Book of Order
The Book of Order is divided into these four sections.
What are the Foundations, Form of Government, Directory for Worship, and Rules of Discipline?
Name at least three confessions of the PC(USA)
The meaning of the term "Liturgy"
What is "The work of the people."
The two sacraments that Presbyterians uphold
What are Baptism and Communion?
The three offices to which folks can be ordained in the PC(USA)
What are Teaching Elders, Ruling Elders, and Deacons?
Name of the preschool at FVPC
What is The Growing Place?
The four tiers of government in the PC(USA)
What are the Session, Presbytery, Synod, and General Assembly?
This confession came out of Apartheid in South Africa.
What is The Belhar Confession?
The two books that make up the Constitution of the PC(USA).
The head of the church
Who is Jesus Christ?
Entity established to "Minister to those in need, to the sick, to the friendless, and to any who may be in distress both within and beyond the community of faith."
Who/What are the Deacons
The presbytery that FVPC belongs to.
What is Blackhawk Presbytery?
The first and most basic principle of Presbyterian Polity.
What is "God alone is the Lord of the Conscience" (G-1.01010)
The first confession originally written in English.
What is the Scot's Confession?
The origin of the term "Presbyterian"
What is "Ruled by elders" (Greek: Presbyteros)
The word used to describe God in three persons
What is the Trinity?
The session of a congregation is made up of whom?
The current number of elders on FVPC session
What is 17 elders
How decisions are made in the Presbyterian Church
What is majority vote?
What is the Heidelberg Confession?
The Scotsman considered to be the father of the Presbyterian Church
Who is John Knox?
Theologian who spent time in Geneva, Switzerland and was foundational in the reformed tradition.
Who is John Calvin?
The only named women deacon in the Bible
Who is Phoebe?
The year FVPC was officially established as a congregation.
What is December 14, 1952?
Entity that authorizes all baptisms and every communion.
What is the session of the church?
The theological focus of the Apostles' Creed.
What is establishing the Trinity?
The official/unofficial motto of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
What is "Once reformed, always reforming."
The ways in which Jesus is with us, by the spirit, in worship.
What is Word and Sacrament?
Buying or selling property, hiring or firing clergy, and selecting scriptures, sermons, hymns, and prayers are examples of this.
What are matters the session cannot decide alone?
The year the current sanctuary was completed for use in worship
What is Palm Sunday 1994?