Church of the Common Table

What are services like?
Our services are...very different from week to week. The one common element is communion, the Lord's Supper, or the Eucharist, most commonly using a liturgy adapted from the Book of Common Prayer. Other worship elements you'll encounter regularly include liturgical, free, contemplative, and/or body prayer, communal confession, the passing of the Peace, Scripture reading, open discussion, periods of meditation, art, poetry, prayer stations, live music (maybe Christian or secular rock/pop, or Taize chants, or traditional hymns, or something else), recorded music. You'll most likely be invited (though definitely not required!) to participate in all of these things.

What is the community like?
It's very close-knit - we're the lind of community where newcomers often have a hard time figuring out which family kids belong to. We're small, so everybody knows everybody, and we spend a lot of time together apart from Sunday mornings, doing everything from prayer to service to parties. (We like parties.) At the same time, we have new folks get to know us all the time, and we try to be pretty welcoming. We've been told that the high level of participation can be a little hard for some folks to get used to, but it's OK to sit back and observe - really!

What if I'm not a Christian?
You are 100% welcome, and your perspective will be 100% valued and invited. In our services and in every other part of our life together, *everybody* has a voice, and *everybody* is valid and valued. That's basic to who we are as a community. You are welcome, no matter who you are.