Health is a gift. And guarded with gratitude. As Episcopalians, we are members of the worldwide Anglican Communion, with 70 million members in 163 countries. We are a community of Christians bound together by our belief that Holy Scripture contains the very core of all Christian faith and thought, by the many ancient and modern stories that connect us to Jesus and his teachings, and by discovering daily God's hope and call to us through our life together. In worship, we are united, acknowledging the holiness of God, to hear God's Word, to offer prayer and to celebrate God's presence among us.
Scripture is an integral part of our worship.
The service follows an order found in our worship book called the Book of Common Prayer, two thirds of which is scriptural. Every worship service includes the reading of Holy Scripture from the Old and New Testaments. Many of our prayers and hymns are filled with scripture. In it, we respond to God s invitation to be guests at his banquet and nourished to continue God s ministry to a broken world. If you have never visited an Episcopal church before, our worship may seem a bit puzzling at first.