Every Sunday morning the church meets for worship and fellowship. This is our primary meeting. At 10:00 a.m. our cafe area opens with complimentary refreshments (normally donuts) and coffee. This is an excellent time to get to know people and if you have a baby, our nursery is available starting at 10:15 a.m. (our nursery is staffed by background checked workers and is under constant recorded video surveilance). At about 10:25 a.m. a five minute countdown video will play letting you know it's time to finsih your snack, use the restroom if needed and find a seat in the auditorium. At about 10:30 a.m. the service will open with a welcome from the stage followed by worship music. After two to three songs there will be some announcements, an opportunity to have someone pray with/for you (with no pressure to do so) and then we will normally sing some more worshipping the Lord. After the songs are finsihed, children in fifth grade and below will be dismissed to go to Children's Church. Children's Church is staffed by background checked workers, all rooms are under constant video recorded surveliiance and this area is off limits to anyone who is not background checked. After the children are dismissed one of two things will happen- either we will take communion or we will begin to study the Bible together led by the pastor or preacher who is teaching/preaching on that day. We take communion very frequently (normally atleast 40 times a year). Communion may be in the middle of service or it may happen at the end. At Tidewater Church, Communion (also called "The Lord's Supper" or "The Eucharist") is open to all who are Christians as defined that they are trusting the Lord's work on Calvary as their means to salvation. During Communion, we reflect on how Jesus Christ died to pay the price for our sins and consider do we need forgiveness for any sins the Holy Spirit brigns to our mind and also the actual sacrifice that Jesus made by enduring the injuries of crucifixion for our sakes. If you are not a Christian, or are just checking out the church, we encourage you to skip this one aspect of the service as the Bible teaches that communion should not be taken lightly. Church service is sometimes ended with a time around the altar area where the entire group is invited to come to the from for prayer. This may or may not happen. Most Sundays the service is officially concluded with a pastoral prayer of blessing, askign for God's blessing on each attendee's personal relationship with God, family, health, relational and financial well being. The service usually ends around 12 noon. It can occasionally be let out at 11:55 a.m or it may run past twelve, but would rarely exceed 12:10 p.m. or so. We would love to have you come give it a try this week. Our church services may include elements and feelings which transcend the wide spectrum of wonderful Christian traditions. It is very rare that this service is cancelled- normally only due to extreme weather. If it is cancelled in person, it will almost always be broadcast online on the church youtube channel and here on this webpage under livestream.