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Worship Services
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In a ministry review held by the elected Mission Board of St. Bartholomew’s it was clearly determined that the most important ministry of this church is worship. To this end every effort is taken to see that the people who come to St. Bartholomew’s have opportunities to worship. All worship services are Episcopal based. Anyone regardless of their faith denomination is welcome to our services. Worshiped based means services that are consistent with the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer or the Episcopal Book of Occasional Services. St. Bartholomew’s is blessed to have a priest that has received a master’s degree in Divinity from the Protestant Episcopal Seminary in Virginia. He has been trained, examined, and licensed to provide services that meet the tradition and the purpose of the Episcopal Church.
There are two principal worship services on Sunday. The first service begins at 8 am and follows the Rite I liturgy. This service does not have music. It is very traditional and penitential in its form. It is ideal for those that are more reflective in nature and for the most part find music to be a distraction in their spirituality. The second service, a Rite II liturgy, at 10 am is more contemporary and does have music. It is more celebratory in nature.
All worship services have communion. All baptized regardless of their faith tradition are allowed to join in the communion. You do not need to be Episcopalian, just baptized to receive. If you are not baptized you can still come to the communion rail and receive a blessing from the priest simply by crossing your arms over your chest.
There are two principal worship services on Sunday. The first service begins at 8 am and follows the Rite I liturgy. This service does not have music. It is very traditional and penitential in its form. It is ideal for those that are more reflective in nature and for the most part find music to be a distraction in their spirituality. The second service, a Rite II liturgy, at 10 am is more contemporary and does have music. It is more celebratory in nature.
All worship services have communion. All baptized regardless of their faith tradition are allowed to join in the communion. You do not need to be Episcopalian, just baptized to receive. If you are not baptized you can still come to the communion rail and receive a blessing from the priest simply by crossing your arms over your chest.