What to Expect When You Visit GCPC

We all know how difficult it can be when you enter a new church for the first time. It is compounded when you are new to a community and don’t know many people. We salute your courage and invite you to be our guest.

When you come to GCPC (see map for directions) you will find guest parking at the front door. Please feel free to use this…it’s for you! You can enter the main entrance steps or use the handicap ramp leading into the same entrance. You will find a welcoming foyer with someone to greet you. Before you enter the sanctuary, stop by our welcome desk and allow us to meet you and get you any information you might need.

Before you enter the sanctuary, you will find ushers who will get you a bulletin for the day. Inside the bulletin you will find announcements, information pertinent to the worship, as well as contact information for the church and its leaders. There is a place for sermon notes on the back of the bulletin. You will notice a welcome tear-off attached to the bulletin. We simply ask you to fill that out and drop it in the offering plate. That is the only offering we ask of our guests. Don’t be afraid to fill it out, we will not be pounding on your door with any high pressure visit. We simply want to send you a note and get you any more information you might need.

Feel free to ask the ushers to show you where you can sit, otherwise feel free to sit wherever you like. In worship, there will be an informal time of greeting, but don’t worry, we will not call on you and embarrass you! Words to songs will be found in the hymnal or projected on the screen. Nothing we do will catch you off guard or make you uncomfortable, whether it’s your first time in church or your thousandth.

Following the worship please meet the pastor at the front door before you leave. Our worship rarely lasts longer than an hour and fifteen minutes so you will be able to beat the Baptists and Methodists to lunch!