Worship Services
Worship is the heart of our community.
Sundays
8am Rite I spoken Eucharist Service
10am Rite II choral Eucharist Service
10am Sunday School for children ages 4+ in the Guild Room
10am Nursery for children under 4
11:15am Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall
Wednesdays
11:30am Contemplative Prayer
12 noon spoken Eucharist with liturgy from The Black Rock Prayer Book
The Episcopal Tradition
The Episcopal Approach
aka “The Middle Way”
Episcopalians (part of the Anglican Communion) have tried to steer a middle-course between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, acknowledging that each has much to offer. We may be best known for the comprehensiveness of our denomination, which encourages and treasures a variety of viewpoints. Famous Anglicans include Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, C.S. Lewis, Mary Oliver, Jane Austen, Madeline L’Engle and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Find out more about The Episcopal Church HERE.
Find out more about our diocese, The Episcopal Church in Western Oregon, HERE.
The Episcopal Worship Service
Our order of service, called liturgy, dates back to the earliest centuries of the church, where people and clergy alike have important roles. Like the early Christians, our worship focuses on two main components 1) The Word of God, as expressed through Scripture readings and a sermon; and 2) Communion, also called "the Lord's Supper," "the Mass," or "the Eucharist," where we encounter Jesus' presence in the ordinary elements of bread and wine.
The 1979 Book of Common Prayer forms the backbone of the Episcopal church’s liturgy. You can find it online HERE.
The readings for each Sunday follow a set 3-year cycle. We’re currently in Year A. You can find the readings (or “the lectionary”) online HERE.
Join us at St. John the Evangelist
Whether you are familiar with the Episcopal church, come from another denominational or religious tradition, or are looking for community and meaning in a time when both seem to be in short supply, we welcome you. We love Jesus and our neighbors, and we welcome all to our church. We believe, in the words of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, ‘if it is not about love, it is not about God.’
In our worship we embody a relaxed reverence, an approach that both recognizes the holiness and sacredness of worship, but also that God is the one at work in our midst, and that means we simply can not mess things up. We celebrate communion every Sunday and all are welcome at God’s table
We gather together to listen for God’s word broken open in new ways through scripture and sermon. We sing and pray together with enthusiasm and authenticity. We gather around the altar every Sunday to share bread and wine at the table that was set for us by Jesus, which offers food for our journeys here and a foretaste of the world that is to come.
We believe everyone is made uniquely and beautifully in the image of God and we are blessed by all who gather together.