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Worship SchedulePrimarily, we are a worshipping community. It is the foundation of our identity and the center around which all else revolves. Worship is our principle means of expressing our love and devotion to God and of learning what it means to live as Christian people. Through the celebration of the Eucharist, singing hymns, listening to our choirs, and saying the prayers together we express with one voice our desire to know God and to grow spiritually.View Holy Week and Easter Service OfferingsSunday Morning8:00 AM Holy Eucharist, Rite IIThis smaller, more intimate service takes place in the All Saints’ Chapel. The Chapel seats approximately forty people and is accessible from outside through the door to the right of the large main doors. There is no music but there is a full sermon.9:00 AM Christian Formation (Sunday School) for all agesSee the Formation page for more information10:00 AM Holy Eucharist, Rite II and Children's ChapelOur principle service includes congregational and choral singing as well as beautiful organ music. Lay volunteers participate by singing in the choir, reading the Scripture lessons, praying the Prayers of the People, and serving as Eucharistic Ministers.Children’s Chapel (for children eight and under) takes place in the chapel during the first half of the service. The children join their family for the celebration of Eucharist. See the Formation section for more information. Tuesday Morning10:00 AM in the chapelThis is a traditional Rite One liturgy with no music. Each week we celebrate the life of a saint and discuss how that saint’s life serves as an example for us. Join us for tea in the Guild Room after the service.Wednesday Evening - Sunday on Wednesday6:30 PM Holy Eucharist, Enriching Our WorshipIn the Hebrew Scriptures, the Sabbath served two purposes. It was a day set apart for the worship of God and it was a day of rest and recreation. Eventually, early Christians moved their observance of the Sabbath to the first day of the week because the Resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit had taken place on that day. Throughout church history, most Christians have worshipped the Sabbath on Sunday (or Saturday evening).In our pluralistic, multicultural world, it is not always possible to worship on Sunday morning. Work obligations, sports, and travel all sometimes conflict with our ability to worship at traditional times. At Emmanuel Church, we want to respond to our ever-changing world by offering an additional Sabbath experience - another time set apart for the worship of God. We have in mind, those for whom Sunday morning just doesn’t work and those who would like an additional Sabbath experience, and those who are new or just returnign to Christian worship. The service consists of Eucharist, prayers for healing, choral and congregational singing, a conversational sermon, and children’s chapel for children 8 and under. A staffed nursary is available as well. An essential aspect of our worship is that we do it together. While the priest plays an important role in the conduct of public worship, he or she is not the focal point. The people of God who gather are the leaders of worship. All of us, together, make up the worshipping community. The people in the pews, readers, acolytes, chalice bearers, choir members and ushers all make worship the meaningful experience for which we strive. Important in this regard is a concerted effort to make children and youth an integral part of our worship. Children are welcome to participate through singing, drama, participation in the bell choir, serving as acolytes, etc. Currently, we are looking for new ways to make our worship inclusive of people of all ages. All of our worship services use liturgies approved for use by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. These include those found in the Book of Common Prayer (1979), Enriching our Worship, and the Book of Occasional Services. Our hymns and service music come from the Hymnal (1980) and Wonder, Love and Praise. We supplement these resources with meditative chants from the Taize Community in France and others. This variety of materials allows us to blend traditional and contemporary styles of worship in ways that expand our worship experiences. While deeply rooted in Anglican worship, we seek to expand the metaphors traditionally used to describe God and to broaden our musical repertoire beyond that of traditional, western European church music. |
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