Come & See

What to Expect:

FAQ’s

  • There isn’t one.

  • The service is contained in the red Books of Common Prayer in pews. Try to follow along as best you can. Your neighbor in the next pew will be more than happy to help.

    But don’t sweat it, we all mess up at points too! The liturgy exists to serve us, not the other way around.

  • They are to remind us of our baptisms.

    When you visit us, you will notice that the pastor and the people helping him will be wearing white poncho-like things.

    These aren’t some exclusive magic robes. The robes (called surplices and albs) represent the white robes all the baptised will have before the throne of God (Rev 7:9). So technically, everyone in church can wear one, but they are to remind us that the only right we have to come before God is by our baptism.

  • As part of the largest protestant denomination, we wholeheartedly embrace the reformation’s retrieval of the authority of the bible and our justification by faith.

    At the same time, we believe we are part of the one original apostolic and catholic (which literally means universal or global) Church. We want to be in continuity with the church of the first century. Because of that our services are going to have some similarities with other churches (like Roman Catholics) that also draw from that one tradition.

  • Yes, we recently had a name change from Episcopalian to Anglican to reflect that we shifted our denomination away from The Episcopal Church USA to the Anglican Church in North America. This came as part of our congregation’s desire to align with the authority of the Bible and the broader global Anglican church.

  • A mere Christian.

    One rooted in the Gospel, fed by the Sacraments, guided by Church Tradition, held accountable by Bishops, united with the Global Church, and empowered by the Spirit.

    It’s a big tent, and so we bear with everyone in love on the non-essentials of the faith.

    We are called Anglican after England, which is where the reformational global missionary movement that formed our church happened to begin.

You are warmly invited on in to worship the Living God and receive His grace every Sunday. We don’t view the congregation as a passive audience, but instead as active participants, so we worship liturgically (which literally means the work of all the people). As part of this active liturgy, we ground ourselves…

  • In the historic faith, by following the order of service from the Book of Common Prayer. This service includes prayers, the reading of Scripture, a sermon, hymns, confession, absolution, and holy communion.

  • In our physical reality, by kneeling, standing, singing, and sitting. These physical actions help us to worship with our whole selves, not only with our hearts and minds, but also with our bodies.

Our Sunday worship is framed around two moments when we encounter the Living God: His Word and His Table.

All beliving Christians baptised into the Triune Name are invited to share in the Sacrament of Body and Blood.

After our Sunday morning service, we have what we affectionately call our “second service,” which is a time of food and fellowship in our Parish Hall.  All are welcome.