There is no document of belief you have to sign here. Rather, our theological understandings provide a framework that you can use to reflect on, test out for yourself, challenge, and grow into. It is a part of human nature in community to create ceremony. Sometimes the Episcopal Church, and other liturgical churches, have gotten a bad rap when it comes to the issue of ceremony. But every time you turn around people are engaged in ceremonyof some kind.
Some social clubs have very ornate ceremonies.
Every funeral, even a secular one, has ceremony of some kind, a pattern that affirms and unites those gathered. It is at the core of human nature in community to respond to ceremony. The task is to engage in ceremony that carries meaning for the community. Episcopal liturgy comes out of a tradition which understands humanity's archetypal need for ceremony. It relies on all our senses, not just hearing.