Philadelphia United Methodist Church
1691 Hwy 160 West
Fort Mill, SC  29708
Phone 803-548-0102

Worship Experiences

 

Worship is at the heart of who we are as a community of faith. Our church offers a variety of worship experiences that help participants explore the richness of praise to God. We invite you to join us for multiple services on any Sunday. Communion is offered at every service the first Sunday of each month, and on holy-days. 

A nursery is provided for children at all services and Children’s Church (ages 3-6) is available during the 11:00am service.

 

8:30 AM - Early Worship

This worship service follows a traditional order of worship as found in the United Methodist Book of Worship. It often includes written prayers, responsive readings, and historic confessions of the Christian faith. Congregational music for this service is taken from the United Methodist hymnal. Special music is often provided by ensembles or soloists.

9:45 AM - Contemporary Worship

This worship service provides our worship team the opportunity to devise and design innovative ways to worship God. It incorporates a contemporary style of music, including upbeat Christian pop music, worshipful emotional ballads, and thought-provoking “mood-music” throughout the service. It also includes prayers, readings, and testimonies being led by the members of the music team or participants. Meaningful biblical messages, dramatic readings, dances, poetry, and other elements of the worship arts are all used in this service as a way to engage our minds, bodies, and emotions in the worship and praise of God.

 

11:00 AM - Traditional Worship

This worship service blends the best of several worship traditions into an offering of praise. The congregational music for the service includes standard hymns, Bible songs, gospel tunes, and contemporary selections. Special music is led by our chancel choir and the Jubilate Ringers (handbell choir) make occasional appearances. The order of worship includes affirmations of faith, historic responses to the acts of worship, and an emphasis on the “preached Word” as the focus of worship.

Children Church (for ages 3-9) is provided as part of this worship experience.

 

Special and Seasonal Services 

In addition to our Sunday morning offerings, our church hosts a number of services that are related to Christian holy-days. Some examples are:

          Christmas Eve

          Watchnight Communion

          Ash Wednesday

          Maundy Thursday

          Good Friday

          Easter Sunrise

          National Day of Prayer

          Homecoming

          Love Feast (Thanksgiving)

Worship styles for these services are too varied to be detailed here. Instead, we invite you to join us and help us to worship God with all that we have!