your good judgment and common sense in these matters to know that if you have underlying health risks or have had a fever recently to remain at home and avail yourself of the live-streamed service.
Please be patient as we work through the logistics of transitioning to two services for the time being. We welcome your feedback to help improve our journey back to normal. Your prayers and encouragement have been most appreciated. Continue to pray for your brothers and sisters who have experienced loss and difficulties due to this pandemic. Pray that the Body of Christ at SRPC, and in every place, will grow stronger and closer to Christ through this ordeal.
Due to technical issues last week, we will not be transmitting the Sunday service through the FM signal this coming Sunday, May, 24, 2020. Please visit this page to find out ways to view the live stream.
We will begin FM transmission of the services beginning May 17, 2020. Those who would like to listen to the service from the church parking lot may tune to 88.9 FM.
Please note that the facility is still closed to all except those participating in the live stream service, however any are welcome to park in the church parking lot and listen in their cars.