Christ Lutheran Church
Traditional "liturgical" worship with progressive Christian teachings

Our worship style is traditional and yet we are informal.  Come as you are; we are an imperfect people trying to follow Jesus. Check out the message blocks below to find out more about liturgical worship and the church year.

Liturgy
How we worship

Liturgy is a greek word, leitourgia, meaning work or service for the people.  Liturgy is how we create sacred space and time.  We use the spoken word, singing, dance, silence, the visual arts, and ritual in the service of liturgy.

The basic form of the Lutheran liturgy is ancient going back to the earliest Christian church.  This ritual practice is built around the celebration of the Eucharist - the sharing together of the body and blood of Christ - and praising God.

We read the Bible to remind us of God’s actions in the world’s history and to tell us of God’s greatest action, the sending of His son to be among us and to die for us.

We praise God using music and singing.  What music is used and what songs we sing varies week to week and is very open.  We are a Lutheran church and worship in that tradition.  We believe that ritual is important to creating sacred space.

Will you like our liturgy for celebrating the sacred?  The only way to know is to come and find out.  We understand people thirst for the sacred.  We can quench that thirst.

 

 

The Church Year

We also believe in sacred time.  Not just for the time we spend together in church but for the whole year.  In the Christian liturgy of time the year is divided into seasons and festivals.  

In the season of advent we prepare for the coming of Christ which we celebrate in the festival of Christmas. 

In Epiphany we celebrate this coming and reflect on Jesus in and the world. 

In Lent we look to our shortcomings and prepare for remembering the death of Christ. 

Immediately following Lent we celebrate the resurrection of Christ from the dead on Easter Sunday.  During the season of Easter we reflect on the resurrection of Christ. 

On the Pentecost festival we celebrate the coming of God to us through the Holy Spirit who brings us and keeps us in faith. 

For the rest of the year we reflect on Christ’s ministry to the world, culminating on the festival of All Saints when we remember all those who have died in Christ.