Please join us for one of our in-person Sunday Worship Services in the Sanctuary. The 8:45 a.m. service includes communion each week. The 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary is also live-streamed on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/@SpartaUMCNJ
If you do not have access to a computer but would like to listen to the service on your phone, you can do so by utilizing the following call-in number at 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning:
1-646-876-9923 – the meeting ID number is 674 130 206
Watch Online
https://www.youtube.com/@SpartaUMCNJ
Check out some of the music and previous worship services on our YouTube channel.
New to Sunday Worship?
Come as you are. You are welcome here.
What is the service like? A simple standard format. There are bulletins provided which give the order of worship and any relevant announcements. The bulletin is the outline of the service. All songs and readings for the service are also projected on a screen at the front of the Sanctuary.
What’s the schedule for Holy Communion? We celebrate Holy Communion at the 8:45 a.m. every Sunday and once a month at 10:30 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month. Holy Communion is a gift given for each of us. The UMC has an open table for communion, everyone is welcome. We serve Communion by the practice of Intinction, receiving a piece of bread, sustenance for your journey, and dipping it into the cup of grape juice, that is cup of the New Covenant and the deep love of Jesus.
What kind of music do we sing? The music ministry at Sparta is amazing. It will feed you every week. From organ or piano arrangements of sacred songs, to powerful choir offerings and anthems, to our bell choir. We sing a variety of musical styles from traditional, spirituals, to contemporary songs.
What about our children? Sunday School for children and youth runs concurrently with the 10:30 service. Children go to their classrooms immediately after the Children’s message in the service. Your children are welcome to remain in church with you as we love the sounds of the children. We have a table with chairs available in the back of the sanctuary if part way through the service your children would prefer to color, play with puppets, or use some of the other child-friendly items that are there for your use.
Where do we park? There is ample parking available in our parking lot with several handicapped spots in the front.
How long is the service? There are two services each Sunday. The early service begins at 8:45 and generally ends at 9:20. The later service begins at 10:30 and generally, the service lasts an hour.
How long are the sermons? Sermons run approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
Are guests singled out? No, guests are not singled out. There are visitor cards in the pews and on the welcome table in the back of the Sanctuary. There is also a guest book by the sanctuary door for you to let us know you were here.
How is the seating? Spacious with comfy, cushy pews.
Am I expected to give money? Absolutely not. Just come and receive! A visitor’s presence is their gift to God (and to us.) As we grow in faith together, we learn to give back in gratitude.
Contemplative Worship
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH @ 12:15 P.M.
