Our primary family worship service is called sacrament
meeting. This meeting is held in our meetinghouses on Sunday and
lasts approximately 70 minutes. Visitors are welcome to attend.
It is common for families to attend, and we are accustomed to
having children as part of the congregation.
A typical meeting would consist of the following:
Hymns: Religious songs sung by the congregation (hymn books are provided).
Prayers: Offered by local Church members.
Partaking of the Sacrament (Communion): The sacrament is passed to members of the congregation.
Speakers: Typically a meeting will have two or three assigned speakers.
We do not pass a plate to request donations as part of our
worship services.
Additional Meetings
Visitors are also welcome to
attend other Sunday meetings that precede or follow sacrament meeting:
Sunday School classes are offered for each age-group, beginning
with twelve year olds.
Primary meetings consist of a group service and age-oriented
classes for children three through eleven years of age.
A nursery is available for young children, ages eighteen months to
three years.
Young Women meetings provide classes for those twelve through seventeen
years of age.
Relief Society meeting is for women, ages eighteen years and older.
Priesthood meetings provide age-oriented classes for males
twelve years and older.
Sacrament meetings and other meetings may be conducted in
differing sequences, depending on the preference of local leaders.
This site displays the beginning time
of the three-hour block of meetings and the starting time of
sacrament meeting.
Appropriate Dress
Those who attend will most likely be wearing their "Sunday
best," which may include suits, sport coats, and ties for the
men and dresses or skirts for the women. Children also typically
dress up for Sunday.
Helpful Information
Our local congregations are called wards (or branches). The spiritual
leader of each ward is called the bishop (or the branch president for branches). He is a member of the
congregation who has been asked to serve as a volunteer in this
position. Because we have a lay ministry rather than paid clergy, all Church service is voluntary.
