Located in the heart of the Lower Beaver Neighborhood, Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church (GRPC) meets every Sunday for worship with bible study before worship most Sundays. Plus, on the first Sunday of each month, they share the Lord’s Supper during worship and have a potluck-style meal after worship. This community is full of hospitality and visitors shouldn’t feel like they need to bring anything but themselves and an appetite. On the first and third Wednesday nights of each month at 6:15, they also host a pizza night with a time of prayer right after.

The Order of Worship the church uses could be compared to the order of worship an Episcopal church uses. This author sees many similarities between the two including the sections of the Bible that are read to attendees (A psalm, a bit from the Jewish scriptures, a lesson from the Gospels, and a few from the other books/letters of the New Testament), a confession of sin, time for Tithes and Offerings, and, of course, a sermon or homily as some might call it. If one looks back at the history of both these denominations, one will find that many of these similarities could be attributed to their shared histories.

As an Orthodox Presbyterian Church, GRPC traces its roots back to 16th-century England. At the time, England was in the midst of a civil war and its parliament was controlled by Presbyterian Puritans. An “Assembly of Divines” was convened at Westminster Abbey (London, England) to identify how the Church of England could be aligned with the Church of Scotland and the Continental Reformed churches. The documents the Westminster Assembly developed, “a Confession of Faith (1646), a Larger Catechism (1647), and a Shorter Catechism (1647)”, despite the result of the English Civil War of the 17^th century, still shape the Presbyterian denomination to this day