This Sunday
Feb. 5, 2012
In the Sanctuary:
"God's Favorites"
Text: Acts 10:23-36,44-48
by the Rev. Dr. James A. Harnish
In the Chapel:
"God's Favorites"
Text: Acts 10:23-36,44-48
by the Rev. Bernard H. Lieving Jr.
In the Magnolia Building:
"God's Favorites"
Text: Acts 10:23-36,44-48
by the Rev. Matthew P. Horan
Making God’s Love Real
Our Mission:
Hyde Park United Methodist Church is a community of people committed to Jesus Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, united in the love of God, and called to make that love real to others.
Our Vision:
Transforming lives, creating Christian community, and healing our city and the world.
Our Values:
- Christ centered
- Biblically rooted
- Warm hearted
- Open minded
- Mission directed
- Connection committed
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Sunday Morning Worship
Worship at Hyde Park is a gathering of people who come together to consider who God is and what God has done. The sanctuary and chapel spaces have remained a constant for over a hundred years in a city that is always changing. Each service is a place where everyone is invited to find and explore their faith, and worship God in community.
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- Previous Worship Services — Watch the previous four worship services here.
Four different expressions of worship invite us to approach God with stillness, joy, and wonder:
8:30 a.m. Chapel
Experience a more intimate worshiping community while being a part of Hyde Park United Methodist. Be immersed with sounds of a pipe organ, voices and string instruments; and sights of candles, stained glass, a cross and pastors with robes and liturgical colors. Participate in singing with hymnals and recite the ancient creeds.
Communion is served weekly and all are welcome to participate regardless of your faith background.
Learn more about our Traditional Music Ministry.
8:30 and 9:30 a.m. Sanctuary
Worship with contemporary Christian songs and re-imagined hymns, while embracing traditions of the church like the Lord’s Prayer and monthly communion. Feel your body and spirit move with the energy of drums, guitars, keyboards, violin and many voices.
These gatherings often include a variety of creative elements that help communicate the Biblical story such as set design, drama, video, interviews, or even dance. The experience is designed to help us encounter God in the ways we each uniquely connect to that which is eternal.
View the 9:30 sanctuary service live online and in previous worship services.
Learn more about our Contemporary Music Ministry.
11 a.m. Sanctuary
Experience traditional worship like never before. Feel the sound of a majestic pipe organ that can both whisper in your ear and rattle your soul. Experience the refreshing wave of over forty voices from the Chancel choir accompanied by the timeless sounds of bells, harps, cellos, flutes, and violins. Take in the sights of candles and the cross being carried to the altar, stained glass windows, and pastors wearing the robes and liturgical colors that have been worn for many centuries.
Place your busy life on hold and participate in the mystery of God through hymns, ancient creeds and prayer. Continue in a tradition formed through the years by saints, sages and everyday people like you. Communion is served the first Sunday of the month. Come and worship where Tradition meets Today.
View the 11 a.m. sanctuary service live online or in our previous worship services.
Learn more about our Traditional Music Ministry.
11 a.m. Magnolia
11 a.m. in Magnolia Building (414 S. Magnolia Ave.)
Come as you are to worship God in this casual, comfortable setting with a variety of contemporary music styles. Enjoy coffee, refreshments and fellowship in a welcoming environment.
The experience includes creative and interactive elements using multi-media, personal stories, meditative and silent prayer, panel discussions and more. Traditional elements such as a sermon, scripture, communion and the Lord ’s Prayer will also help us connect with one another and discover God in unique ways.
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