{"id":13,"date":"2010-07-26T16:49:25","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T20:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2019-07-09T14:14:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T18:14:23","slug":"what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"What to Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We are not brought together by any illusion of our own perfection or righteousness. We are brought together by our recognition that we are sinners in need of the cleansing blood of Jesus. As Jesus said in Mark 2:17, \u201cIt is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.\u201d That\u2019s the reason we can worship together, stick together, and, with God\u2019s help, accomplish many things and make a difference. You won\u2019t have to look very far to find our failures. But, bottom line, you will find people who love Jesus and love the Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n

We hope that you will feel welcome to visit us at our assemblies. We want you to feel comfortable, but we know an unfamiliar place can be intimidating. So, let us tell you what you can expect when you honor us with a visit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bible classes are offered for all ages. Only the Bible and Bible subjects will be taught in these classes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our worship services are held in what we refer to as the \u201cauditorium.\u201d There will be pews for the worshipers. There are no reserved seats, so feel free to sit anywhere you choose. We will pray, sing songs, observe the Lord’s Supper, lay by in store, and hear the Word of God preached (Acts 2:42; Ephesians 5:19; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2).<\/span><\/p>\n

What do we expect from you? Nothing at all! You are welcome to participate, but don\u2019t feel obligated to. Just observe if that is your choice. Someone will ask you to fill out a Visitor\u2019s Card for our records. This simply provides information so the church can write or call to thank you for your visit with us. Supply the information if you are comfortable doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are not brought together by any illusion of our own perfection or righteousness. We are brought together by our recognition that we are sinners in need of the cleansing blood of Jesus. As Jesus said in Mark 2:17, \u201cIt is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.\u201d That\u2019s the reason we can…Keep Reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1956,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/1956"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleburgchristians.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}