Whether you've worshipped in a church like ours for years or this is your very first Sunday, you are welcome at Hill Country Church.
Our worship services are about 60 minutes long. We follow a traditional liturgy with hymns, prayers, a sermon, and the Lord's Supper. You can learn more about the logic and theology behind our approach to worship in the How We Worship section below, but our bulletin is a pretty helpful guide to following along, whether you've grown up in the church or are coming for the first time.
Come as you are. You'll see everything from coats and ties to jeans — dress comfortably. We're far more glad you came than concerned with what you wore.
Children really are welcome in the worship service. We encourage families to worship together, because we believe children are blessed by seeing their parents praise God. The wiggles, the questions, the occasional noise — none of it bothers us. And if you ever need a moment, there's a cry room at the back of the sanctuary.
We celebrate Lord's Supper every Sunday, but you do not need to be a member of Hill Country Church to take communion here. All who have trusted in Christ, are baptized, and are in good standing with a Bible-believing church, are welcome to participate.
We would genuinely love to meet you. Introduce yourself to the pastor after the service, or let us know you're coming by filling out our Digital Visitor's Card.
Our service follows the dialogical principle of worship — a structured conversation in which God speaks and His people respond. It moves through five historic movements that Christians have followed for centuries.
The service begins not with us reaching for God, but with God calling us to Himself. He summons us by name through His Word, and we answer with praise, song, and prayer.
We declare together what we believe — often through a question from the Westminster Shorter Catechism — and then honestly confess our sins. God answers with His definitive word: in Christ, you are forgiven.
Scripture is read from both the Old and New Testaments, and then preached. The sermon is simply an attempt to say what the passage says, in a way that connects to our lives.
We come to the Lord's Supper. This is not merely a memorial — it is a means of grace, a visible word in which Christ gives Himself to His people through bread and cup.
The service ends not with applause but with a blessing. The pastor speaks a promise from Scripture over us, and we go back into the world in God's name. The worship has ended; the service of God in the world continues.
