About

The Holiday Park Church of Christ believes in a wonderful and loving God who cares dearly for every person on this planet. We believe anyone who is seeking to know God can actually hear and see Him in two faith building ways:

1. He can be seen in the amazingly miraculous designs and beauty of the things He has made in the awesome world viewable around us all. (Romans 1:20)
2. He can be discovered as His personality and concern for us unfolds from the pages of the unique book we call the Bible. (John 14:23)

From this faith beginning we have concluded that we need this God in our lives. We need Him both for good life now and for the eternal life He offers. We have learned from the New Testament that this offer of life is to all who trust in Him enough to obediently let Him be their guide. (John 3:36) In order to find oneself in a real friendship with God we have concluded that it is necessary to listen exclusively to Him (through Scripture) and respond with full intent to obey when we understand His directives.

Our background is rooted back into a movement of believers who have focused on finding God’s will and guidance exclusively in the New Testament of Jesus. We make it our deliberate goal to never compromise the clear teachings of our Lord. This means we are careful in our efforts to avoid religious traditions and ideas that have come from mere human notions instead of God’s Word. (Mark 7:8) An old quote from long ago verbalizes this effort well. It says, “Where the Scriptures speak, we speak. Where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent.” The Scriptures speak loudly in saying we must “love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength,” and “love one another with a love that covers a multitude of shortcomings.” This “first and greatest command” of God becomes the center of who we are.

We believe God’s love for us moved Him to send Jesus, His Son, to this planet to show us who God is and then die in our place paying for our shortcomings and sins. (Romans 5:8) Because of deep love for and devotion to this God, we try from the heart to avoid forsaking or grieving Him. We encourage each other to live lives worthy of such a great God by faithfully coming together to worship and commune with Him each Lord’s Day as He asks. (1 Thessalonians 2:11-12)

By deliberate intent we look for people who are looking for God in their lives. We remain ready and eager to share with such folk God’s own Biblically revealed way to be saved through trusting faith, repentance and baptism. (Acts 2:38)

Perhaps most important of all, we consider ourselves humbled recipients of amazing grace because God loves us in spite of lives plagued by shortcomings, mistakes and sins. He loved us enough to even let the scene of the Cross unfold before us in an attempt to “draw us” (John 12:32) to a closeness with Him.

We would like to invite you to visit the Holiday Park Church of Christ – whether you’re new to the area or you’re looking for a church home. We are a growing church striving to serve God in all we do. We welcome people from all walks of life, regardless of where they are in their spiritual journey. When you come to visit, you’ll notice that we keep things simple and biblical: we include what God wants and leave out what He hasn’t asked for.

Our worship services are all about honoring God and will include the following:

• Singing – The good news about Jesus leads us to sing from the heart (Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16). You’ll notice we do not use instruments. The word psallo in the New Testament does not mean anything beyond voices raised in song. In other words, God does not ask for anything besides our voices. Christians worshipped God for hundreds of years after Jesus before instruments were added in. We want to go back to the Bible’s teaching and simply sing from the heart.
• Prayer – The early church was a praying church (Acts 2:42). When you visit, you’ll notice we don’t have formal, ritual prayers to recite. Each person prays from the heart in the name of Jesus to God the Father (John 14:13, I Timothy 2:5, Matthew 6:9).
• Lord’s Supper – The early church met on the first day of the week to remember the sacrifice of Jesus (Acts 20:7, I Corinthians 11:23-29). Our members eat the bread and drink from the cup as a memorial that Jesus started (Mark 14:22-25). This is the central act of worship in our meeting times.
• Giving – The early church supported good works through the generous giving of its members on the first day of the week (I Corinthians 16:1-3). Our members give freely, not as an obligation (2 Corinthians 9:7). As our guest, please do not feel any pressure to give. This is an opportunity for our members to respond to God’s blessings in their lives.
• Preaching – Each week you will hear a biblical, practical lesson from one of our ministers. We strive to “preach the word” as Paul told Timothy (2 Timothy 4:2). We hope your faith will be strengthened by these lessons (Romans 10:14-17).

We have an attended, equipped nursery for babies (aged 0 to 3 years) available for the entire worship service. We also have a Children’s Worship (aged 4 to 10) that takes place during the sermon time (we dismiss the children after the offering).

We do not have an official ending time, but we aim for 12:15 pm (announcements and prayer requests are given after the sermon). If someone has asked to be baptized, the timing may be extended. We want to honor the outside plans and obligations of our families, so we strive to be disciplined with our worship times.

When you come to visit the Holiday Park Church of Christ, we promise not to embarrass you or harass you in any way. We simply want to share the world’s greatest message: God loves us so much that He gave His Son to die for us.

Come and share a simple, biblical, loving experience of worship, devotion and study with us at the Holiday Park Church of Christ.