Worship at StGs

We know that the church is not the building in which we worship – but the people who worship and share God’s love with the world. At StGs we strive to worship in the most joyful, welcoming, inclusive, and participatory way possible. We change how we worship seasonally, and involve multiple voices in every service. Each new person at worship expands our community to better reflect God's infinite love.

Sunday Worship

We are working to install audio visual access to our onsite worship space to allow people to participate in worship both onsite and online together in one service. Until then, we will have (starting July 11th) two worship services on Sundays:

8am onsite worship - A casual service without music offered for those who do not have accessibility to the online service, or long for onsite participation. Masks are required.

10am online worship - A Zoom worship service live streamed to Facebook and our website (find it here). This service invites multiple voices to lead us in worship, includes joyful music and singing, and is concluded with breakout rooms for Coffee Hour.

Wednesday Worship

Join our Wednesday morning worship at 8am to anchor your mid-week in prayer. This worship service includes prayers for healing (of body, mind, heart and soul), and prayers for a broad community, which can be especially helpful in this time of isolation.

How Do We Prepare for Worship?

Almost every event that has significance requires some sort of preparation in order to reap the full benefits of the event. When we have a dinner party, we plan the menu, clean the house, and perhaps put fresh flowers on the table. When we compete in sports, we stretch, carefully select our attire and equipment, and mentally prepare our minds and bodies for what is coming. The same holds for worship! While we believe that the Holy Spirit will fill us whenever and wherever we open our hearts and minds to God's presence, we also know that we are usually more able to be fully open to God's presence when we are conscious of our effort. Therefore, preparing for Sunday morning worship on Saturday afternoon or evening can be a way to more fully engage in worship of the Lord, and the promptings of the Spirit.

Everyone's preparation for worship will look and feel different, but some things to consider are:

Pray - yes, prayer can be a preparation for prayer! Pray that God will prepare your heart, mind, and soul for worship. The Book of Common Prayer has one written on page 833 that you may want to use as a beginning of your time with God: "O Almighty God, who pours out on all who desire it the spirit of grace and supplication: Deliver us, when we draw near to you, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, that with steadfast thoughts and kindled affections we may worship you in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
Set out what you need for the morning - When you set out everything you will need the next morning (coffee cup, juice glass, clothes, Bible, muffin, etc.), you are free to begin your day with more time for thoughtful movement instead of hurried activity.
Check your technology - In this time of virtual worship, check your Zoom link, make sure you have restarted your computer lately, refresh your browser widow, and do any upgrades to Zoom that are necessary. All of these things make computers run more smoothly, and guard against last minute scrambling. (For Sunday Zoom links, you can find them on our website - make sure to refresh your browser if you have one open from a previous viewing of the site)
Parents - Blessings be with you! - Preparing children (especially little ones) for worship is exhausting. It can help to start talking about it the night before : to ask questions about what they think they might see or hear, and how they can participate at home. Maybe have them help you prepare a sacred space to be during worship, pull out legos to build something that relates to one of the readings, and/or paper and crayons or markers to draw things that come up in worship. Even if online worship isn't holding them - that's OK! Shelley has Children's Church at 11:30. :)

Click here for the Lectionary Readings

Last Sunday Worship Services

To see other Worship Services, click on the icon on the far right (Playlist) to view a list of other videos.

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