WORSHIP

Candles for Taize Worship

We began using the Taize Style of Worship in the Winter of 2009. It began in the 1960's in the city of Taize, France and has grown in popularity over the last several decades.

Taize is an ecumenical sung and silent participatory prayer service designed to achieve a contemplative state through music, song and silence.

This style of worship fits our type of ministry well. As we strive to accept and love all types of people, we find that the power of silence is grand. It helps us to gain better insight into the power of God and His works.
What follows is an excerpt from the Taize Website.

Silence and Love

Christ says: "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you" (John 15:12). We need silence in order to welcome these words and put them into practice. When we are agitated and restless, we have so many arguments and reasons not to forgive and not to love too easily. But when we "have calmed and quieted our soul", these reasons turn out to be quite insignificant. Maybe we sometimes avoid silence, preferring whatever noise, words or distraction, because inner peace is a risky thing: it makes us empty and poor, disintegrates bitterness and leads us to the gift of ourselves. Silent and poor, our hears are overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit, filled with an unconditional love. Silence is a humble yet secure path to loving.

Take this where ever you may go and visit us on Sunday afternoons at 5:30 for a relaxing, quiet worship without the sermon and with all the love of God.