When you attend worship at Family of God, you take your place among the people of God gathered around Word and Sacrament.  The worship format is grounded in our liturgical heritage and combined with the best of musical expression and new and cross-cultural resources.  Both worship hours are alike--a sign of the unity of the body of Christ and an opportunity for all to worship with the best of the old and the new.

Children are welcome in worship and encouraged to come forward for the Young Person's message.  Rainbow activity bags are available for little ones.  The nursery is also available for infants and toddlers, staffed by regular caregivers from September to May and by volunteer adult and youth members  in summer.

Young Person's Message

Holy Communion All baptized persons are welcome who believe Christ comes to us in the bread and the wine to bring forgiveness, life, and salvation.  Children not yet communing come forward for a blessing.  Children receive instruction and usually have First Communion in Fifth grade.  We receive the sacrament standing.  Grape juice is available.

The Lighted Globe at the back of the sanctuary is for the lighting of a votive candle by anyone wishing to express a particular prayer or hope in this symbolic way.  Candles remain lit after all have gone, a visible sign of the prayers of our community of faith "for the whole people of God, and for all people according to their needs."

Current Worship Season:   Epiphany

Epiphany, meaning "vision of God", which traditionally falls on 6 January, is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ. Western Christians commemorate principally (but not solely) the visitation of the Biblical Magi to the Baby Jesus, and thus Jesus' physical manifestation to the Gentiles. Eastern Christians commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, seen as his manifestation to the world as the Son of God.

Since 1970, the date of the celebration by Latin Rite Roman Catholics is fixed as 6 January only in countries where the feast is a Holy Day of Obligation, while in other countries it falls on the Sunday after 1 January. In the Church of England also, the feast may be celebrated on the Sunday between 2 January and 8 January.

A separate celebration of the Baptism of the Lord was introduced for Latin Rite Roman Catholics in 1955.  Initially, this was to be held on 13 January, previously the octave day of the Epiphany, but in the 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar the date was changed to the first Sunday after 6 January.  In countries where on a particular year the Epiphany falls on 7 or 8 January, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord is celebrated on the following Monday. In the Church of England the same custom may be followed. In the Episcopal Church in the United States the feast of the Baptism of the Lord is always the Sunday after 6 January.

From Wikipedia

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