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Sunday Worship
Our worship service is at 11:00 a.m. During
the summer (Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend), we worship
at 9:30 a.m. Childcare is provided during Sunday worship. We celebrate
the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper (Communion)
on the first Sunday of each month.
Sunday school for children, youth
and adults is from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. from September through May.
Listen to sermons from recent worship services (.wma format)
Taizé
Taizé services invite prayer through
silence, songs, scripture and contemplation. Taizé songs are based
on simple phrases sung repetitively. St. Andrew's Taizé services
are held September through May on third Saturday of the month at 6:30
p.m.
Taizé, a community
and pilgrimage site in France, hosts many young adults who join in prayer
and sharing in an effort to become peacemakers in their neighborhoods,
cities or villages. Labyrinth
The labyrinth
is a prayer for the whole body. It is a path that exerts our physical
effort to find our spiritual rest at the center of the soul. It is to
"come away ...and rest."
Lectionary and Devotions
Lectionary
readings provide a disciplined way to read through the Bible. Devotions
are resources for daily prayer and meditation.
Music
Music plays an important part in our worship. We have a choir that sings
regularly for worship services and a newly-formed chime choir. Soloists
and ensembles also share their talents. If you would like to join us in
making a joyful noise unto the Lord, click here to see the rehearsal
schedules.
Communion
Communion is that Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
through which we thank God for the blessings of God, are sustained by
the presence of Christ, and are made one with Christ and with each other.
At this table we actively seek reconciliation in all matters, remember
the unity with the larger church in heaven and on earth, and are renewed
to commit ourselves afresh to love and serve God, one another and Christ
in all persons. While the meaning of Christ's sacrificial death is at
the heart of this sacrament, it is a resurrected, living Christ whom we
encounter through the bread and the wine.
Communion is served the 1st Sunday of every month. Presbyterians
believe in an open table, in which all Christians are welcome. Baptized
children who have instruction in the meaning of communion and the permission
of parents may participate in the sacrament.
Worship Highlights from 2007
As part of our desire to serve, we incorporated
two service projects into our worship services this year. Read more about
our Zimbabwe and Guatemala service projects.
We also installed audiovisual equipment in our sanctuary.
This has enabled us to add some new dimensions to our worship.
The youth of the church planned and led our annual
Youth Sunday service, and the puppeteers from our summer Puppet Camp shared
the message on a Sunday in June. In December, our first Christmas musical
"Open Hearts in Bethlehem," premiered during worship.
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