The church exists primarily for two closely correlated purposes: to worship God and to work for his kingdom in the world ... The church also exists for a third purpose, which serves the other two: to encourage one another, to build one another up in faith, to pray with and for one another... N.T. Wright
Note: We look forward to the time we can be together in the church buildings. For now, we are offering a Sunday Live Streaming service and Daily Office Zoom Prayer rooms, that also stream on Facebook, throughout the week, while we anticipate with hope and joy to the day we can safely take part in the services described below. For the links to our Live Streaming services, return to HOME / MENU.
Worship
Worship is one of the ways in which human beings open themselves to sacred mystery. Our hope is that the experience of God in worship—traditionally, and before in-person worship was suspended - through Scripture readings, prayers, silence, music, sacrament, and relationship—increases our awareness of God’s action in our daily lives. All worship is done in communion—in communion with the worldwide church and with the communion of saints through the ages. In our worship, we transcend the divisions of the world and the values of rushing, striving, achieving and accumulating, in order to enter more fully into the Divine Life in which all human beings are sisters and brothers, beloved of God. Click here for Sunday Worship links and service bulletins.
Prayer
We seek to pray together more and more often by praying and learning about praying. Presently, we offer three weekday prayer services and other mid-week offerings of prayer, (click here to find links and service bulletins) fellowship and learning where we prepare for Sunday's worship by discussing the appointed lections.
Preparing for Sunday
Preparing For Sunday
Preparing for Sunday is a Church Publishing resource that provides a short contextual background for the readings appointed for the next Sunday. To access, click the icon to the right. The readings are refreshed every three weeks.
Anyone called to be a Lector (Reader) in our Sunday service is encouraged to read these summaries beforehand. As a community we gather the early part of the week to review the readings, spending some time on the Gospel. Join us - whether or not you are an appointed reader - your hearing on Sunday will surely be enhanced with this little bit of prep.
Preparing for Sunday is a Church Publishing resource that provides a short contextual background for the readings appointed for the next Sunday. To access, click the icon to the right. The readings are refreshed every three weeks.
Anyone called to be a Lector (Reader) in our Sunday service is encouraged to read these summaries beforehand. As a community we gather the early part of the week to review the readings, spending some time on the Gospel. Join us - whether or not you are an appointed reader - your hearing on Sunday will surely be enhanced with this little bit of prep.