GET
TO
KNOW
US
BETTER. . .

PILGRIM
ORTHODOX
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
58 West High Street in the Village of Metamora, MI
810-678-2171

CLEAR IN PURPOSE

In the next few minutes we'd like to take the opportunity to help you get to know us better. Our purpose is simple:

• to bring glory to God through our church and individual lives
• to make known to our community and beyond the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ

COMMITTED TO GOD

We are called to demonstrate the love of God and the relevance of Christ's message of deliverance to a society that is weary of sin, hollow materialism and shattered relationships.

We enjoy meeting together to worship our Creator and Redeemer. In worship, God's people adore him, bring him thanks, ask for his help and receive the blessing of his presence. Through the preaching of the gospel, God announces his saving acts and calls people to believing and obedient response to his Word.

Through faithful teaching our members grow spiritually. We seek to obey God's laws because such obedience pleases him. So, we not only embrace the teaching of God's Word, we also strive to demonstrate its application in our lives.

Our church cares about people. We'll show you this love and concern as you involve yourself with us. Our goal and purpose can be summed up in the motto of our congregation which is derived from the Psalm 89:15,16 inscription on our 1878 church bell, Knowing, Walking, and Rejoicing in the Lord.

GROUNDED IN SCRIPTURE

The twentieth century has witnessed the progressive rejection of authority. God's Word, the Bible, has not been spread. However, we believe the Bible is the authoritative Word of God, the only infallible rule for our faith and conduct.

We believe that the Bible alone gives us the correct knowledge of who God is and how we may please him. It teaches that God the Father gave up his Son Jesus Christ to death on the cross to pay the penalty for the sins of his people. We want to share with you the joy that comes from a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

PRESBYTERIAN IN CHARACTER

• Belief. Our church is not new. We trace our historic roots to the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation and its seventeenth-century doctrinal statement, the Westminster Confession of Faith, together with its Larger and Shorter Catechisms. Our denomination understands the importance of defending and maintaining the truths of God's Word. In fact, in 1936 The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) was established as a testimony to the Bible when its authority was denied. Our minister, elders and deacons sincerely receive and adopt these Westminster Standards as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures and known as the Reformed faith.
  
  
• Government. From the time of Abraham in the Old Testament, God's church has been led by wise elders, men gifted by God and called to govern his church. The word presbyterian comes from the New Testament Greek word presbeuteros, meaning elder. Pilgrim Orthodox Presbyterian Church follows this biblical pattern for church government. Our elders along with our pastor form a session to care for the spiritual welfare of our members. Matters of a common concern for churches in a region, such as establishing new congregations and ordaining ministers, are regulated by a body of ministers and elders called a presbytery. Annually, representatives of our denomination's twelve presbyteries form a general assembly to give the whole Church direction and advice.
  
  
• Why the Name Orthodox? Everyone knows that an orthodontist is concerned about straight teeth. The ortho in orthodontist comes from the Greek word for straight. The dox in orthodox comes from the Greek word for thinking. So, in an Orthodox Presbyterian Church you will find straight teaching following the long accepted pattern given in the Bible. We are a church that believes what the Bible says and we try to put it into practice.

TAKE THE NEXT STEP

If you are looking for a church that . . .

• honors God as the sovereign Lord of the universe
• preaches Christ as the Son of God who died for sinners
• lives by the life-giving power of the Holy Spirit
• insists upon the absolute authority of God's Word

. . . we invite you to join us in glorifying God through the worship, work, and witness of Pilgrim Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Metamora.

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PASTORAL SEARCH:

Pilgrim OPC is actively looking for a full-time Pastor.  Our former Pastor Peter Stazen II left Pilgrim under good terms to become Pastor of Grace OPC in Lynchburg, Virginia in February 2006.

If you are interested in applying for this vacant position or wish to receive more information, please read the standards below and contact our search committee by e-mail at:

wmwinter@att.net

Basic requirement to apply:

You must be able to pass the ordination requirements of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

Of you are currently a licensed Minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church please send a current Ministerial Data Form with a note of introduction to the above e-mail address.

If you are unsure of the requirements of ordination please contact the OPC Candidates and Credentials Committee of the OPC Presbytery in you area. A directory of Presbyteries can be found at the OPC Website www.opc.org

Also a collection of ordination resources can be found at www.all-of-grace-.org/prs/

Members of other denominations are invited to apply if they are able to meet the ordination requirements for the OPC without unreasonable delay. After assessing your ability to meet the OPC requirements, send an e-mail of introduction indicating your interest and a single page summary of your background to the e-mail address above.

                         Worship.........11:00 AM and 6 PM    

                         Family Night ...................... Wednesday  6:45 to 8:00 PM

MINISTRIES:

Biblical Counseling

Men's Breakfast - Every 2nd Saturday

Ladies Prayer Group meets weekly

Cross Examination (Cable TV)

Truths That Transform

Questions and Answers

SITES WORTH EXPLORING:

Rev. Heero & Anya Hacquebord -- Missionaries in Ukraine

Middle East Reformed Fellowship

Judy Rogers Music Online

Proclaiming Christ as Lord to a Sexually Broken World

Biblical Medical Ethics

      Heroic Measures in Life Support

TWO WAYS TO LIVE

You will find Pilgrim Orthodox Presbyterian Church at 58 W. High Street (Dryden Road) in the Village of Metamora in Lapeer County. The church is located one and one-half miles east of M-24.

For more information please call 810-678-2171 or E-Mail us at wmwinter@att.net