b'OUR MINISTRIESINTERNALLY-FOCUSED MINISTRIESWORSHIPOur congregation meets for corporate worship on Sunday mornings at 10:30. Worship is an intergenerational experience, involving the entire church and guests, from kindergarteners to senior adults. We believe this is how a diverse community of faith connecting in a downtown church setting achieves a genuine sense of unity. Our ministers and laity lead in worship that expresses depth and reverence through scripture reading, prayer, music, and preaching. Our congregation values high quality sermons that are biblical, relevant, thoughtful, and dynamic. Our beautiful sanctuary creates a sacred atmosphere, but it also serves as a place of fellowship for our congregation. While the choir typically wears robes, other worship leaders and most congregants are rather casual in attire. The presence of a full choir, orchestra, and pipe organ appears quite traditional, but the music of our worship comes from a wide variety of styles, encompassingtraditionaltocontemporary.Hymnsandspiritualsongsarecelebratedina manner that appeals to many tastes within an hour of worship. ThecongregationcelebratesCommunionmonthly,andperiodicbaptismsareperformedin Sunday morning worship. Special services occur throughout the church calendar. At Advent we celebrate two candlelight Christmas eve services. In the spring we observe the beginning of Lent with an Ash Wednesday service, and during Holy Week we observe Palm Sunday and Maundy Thursday, with a climactic celebration of Easter.23'