What To Expect

TLC has always been a place where we keep it very simple. It’s relaxed but focused. We don’t need to be flashy or put on big productions for people to meet God. We believe that Jesus is enough. Here’s what you can expect during a typical worship gathering:

Singing
During the Gathering, our worship team will lead us in a number of songs. TLC strives to balance new, original music with some of the great hymns of our faith. As we sing our focus is not ourselves or the people around us, but telling Jesus how much we love Him. So no matter what kind of voice you have, sing out with all of your heart.

Teaching
At TLC, we believe that the Bible is God’s gift to us to show us who He is and what He’s done for us. Every week, Pastor Brian teaches straight from the Bible in a way that is helpful and challenging. If you don’t have a copy of the Bible with you, we have a copy at the entrance  – feel free to use one of ours. If you don’t own your own Bible, please take one of ours home as our gift to you.

Prayer
One of the greatest privileges we have as followers of Jesus is being able pray with boldness and confidence. We’ll pray together throughout our time this morning. Also, if you would like to have someone pray for you this morning, any of our pastors would be honored to pray with you after the worship gathering – you’ll find them up front, waiting to serve you.

Communion
Communion is something that Jesus began the night before he died as a way for his followers to remember and participate in his death on the cross. At TLC, we celebrate communion together every week after the message. TLC welcomes all Christians who actively trust Jesus for salvation, who are willing to turn away from their sin to receive communion with us. Each week, families and groups of friends come forward and serve each other a small bit of bread and wine as a way of participating in and identifying with the body and blood of Jesus.

Giving
If you are our guest, please do not feel obligated to give anything financially – we just ask that you place the communication card located in the seat backs in the offering as your gift to us. During the time of response after the message, please feel free to give as God leads you in one of the offering containers at the sides of the worship space.

What you’ll encounter when you attend TLC is a diverse biblical community where people seek to know and love God, live in community with others and transform the world by serving our city as we think Jesus would. Practically speaking, that means the some of us are just checking out Christianity for the first time, while others have been in church their whole lives. TLC members span all different ethnicities, ages and backgrounds. Everyone is welcome. 

You are the reason we started TLC. TLC wants to be a comfortable place for those who are curious about God but have never felt comfortable in church. We want TLC to be a place where you can learn, apply and wrestle with who God is and what He wants for you. It’s okay if you don’t have it all figured out yet.

At Tempe Life, you’re welcome to wear whatever you’d like. There is no set dress code, although the attire is more on the casual side. Just be you.

Tempe Life is a family-friendly environment. We believe that children are a blessing from God and are a vital part of every local church. At the 10:30AM service K-6th grade are welcome in our Tempe Life Kids area, staffed by an amazing team of safe and loving volunteers, with there very own kids worship and exciting lesson. During our 6:00PM service families are encouraged to worship together. We know that having kids in worship with us brings some extra “kid noise” with it – and we like it that way. We love having families with kids of all ages worshiping together with us!

Please do. We seek to be a welcoming environment for people who are curious about Christianity or who are seeking to belong to a community of believers.

If you have any other questions please call us at 480-343-8864 or email info@tempelifechurch.com