FAQs

• We follow a traditional, liturgical order of service.  We use a variety of musical styles and sermons to create a joyous atmosphere.  Here's a bulletin.
• Children are welcome.  Look for more information here.
• Devices are available for hearing impaired.  Ask an usher for a device.
• Any person who has been baptized is welcome to participate in the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. You don’t have to be Presbyterian or a member of any church.
• During the sharing of the Bread and the Cup, ordained individuals distribute the elements to the seated congregation.

Recognizing that we are One Body of Christ, we hold the bread until all have received and then partake together. Because we come to God individually, we partake of the cup as we receive it. NOTE: The bread is not gluten free bread, and the cup contains grape juice.

• There is no dress code -  some people dress up, some come in casual clothes, some wear jeans.

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• No flash pictures are allowed during our worship services.
• Weddings and baptisms are considered to be worship services with the same standards of reverence and order observed.
• Photographs may be staged following a service.
• If you have questions regarding videotaping or photography, contact a pastor.

Do you have visitor parking?

Visitor parking is provided to the left as you enter the parking lot from Shepardstown Road.  Look for the signs, "Visitor Parking".

From the visitor parking look straight ahead to the portico.  You will see a sign on the wall.  A level entrance to the sanctuary is through the door located under the portico.
	You could enter the sanctuary from the Shepardstown Road doors.  Go up the steps and through the double doors under the spire.  You will be in a vestibule.  Any of the doors directly in front of you open into the sanctuary.
Access the nursery though the double doors at these double door.
	Our handicapped accessible entrance is located under the "Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church" lettering at the parking lot entrance to the breezeway as shown below.  The button to open the doors is on the left.

Enter under the "Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church" lettering at the parking lot entrance to the breezeway.  There are signs in the breezeway to the office and other locations.

• Through the fellowship of other believers we grow in our faith and become true disciples.  If you have visited Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church and worshipped with us, whether for a short time or for months or years, and if you feel at home here, we encourage you to become a member.  Some of our members are new believers and some are life-long Presbyterians.  Many come from different protestant denominations and from other faiths.  All are brought together in Christ through fellowship, study, and service.
• Membership at MPC begins with attending the "Inquirers Classes".  The purpose of "Inquirers' Classes" is to help people deepen their understanding of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ and how following Jesus is expressed through membership in the Presbyterian Church.
• Please speak with one of the pastors or call the office (697-0351) if you are interested in finding out about church membership.