EasterTide Worship: April 20
In a country and culture in which several states (Louisiana and Oklahoma) have decreed that the Ten Commandments must be hung in public schools, and other states are following suit (Alabama and Arkansas), and on the advice of trusted Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann, we return to a reconsideration of the ten words God gave Moses to define a community’s way of life together. We will be wondering together if public displays of expectations simultaneously ignored in public policy and in standards of leadership—and ways of relating to and talking about each other, pretty much demand careful, prayer consideration of such public hanging as lynchings of God’s word and will—like rhetoric that sounds faithful but is idolatrous—words said so as to not have to be made flesh.
We hope you’ll join us for Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m.
The Heart of Our Story: Our Church Covenant
Our Church Covenant guides our faith, at church and in the community.
“Trusting the we have been brought by divine grace to embrace the Lord Jesus Christ,
We now solemnly covenant with each other that God enabling us:
We will walk together in Christian love, exercising care and watchfulness over each other;
We will not forsake the assembling of ourselves for worship nor omit the disciplines of Bible study and prayer;
We will participate in each other’s joys, and will bear with tenderness and sympathy each other’s burdens and sorrows;
We will endeavor to bring up those who are under our care in the nurture and admonition of the Lord;
We will labor together as faithful stewards to support a vibrant ministry and endeavor by example and effort to lead others to Christ.
We will seek throughout life to live to the glory of Him who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
Each Communion Sunday (First Sunday of each month), we say these words as a congregation to celebrate and deepen our promise to God and to each other.
Our story, like yours, is unfolding.
Woodbrook Baptist Church is a welcoming and inclusive community of different stories, woven into a shared commitment of faith. With joy and honesty, we seek together the way of social justice, equality, and love.
Worship service, relaxed in practice, formal in liturgy
Sunday School and educational programs for all ages
Music with choirs and praise band
Nationally accredited Woodbrook Early Education (WEE) Center
The chance to grow in faith within an open community
