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Our altar on Easter Sunday, 2008 |
Service Schedule
We celebrate the Holy Eucharist (communion) every
Sunday and on Holy Days. Morning Prayer is offered on Tuesday and
Thursday mornings at 9:15 a.m.
When Davidson College is in session, the Eucharist
is also celebrated at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday in the Lingle Chapel
of Davidson College
Presbyterian Church. Holy Eucharist is celebrated at The Pines
Retirement Community on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month
at 11:00
a.m.
Holy Eucharist Rite II -- Sunday 8:00 a.m.
Holy Eucharist Rite II -- Sunday 10:30 a.m. with choirs
(nursery care available)
Holy Days: Services of various kinds are held on Holy Days,
particularly during Lent and Holy Week. Some of these are focused
towards adults, and some towards families and children, but all
are welcome at any service.
Our Faith
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| Celtic Eucharist |
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| Blessing of Animals 2007 |
Worship in the Episcopal church is participatory.
Instead of a seated performance, the congregation is active in
worship sharing with joy in the
words and music.
The bulletin
you receive from an usher will guide you through the service,
and you will use the Book of Common Prayer and the Hymnal that
are found under your seat. The
central moment of our worship is the celebration of Holy
Eucharist (also called "Communion," "The
Lord's Supper" or “Mass” by
some Episcopalians). Eucharist is a Greek word meaning “thanksgiving”. The
first part of the liturgy consists of hymns, prayers, scripture readings and
a sermon. This is followed an Affirmation of Faith (The
Nicene Creed), the prayers of the people, confession of sin, absolution, and
the exchange of peace. The second part of the liturgy begins with the offerings
of the congregation, then proceeds with the Eucharistic prayer, consecration
of the bread and wine, Communion, the post-Communion prayer, blessing and dismissal.
You
may wonder when to stand or kneel. Practices vary---even among individual Episcopalians.
The general rule is to stand to sing, for the affirmation of faith
and for the reading of the Gospel. We sit during readings from the Old Testament
and New Testament Letters, the sermon, and the choir anthems. Some stand, while
others kneel for prayer.
All baptized Christians are welcome to receive
communion in the Episcopal Church. A baptized child may receive
Communion at any age; that decision
is left up to the child
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