Worship

Messiah follows a timeless pattern for worship that Christians have followed since the beginning: we pray in unison, we sing hymns, we hear Scripture read aloud, we confess our sins, we receive Jesus in bread and wine, and we bless one another for the week ahead. 

Join us - Sundays at 10:30 AM

We are a liturgical community. That simply means that our worship services follow a pattern that everyone participates in and that is based on the rituals of the early Christians. To worship using a liturgy is not so much about being rigid or formal as it is about reminding us that worship is not a performance we watch or an emotionally-charged moment. Patterns and prayers everyone can follow means that everyone participates fully in leading worship. The written prayers and many readings are filled with deep lessons and saturated with biblical references that allow each person to meditate on what God is saying to them for weeks (sometimes years) to come. 

We are a sacramental community. That means we believe God meets us through ordinary and tangible things like water, bread, oil, the laying on of hands, and the gathered community. The Good News of Jesus is proclaimed in our worship not just by words but by the rituals of communion, baptism, confession, and anointing that have been handed on to us from the Apostles and that communicate the mysteries of grace when words fail.

As a community, we extend this same posture beyond Sunday worship. At Messiah, you will find many opportunities to learn timeless Christian prayer practices like meditation, biblical study, seasonal blessings, praying the Psalms, anointing, or private confession that have sustained Christians through the centuries. 

Sometimes, the deepest encounter with God comes not through something loud or flashy or new but through learning to slow down, pay attention, and receive the gifts that have already been handed on to us.