- Children aged 0-3 are dropped off at the nursery in the kid’s wing with adult volunteers.
- Church announcements are shared
- Original songs are played, people worship together, standing for the last two songs.
- A confessional prayer and time for silent confession
- A passage is read aloud
- Kids (ages 3-8) are invited to the front to engage with the pastor and lead the church in reciting The Apostles Creed or The Lord’s Prayer. Children then leave to the kid’s wing to engage in a prepared lesson using curriculum from “The Storybook Bible”.
- Mid-Kids (Ages 9-12) are invited out of service every other week to discuss the previous week’s sermon in more detail. When they are not called out, clip boards with related activies are available to them to use during the service.
- The sermon is shared with Q&A afterward.
- More original songs are played as people are invited to respond in three ways: Giving financially, taking communion, and/or sitting in the Healing Chair for prayer. Parent/Guadians are prompted to collect their children for the final song.
- The Village sings Happy Birthday to anyone that brings dessert for their birthday.
- A pastor offers a blessing.
- The Village shares a meal together.
The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our midst. Each episode is a call—not merely to listen, but to take part, to step forward into the life of faith with renewed vision and purpose.
Week by week, the pastors and leaders explore the deep rhythms of Christian discipleship—prayer, fasting, generosity—not as isolated duties but as part of a larger, richer, and more beautiful whole. They unpack these ancient practices in light of Jesus himself, the one in whom heaven and earth have come together. But they also turn their attention to the realities of everyday life—relationships, finances, the struggles and joys of being human—demonstrating how the gospel is not merely about what we believe but about how we live as God's renewed people in the present age.
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