This hour includes Sunday School for children and adult programs as well. The Adult Education program typically offers a couple of options each Sunday, covering a wide range of topics during the course of a year. There are additional Adult Education opportunities and small groups of various types which meet on other days of the week. It is a Eucharist using Rite Two, found on page 355 of the Prayer Book. Choral and organ music beautify this service, which usually lasts about an hour.
Parish members greet all arrivals at the door, and particularly welcome newcomers.
Inside the church, ushers offer a bulletin with informatino on the day's servcies and announcements of coming activities. Children may attend the entire service with their parents or stay in Sunday School for the first part of teh service, where they will experience the liturgy of the word at their own level and may rejoin their parents in the church just before Communion. During the organ postlude members are greeted by the clergy on their way out, and most people meet informally for coffee in The Great Hall. In addition to conversatin, coffee and other refreshments, there are sigh-up tables for upcoming activities and a bulletin board with photos and announcements. Greeters ensure that newcomers are introduced, children tell their parents what they did in church school, and members catch up on the week's news.