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Barbara Brown Taylor writes, "Everywhere I turned, the most insignificant things in the world were preaching little sermons to me. Everywhere I turned, the world was leaking light." At the La Verne Church of the Brethren we believe that all of life is an expression of God. Therefore, all of life is a chance to worship. We worship when we are aware of the ways the world "leaks light." We worship when we serve our neighbors. We worship when we act as peacemakers in our world. We worship when we thank God for goodness. We worship when we receive God’s love for us. We worship when we pray. We worship when we come together as a gathered body of believers and share our hearts, our concerns, our belief, our unbelief, our praise, our love. As Abraham Joshua Heschel said, "Worship and living are not two separate realms. Unless living is a form of worship, our worship has not life." At the La Verne Church of the Brethren we strive to make our living a form of worship. |
Sunday Morning Worship
As a body of faith we gather every Sunday morning for worship (10:00 a.m. in the summer months
and 10:30 a.m. during the school year).
Ordinances of the Church
Love Feast: twice a year we have a re-enactment of the Last Supper Jesus shared with his
disciples.
We wash each other’s feet, as Jesus instructed. We eat a simple meal. We share
bread and the cup communion.
Communion: Besides Love Feast, we take bread and cup communion in Sunday morning
worship twice a year.
Baptism: We practice full immersion adult baptism. We dunk each person three times
forward in the name of:
God who created and loves us;
Christ who forgives and heals us;
The Holy Spirit who renews and empowers us.
While we do not baptize children, we understand that they belong to God and to the church
in a special way. We consecrate children and their parents as part of Sunday morning worship.
There are three emphases of this consecration:
Blessing of the child
Consecration of the parent(s)
Consecration of the congregation as the child's spiritual family
Anointing: When someone is in need physically or spiritually, we gather a small group around
them to anoint them with oil as it invites us to do in James 5. We don't do this for a miraculous
healing but to remind the person that they rest in God's loving arms.
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La Verne Church of the Brethren
2425 "E" Street, La Verne, CA 91750-4912
Phone: 909-593-1364 Fax: 909-593-4620 office@LaVerneCOB.org