Worship and Music
Be a part of A/V
A/V Guild members have a largely invisible but vital role each Sunday: they make sure that all parishioners can hear and see what’s going on during services and forums. If you can navigate a DVR or adjust the volume on your car stereo, you have more than enough technical skill to operate our camera and microphones. Most volunteers serve once a month at the service they regularly attend. We’re especially looking for people who’d like to help with sound and recording at Sunday Forums. Contact Elizabeth Terry (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) for more information.
Worship is the heart of our life at St. Columba’s, and we offer prayer through and are nurtured by the Holy Eucharist. Our Sunday and weekday Eucharists use Rite II from the Book of Common Prayer and other supplemental rites available to us. Rite II is often thought of as the less formal liturgical form. St. Columba’s mission statement affirms that we seek to be “rich in worship,” so we try to offer worship that is inviting for people of all ages, with music of many styles and preaching that seeks to bring the Gospel to life. Our Sunday Eucharists are also occasions when we regularly celebrate baptisms throughout the year. In the Eucharist, Christ is present, welcoming us all, whoever we are. We hope you will come and discover this experience of welcome and then join us in serving God’s world after you leave.
We are celebrating the Easter season, which lasts for 50 days and culminates in the Feast of Pentecost when we celebrate the sending of the Holy Spirit by the Risen Christ to be the life of the new community of hope, the Church. Easter begins on Saturday evening, the Eve of Easter Day (April 7), with the Great Vigil of Easter, a rich and dramatic service of Eucharist and Baptism with traditional ceremonies that help us recall the history that lead up to Jesus’ coming as Savior, and enter into the joy of his Resurrection. Our Easter Day Eucharists are rich and festive, and the following Sundays continue to celebrate the renewal of our life by the Resurrection. We use white vestments throughout the 50 days, with red on the Feast of Pentecost (May 27).
Photo: Wayne C. Fowler
