What to Expect

Worship is the center of our community’s life together and the Eucharist is the center of our worship. All are welcome at God’s table.

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If you are attending a service at Holy Spirit for the first time, here are some things you may notice, especially if you have never worshiped with an Episcopal congregation. No one is a spectator in our services: all are participants.

 

Different people have different roles, but all roles are important. The people in the congregation are no less participants in our worship than those with different functions who sit in the front.

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We refer to our services as Liturgy, which means the official corporate worship of the Church (corporate being what we do together as a Body, as opposed to what we do as individuals). The word “liturgy” comes from the Greek, meaning “a work done by the people.”

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The first time or two, it is just fine to simply let the sights and sounds of the Liturgy wash over you and worry less about page numbers than about opening your heart, mind, and senses to the experience of worship. Then you can begin to learn to participate more actively in the service.

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Don’t be shy about asking those around you for assistance; we are happy to help.