WORSHIP
No matter who you are,
or where you are on your spiritual journey,
you are welcome here!
Our Practices
At each service, we follow a pattern based on traditions that go back to the earliest centuries of Christianity. We are a “liturgical” church, meaning our services don’t change greatly from week to week during a season of the year. This gives worship a rhythm that becomes comforting and familiar.
We celebrate the Holy Eucharist every Sunday, and the service has two major parts: the Liturgy of the Word (three readings from Scripture, a sermon, and recitation of the Nicene Creed) and the Liturgy of the Table (Holy Communion). When you arrive, you will receive a bulletin that provides everything you need to participate in the service. Episcopalians are friendly people! If you get mixed up about what’s where, just ask one of your neighbors in the pew. They’ll help! And if you don’t know whether to stand, kneel or sit, just watch the people around you and do what they do. There are times during the service when some people are kneeling while others stand. You can do whichever makes you most comfortable.
During Holy Communion, all of God's children are welcome at God's table. When you come to the altar rail, If you’d prefer to receive a blessing from the priest, simply cross your arms over your chest.
Worship Opportunities
In addition to the traditional worship service on Sunday mornings, we offer several different other forms of worship.
Please click on the tabs below to find out more information about our worship opportunities.
Sunday Worship
Holy Eucharist: Rite II
Sundays, 11:00 AM
In-Person (masks optional) and Online
This worship service includes Holy Communion, readings from the Bible, a sermon, music, and prayers. All of God's children are welcome at God's table. If you are unable to attend in person, this service is broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube.
Contemplative Celtic Service
2nd Sunday of each month, 5:00 PM
In-Person (masks optional)
The service is drawn from the liturgical traditions of Iona and Northumbria. The prayers are at once earthy, holy, and inclusive. This candle-lit evening service has beautiful contemplative music and periods of silence to provide a place to listen to God. The atmosphere is one of stillness and calm.
Taizé Worship Service
Occasionally
In-Person (masks optional)
This service is an hour of meditation and prayer, using the simple contemplative, chant-like music of the Taizé community in France. Readings, together with periods of silence, encourage people to pray in their own ways in an atmosphere of calm and acceptance. TaizeĢ is a quiet evening held in the candle-lit chapel. Come experience this peaceful hour of music, readings, reflective meditation, and prayer to soothe the soul.
Morning Prayer
Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM
Online
Join us on Facebook Live for this brief service with spoken psalms, canticles, readings, and prayers. Part of the Liturgy of the Hours prayed by Christians across the centuries and the world.
The service begins on page 75 of the Book of Common Prayer.
Compline
Occasionally
Online or In Person, as announced
Compline is the last of the four services in the Daily Office. It is descended from the night prayers said before bed at the end of the monastic round of daily prayer. Compline is a simple office including a confession of sins, one or more psalms, a short reading from scripture, versicles and responses, the Lord's Prayer, collects which ask for God's protection during the night to come, and the canticle Nunc dimittis. The service begins on page 127 of the Book of Common Prayer.
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