Worship

10-02-2011 Outreach

Bishop Beckwith's Address at the 136th Annual Convention

Join us for Worship! Christ Church is a casual, joyful and welcoming place to worship. We have an eclectic gathering of influences and styles: about half our congregation are from the Episcopal or Catholic tradition and half are from nondenominational backgrounds. Our worship follows the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer liturgy for Holy Eucharist. While we draw from the riches of the 1982 Hymnal for our processional and recessional, we also use praise music from a variety of hymnals and contemporary music resources for our Song of Praise (traditionally the Gloria/Kyrie), the Offertory and our Communion songs. We are grounded in the Eucharist as the place where we meet Jesus in the Body and Blood and open our hearts to the Holy Spirit. We also offer healing anointing with oil during communion. Intercessory prayer also marks the rhythm of our faith community. Our parishioners share their stories of faith and request prayers from the community. A healing prayer team is available at the back of the church after the service to pray for anyone who wants prayer with laying on of hands. Intercessory Prayer teams meet on Mondays and Wednesdays to pray for the community, the church and the world. Finally, children are central to our worship. We offer our "All God's Children" service on the first and third sundays of the month, geared towards young and special needs kids. Children are also welcome to be present at worship for our principal 10:15 service - we offer coloring supplies and stickers if desired - or they are welcome to join our Sunday School program that gathers after the Gospel Reading. If your youngest wishes to stay with you, there is plenty of space to allow them to move around at the back of the church... or join our "Play and Pray Pre-K and Nursery" program, where we begin to teach our youngest the Lord Prayer and the stories of our faith. We hope you will find our church a warm and welcoming place to worship!