Worship in the Episcopal Church
Sunday is traditionally when Episcopalians gather for worship. The principal weekly worship service is the Holy Eucharist, also known as the Lord’s Supper, Holy Communion, or Mass. The center of our shared life is Eucharistic worship, the sacrament where we experience the living Christ. We open our hearts and minds to glorify and listen to God through liturgy and music that embodies the dynamic heritage of the Episcopal Church.
We gather often to celebrate and nurture one another, share the joy and sorrow in each other’s lives, and to be one in heart as a faith community. We value the fellowship and deeper relationships that come from gathering and living together.
We actively seek to live a generous spiritual life and nurture our Christian beliefs through intentional worship, prayer, dialogue, continual study and service to those around us.
But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love. Ephesians 4:15-16 (NRSV)
Our faith is rooted in our relationship with God in Christ Jesus. It is a journey of the heart in which we grow more deeply in love with God, with our neighbor and with the earth. We grow more Christ like so we may serve the world in Christ’s name. And thus we discover the fullness of life.
We invite you to join us on the Way. A first step might be taking this “Spiritual Growth Assessment”
Small groups allow for the honesty and vulnerability that are necessary for spiritual growth.
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