Our mission is to express God’s love to all people.
These are our strengths:
Children & Youth
We take very seriously our commitment to children and youth. You will see children in all sorts of leadership around our community – visiting residents of the local nursing home, leading worship, serving on the refugee team, participating in clean up days, working to end poverty.
Questioning
True to the Episcopal ideal, we aren’t after uniformity of belief, but rather want to see all sorts of diversity of belief gathered around the altar Sunday after Sunday. We encourage folks to read their scripture, look to what we’ve learned from history, our own experience and our own reason as we come to what we believe. Questions are welcome. Differing views are to be expected. Everyone is welcome.
Healing the World
We put much emphasis into using our gifts to make the world a better place. In recent years, we have reached out through the following ministries and actions.
- Support for public education: Tutoring and donation drives for Galtier Elementary, and school supplies collections for our larger community
- Support for our LGBTQIA2+ member community, our elders via Episcopal Homes ministries, and our neighbors through First Nations Kitchen volunteering and emergency homeless shelter hosting
- Support for families: partnering with newly re-housed and new immigrant families to provide intimate mentorship and support, “Angel Tree” to support families needed Christmas gifts, family spiritual events that welcome the broader community
- Provide affordable and accessible space for various other groups to meet and work and grow (La Leche League, AA, block nurse program, yoga studio, preschool, social worker, theater company rehearsals, etc.)
Innovative Worship
We deeply value intergenerational relationships and all-ages access to participation in worship. Young, old, and in between, all are welcome. We offer several ways to worship together:
- Sunday mornings: Our Eucharistic services are a mix of contemporary and traditional styles. Fed by inspirational sermons, and uplifting music that connects us to the world while honoring our Episcopal heritage, we value our diverse approach to worship. Embedded in our worship is our love, support and celebration of each other, plus a time of blessings and thanksgiving with a call to action in the world.
- Monday evenings: We offer Compline, a prayer service descended from the Night Prayers said before bed in monastic life. This simple service includes a confession, psalms, verse and response, the Lord’s Prayer and collects asking God’s protection during the night to come.
- Thursday evenings: The Contemplative service offers participants a tranquil space to reflect during the week. The lay-led service consists of two periods of silent meditation (10- and 15-minutes) surrounded by prayer and varying genres of short readings: poetry, prose, Scripture.
Welcoming Community
Or maybe we should say, we love parties! We get together in all sorts of configurations – big parties like Lessons and Carols, or smaller ones like the Thursday night dinners. We expect new faces to show up every Sunday and at every gathering. Visitors often comment on how we are welcoming and friendly.
All of this fun and service is how we try to pattern our life after Jesus and express God’s love to all people. Come walk with us.