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What to Expect
What time does the Service start? What do I wear?Sunday morning worship services begin at 10:30am. We open with songs of worship, followed by preaching from the Word of God. If you look around you'll see everything from casual to dressy attire--come in what suits you best.
What's available for my kids?If you haven't noticed already, we love children! Nursery care is available for infants and toddlers. During the first portion of our morning service all ages worship together. Then children ages 4-7 and children 8 to 12 are dismissed to Junior Church for a time of fun and instruction during the second half of the service.
What should I expect from the service?Because we know adults want more than just a Sunday morning 'spiritual high', our services are designed to provide practical messages that are a careful balance between the Spirit and the Word, to help you cope with real life issues. Our worship is passionate and celebratory interspersed with prayer and intercession. Not to sound too cliched, but when you are here, you are family!
Welcome
We are a multi-generational church passionate about worshipping God in all that we do.
We know that visiting a new church, any new church, can be an uncomfortable experience. What do I wear? How do I get there? What's available for my kids? What should I expect from the service? We want to clear away some of those questions so you are free to experience a great time of worship and communion with our Lord and His people.
Because we know parents are rightfully concerned about having a safe and enjoyable environment in which to learn about God, we’ve established a solid nursery and children’s ministry.
And because we know adults want more than just a Sunday morning ‘spiritual high’ our services are designed to provide practical messages that are a careful balance between the Spirit and the Word, that help you cope with real life issues. Our worship is passionate and celebratory, interspersed with prayer and intercession. Not to sound too clichéd, but when you are here, you are family!
What We Believe
About God
About Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God and that He is both fully God and fully man. Jesus lived a sinless life, fulfilling all the law and prophets, and He freely offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all mankind by dying on a cross. He was dead and buried. After three days, He rose again, demonstrating His power over both sin and death. He ascended into Heaven and will one day return to reign as King of kings and Lord of lords.
About the Holy Spirit
About the Bible
About Mankind
We believe that since mankind is created in God's image, human life is of inestimable worth and significance in all its dimensions, from conception to the grave.
We believe that God created mankind as two distinct sexes: male and female (Gen 1:26-28; Matt 19:4-5, Mark 10:6). Each person’s sexual or gender identity is defined by God’s creative act as seen in each person’s DNA, chromosomal makeup, and anatomy. Therefore each person affirms God’s infinite wisdom by living in alignment with their birth sex.
We believe we must honor who God has created each individual to be as males and females. God has made no mistake and has not assigned to any individual the wrong or incorrect physical sex / gender. We must accept God’s creation, design, and will for each person.
About Salvation
We believe good works are the necessary fruits of faith and follow regeneration, but they do not have the virtue to remove our sins or to avert divine judgment. We believe good works, pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, spring from a true and living faith, for through and by them faith is made evident.
Water Baptism
Holy Communion
Sexual Purity
Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Tim and Danuta Case
Pastor Tim is a graduate of Elim Bible Institute. He earned his Master of Theology degree from the University of Wales at Bangor, after which he started ministering in church as an elder at the age of 25. Tim served as senior pastor at Word of Life church until 1994 when he was appointed as a Missionary by Elim Fellowship - he moved to Poland and ministered there for 16 years, performing many different functions. He served as Dean of students and teacher; became the Director of Administration and Finance, and served on the Board of Education for the National Polish Pentecostal Church. Tim often served as the keynote speaker at many national adult and youth conferences. He is currently Lead Pastor at Covenant Life Church and the Assistant Director for Global Ministries at Elim Fellowship.
Danuta earned a one-year certificate at Elim Bible Institute. She graduated from RIT with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems, and later from Warsaw University with a Master’s in Computer Science. She received the Lord as her personal Savior at a very young age and became involved in worship and youth ministry. After marrying Tim, she served with him as a pastor’s wife, leading worship and women’s ministry. Together with her husband, Danuta was appointed as a Missionary to Poland and ministered there as a worship leader, counselor, and teacher for 16 years. Danuta often served as interpreter at workshops and conferences. She also ministered to women and spearheaded marriage and family seminars together with her husband. Danuta is currently the Vice President of Academics at Elim Bible Institute and College.
Tim and Danuta reside in Henrietta, NY, with their two children, Amanda and Samuel.
