Worship at St. Matt's
We worship God with joy and creativity every Sunday at 10:30am. We also have special services during seasons of the church year like Lent, Holy Week and Easter, World Aids Day, and Christmas.
We come to worship just as we are and encounter God's love and grace.
Our liturgical worship has three phases. We often begin with words of confession and forgiveness that free us to experience God's boundless love for us. At the center of our worship are Bible readings and their interpretation in a sermon that relate God's word to our lives.
Our worship closes each week with Holy Communion, the sharing of the presence of Jesus Christ in bread and wine or grape juice. God's forgiveness, Word, and Presence renew us for what we are called to be and do the rest of the week.
We believe art and beauty are gifts from God, and we utilize the arts (especially music) to expand our experience and understanding of God. During the season of Lent, we offer a Wednesday evening meditative service.
Our Sunday worship follows traditional forms, juxtaposed with current issues and elements that give us a holistic experience of God. As an inclusive community that believes God is beyond gender, we are sensitive to what images and language we use to talk and represent God so that we can most fully convey how God is and acts.
At St. Matt's, everyone who comes to worship is welcome to the communion table, to receive God's grace in Jesus Christ. Children may commune at the wish of their parent, or may be brought forward for a blessing.
Worship is interpreted into ASL every Sunday. On the second Sunday of the month, the Deaf community prepares and leads their own separate worship
