Worship
Sunday morning worship services are held in person and online at 11:00 a.m.
We celebrate communion on the first Sunday of every month, and during key special services.
What is baptism?
Baptism is a sign and seal of God’s covenant of grace with us and our children. Baptism is the visible word of God that we are cleansed through Christ and walk in the newness of life. Baptism is always performed in the context of a congregation of God’s people. The congregation commits itself to the spiritual nurture of the infant, child, or adult being baptized. Baptism is the mark of corporate, as well as individual faith.
What happens during baptism?
In baptism God promises by grace alone:
• to forgive our sins
• to adopt us into the Body of Christ, the church
• to send the Holy Spirit daily to renew and cleanse us
• to resurrect us to eternal life
Through baptism Christ calls us to new obedience:
• to love and trust God completely
• to forsake the evil of the world
• to live a new and holy life
Through baptism, we are adopted as Christ’s own, forever, and adopted into Christ’s body, the Church.
How does the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) practice baptism?
First Presbyterian Church of Oklahoma City baptizes infants as well as older children and adults. We gather around the font, surrounded by our church family. We recognize the symbolic cleansing and refreshing characteristics of water, and the power of baptism to cleanse us and lead us to new life.
What is communion?
Communion, also known as the Lord’s Supper or Eucharist, is Christ’s gift to the church.
Following Jesus’ example and instruction, when the church celebrates the Lord’s Supper we receive gifts of bread and wine; we give thanks to God; we break the bread and pour the wine; we share the food and drink with each other. In these simple actions, believers experience a profound mystery: Christ himself is present and his life passes into us and is made ours. As baptism is the sign and seal of our engrafting into Christ, so the Lord’s Supper is a means by which Christ continually nourishes, strengthens and comforts us.
What happens during communion?
Through our prayers and the sharing of bread and wine we are joined to Christ and through Christ to each other. At the table we remember what God has done for us. The past event of our Lord’s death, resurrection and ascension comes into the present so that its power once again touches us, changes us, and heals us. We gather at the table with joy. Our eating and drinking is a celebration of our risen Lord. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Christ is present with us at the table and so we give joyful thanks for what God has done and is doing in our lives and in the world. We come to the table in hope. We look forward with joyful anticipation to the coming reign of God when “Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other” (Psalm 85:10).
How does FPC-OKC practice communion?
First Presbyterian Church of Oklahoma City baptizes infants as well as older children and adults. We gather around the font, surrounded by our church family. We recognize the symbolic cleansing and refreshing characteristics of water, and the power of baptism to cleanse us and lead us to new life.
Who may participate in communion?
Christ is the host and invites us to his table. All who have been baptized into Christ are welcome to participate in the Lord’s Supper and children may participate according to their parents’ discretion.
