SUNDAYS

order of service - what to expect

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Welcome + Greeting

Every service begins with a welcome because worship is a gathering. We come from different places, stories, and burdens, but we are brought together as one people.

Scripture Readings

We are a people shaped by Scripture. Each week, we read from multiple parts of the Bible, often including the Old Testament, a Psalm, and the New Testament.

This pattern reflects the historic rhythm of the Church and the conviction that “the Holy Scriptures contain all things necessary for salvation” (2019 BCP). As we listen, we place ourselves under God’s Word, trusting that He speaks to form and renew us.

Musical Worship

Singing is one of the primary ways we respond to God. Through music, we praise, confess, lament, and rejoice together.

Our songs draw from both ancient and modern expressions of faith, helping engage both heart and mind. Worship is something we do together, lifting one voice as the people of God.

Psalm

The Psalms are the prayer book of the Bible. They give us language for every human emotion—joy, grief, anger, hope—and teach us how to bring our whole lives before God.

When we pray or sing the Psalms together, we join the prayers of God’s people across generations.

Prayers of the People

In the Prayers of the People, we lift up the needs of the Church, our city, and the world. We pray for those who are suffering, for those in authority, and for God’s kingdom to come.

This practice reminds us that worship is not inward-focused. We are a people sent to love our neighbors, and we bring their needs before God together.

Collect

The Collect is a short, structured prayer that gathers the themes of the day into one unified prayer.

Rooted in Anglican tradition, it teaches us how to pray by addressing God, naming His character, asking for His help, and grounding everything in Jesus Christ. 

Announcements

This is a moment to connect our gathered worship with the life of our church. We share opportunities to grow, serve, and belong because following Jesus is something we live out together throughout the week.

Partners

We regularly highlight and pray for our non-profit partners as a way of participating in God’s work beyond our walls.

This reflects our commitment to justice, mercy, and the flourishing of our city. Worship leads to action. We are formed to be people who love and serve in tangible ways.

Sermon / Scripture

The sermon opens Scripture and helps us understand how God’s Word speaks into our lives today.

Having heard the readings, we now listen more deeply, invited into repentance, faith, and transformation. The goal is not just information, but formation: becoming people who live what we hear.

Nicene Creed

Together, we confess the historic faith of the Church using the Nicene Creed.

Written in the early centuries of Christianity, it unites us with believers across time and place as we declare what we believe about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It reminds us that our faith is not something we invent, it is something we join.

Confession & Absolution

We come before God honestly, confessing our sin and our need for grace.

In the words of the Book of Common Prayer, we acknowledge that we have sinned against God and our neighbor in things we have done and things we have left undone.

But confession is never the end of the story. In absolution, we hear the good news: in Jesus, we are forgiven, restored, and made new.

Passing of the Peace

Having received God’s peace, we share it with one another.

This moment is more than a greeting—it is a sign of reconciliation. Because we have been made right with God, we are called to be at peace with one another.

Consecration

In the consecration, we remember and proclaim the saving work of Jesus—his life, death, and resurrection—and ask the Holy Spirit to make these gifts a means of grace for us.

This prayer sets apart the bread and wine for Holy Communion, reminding us that God meets us in both word and sacrament.

Lord’s Prayer

Together, we pray the prayer Jesus taught us.

The Lord’s Prayer centers us again in God’s kingdom—His will, His provision, His forgiveness, and His power. It is a prayer we never outgrow.

Communion

At the center of our worship is the Lord’s Table.

In Communion, we receive the bread and the cup as signs of Christ’s body and blood given for us. As the 2019 BCP describes, this is a “sacrament of our redemption”—a place where we are nourished by grace and reminded that we belong to Jesus and to one another.

We come not because we have it all together, but because we need Him.

Kenyan Sending Prayer

We close our service with a sending prayer from the global Church that anchors us in the finished work of Jesus.

This prayer reminds us that we do not carry our burdens alone. Everything we face—our struggles, our fears, even the brokenness of the world—is entrusted to Jesus. And as we go, we do so with hope—not in ourselves, but in the power of the risen Christ who goes before us.