News

June 12, 2009

 

Sunday evening worship service to go on hiatus

 

The Congregation Council has approved a recommendation by the Worship Life Team to put the Sunday evening worship service on hiatus from Labor Day 2009 to Memorial Day 2010. During that time period a task force will evaluate what type of evening service best carries out Central’s mission and meets the needs of the community. The action was taken at the Council’s May 26 meeting.

 

The Worship Life Team’s proposal was the result of a request from members of the Council and the pastoral staff to review the evening service. The service, which currently offers Evening Prayer with Holy Communion, has had an average attendance of 32 persons so far in 2009.

 

The Worship Team’s exact recommendation reads as follows: The Worship Life

Team recommends that the Council authorize a task force that would evaluate the nature of an

evening worship service at Central that would best meet the needs of the mission of Central

and the needs of the community, and complement the morning services. Factors that the

task force would consider would include the intended assembly, and the type and purpose

of the service. The task force would present its recommendations to the Council no later than

the May 2010 Council meeting.

 

The Worship Life Team also recommends that the current evening service at Central go on hiatus from Labor Day 2009 (September 6) through Memorial Day 2010 (May 31) to allow for a period of study and possible experimentation.

 

Pastor D. Foy Christopherson, who oversees Central’s worship planning, says various models of weekend evening worship will be tested during the hiatus period including offerings such as Easter-season paschal vespers, choral evensong, Taize style prayer services, a Sunday evening

Lenten series and special baptism festivals.





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