Our worship service is from the 1979, Book of Common Prayer (BCP). We use the actual prayer book, and our Vicar will guide you along with the page numbers. If you aren’t able to find the pages, you can always just listen along. Worship in the Prayer Book tradition goes back to early Christianity when Jesus disciples asked him, “Teach us to pray.”

We will sing from hymnals that are provided. There will be a sermon that lasts 7 to 15 minutes.

Communion / Eucharist

The second half of the service is Holy Communion. Anglican Christians believe in communion with God and with each other. Our prayers are what we believe about this special meal that Jesus gave us. All Christians who have been baptized in ANY church are most welcome to receive communion in our church. Just follow the person in front of you up to the altar and someone will hand you a piece of bread. You may put your hands out to receive it and eat it immediately, then sip out of the chalice. If you would like to dip the bread in the chalice, please request a gluten free wafer to do this by saying” gluten free” or using the secret sign: holding your hands “down” instead of “up” so the vicar will know to give you the gluten free wafer that won’t disintegrate in the chalice.

If you don’t want to receive communion, please come forward in the line for a blessing. Just place your hands over you heart in the “Wonder Woman” or “Wakanda” salute, and the priest will pronounce God’s blessing upon you and lightly touch the top of your head.

If you are not baptized and you would like to take communion, we can baptize you during or right after the service, or at another convenient time. Please let someone know if you have questions about baptism as we love to talk about baptism!

Services last about an hour. Around 11:15 most Sundays we have our Adult Education called The Vicar’s Hour until 12.

The safety of your children is our first concern. Jesus made this very clear by blessing children, by warning anyone who threatened them, and by not rebuking noisy children.

Our Diocese and church are serious about keeping its Safeguarding Standards high, as directed by our Bishop and Safeguarding Office https://www.epicenter.org/for-leaders/ministry-integrity-and-wellness/

Children are noisy at times but are always welcome to our main service as they are full members of our church, as well as future members. They are also welcome in our Childcare Center. Located near the Vicar’s office.

Trish, our Children’s Ministry Leader has worked in the childcare industry for over a decade, was baptized, raised, and confirmed an Episcopalian. She was a part of the E.Y.C., an acolyte, and in choir as a youth, she will be happy to answer any question you have about your children’s unique needs.

We open at 9:30am every Sunday Morning and Mass starts at 10:00.

All Children are invited before our service whether they are staying or not, to participate. This is when they can let loose, get loud, break the ice with each other in a fun atmosphere with great Christian music!

By 10am, children that are staying during the service need to be signed-in by this time. If we have any new children visiting, we like to play an ice-breaking game to help everyone get to know each other better and then we give them time for free play. This is the time we dedicate to giving our kids a say in what they might like to do in our area. We find giving children choices and options helps our children feel they are being heard.

During this time, we also color and play games with the children that would like to participate.

COMMUNION OR BLESSINGS

Parent/guardian and child decide to stay with the congregation or come back to the Children’s Ministry. Giving this flexibility for both has been extremely helpful when seeing parents worshipping in the Nave (where we worship).

AFTER COMMUNION

When we come back, we finish our crafts if not completed and then allow free play or to watch a bible-based children’s show from “GoMinno” before the parents/guardians arrive.

AFTER SERVICE

When the service is over, we continue to provide care for the children until signed out by their parent/guardian that originally signed them in. Parents are encouraged to socialize in the Parish Hall during coffee hour after service before picking up their children.

CLOSING TIME 11:45am

We will be wrapping things up and requesting that all children be picked up by 11:45am, so that our team can clean.

No, you do not have to be Episcopalian to visit. All are welcome. Many of our church membership is new to The Episcopal Church. In fact, you don’t have to be a Christian to come. Queen Elizabeth I famously said, “We will not make windows into men’s souls” at a time of great religious controversy. We won’t do that to you either. Your soul is yours, and your privacy is important to us.

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