8:30 Sonrise

8:30 Sonrise at Corinth meets in the sanctuary each week except for fifth Sundays. Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month.

8:30 Sonrise incorporates of a wide range of Christian worship music. We come expecting to hear and sing songs, hymns, and instruments that range from the sacred traditional to various forms of Christian contemporary.

We intend for this service to be relaxed and reverent, but also joyful and alive. All three pastors lead 8:30 Sonrise, sharing their gifts through music, preaching, and prayer.

"The best thing for me is to see all the people, particularly the younger people, so into the service and so much freer to express themselves than I am comfortable doing."
- former "traditional" worshiper

"I love hearing insights from both Paul and Bob, and I especially love the music. I like how there is a mixture of both praise and worship songs as well as some traditional hymns."
- former "contemporary" worshiper

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11:00 Traditional

11:00 Traditional at Corinth meets in the sanctuary each week except for fifth Sundays. Communion is celebrated quarterly, on the same Sunday as 11:00 Contemporary.

The Gothic architecture of our sanctuary is designed to overwhelm the worshiper with the greatness and majesty of God. The pipe organ and Chancel Choir lead our musical worship most Sundays at 11:00 Traditional, with special music also provided from time to time by brass, strings, hand bells, and other classical instruments and voices. Hymns appropriate to each Sunday's theme are chosen from our 1941 Reformed hymnal as well as Corinth's own hymnal supplement to reflect a wide variety of hymn traditions.

Each Sunday in 11:00 Traditional begins with a special children's message. The service also makes use of some common liturgical elements to connect us to the church universal -- the Lord's Prayer ("debts"), the Apostles' Creed, the Doxology, and, on most Sundays, the corporate Confession of Sin.

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11:00 Contemporary

11:00 Contemporary at Corinth meets in the Fellowship Hall each week except for fifth Sundays. Communion is celebrated quarterly, on the same Sunday as 11:00 Traditional.

The artwork above pictures the cross swept by the power of the Holy Spirit, represented by wind. This service seeks to open worshipers and worship leaders to a breath of Spirit-led fresh air.

An informal atmosphere, a casual style of dress and a free expression of standing, clapping, and raising hands will often be found among our worshipers in 11:00 Contemporary. The worship and preaching are creative and contemporary -- often using visual, participatory, and dramatic elements.

11:00 Contemporary incorporates special times of prayer, opportunities for extravagant welcome and fellowship, and upbeat music led by a vocal team, guitars, drums, and keyboard. Bring your smile and your heart to 11:00 Contemporary. Let go and allow the Holy Spirit to release your heart through vibrant praise and heartfelt response.

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Fifth Sunday Family

When a calendar month has five Sundays (about four times each year), the Corinth family gathers in the sanctuary for Fifth Sunday Family at 11:00. It's a time to set aside our usual worship styles and reconnect as a church body.

There's usually some important family business to take care of at the Fifth Sunday Family service. For example, we receive new members at this service, because new members join the whole church family -- not just one worship service. It's a special time to gather and bond in the spirit of Ephesians 4:4-5 -- "There is one body and one Spirit…one Lord, one faith, one baptism."

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Worship Leaders

• Rev. Dr. Robert M. (Bob) Thompson, Pastor
• Rev. William H. (Bill) Howell, Associate Pastor
• Rev. Paul A. Cummings, Pastor of Students and Contemporary Worship
• Dr. Peter B. Corneliussen, Music Director