Worship is an important way that we love God, care for others, and grow God’s kingdom in and through us .

When it comes to worship, every church is traditional and liturgical. By definition, traditions happen when any elements of worship are repeated, and liturgy is the order in which a particular congregation worships God. Even contemporary churches do things in worship that are repetitive, and every church has an ordered liturgy, even if it is spontaneous. All traditions and liturgies proclaim a story and form the hearts and minds of worshippers. As a result, we believe it is important to be thoughtful and intentional about what goes into our traditions and liturgy.

At St. Paul we seek to connect our worship traditions to the worldwide Anglican Church. We believe this more fully connects us to God, who has come to us in both time and space throughout history. Historical traditions of worship tend to be more biblical than those centered on contemporary culture trends like music. Focusing on these trends can lead to preferences of worship styles that distract from the true heart of worship.

We think music is part of worship that is best framed inside a historical liturgy. When we gather in worship, two highlights of the liturgy are celebrated. The first is the Scripture of God – read, proclaimed and explained. The second is the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, known as Holy Communion or The Holy Eucharist. These two movements of worship are guided by the Book of Common Prayer.

Since worship tells a story and forms the hearts and minds of worshipers The Book of Common Prayer is centered on the story of Jesus Christ. The story of Jesus includes highlights of His life, death, resurrection, ascension, and the coming of the Holy Spirit in the life of church. We follow this story each year in the context of the church calendar as it moves through each of these life shaping realities of Christ. Advent begins the story of Jesus and focuses on His birth and life. Lent takes us through the wilderness and death of Jesus. Easter celebrates the resurrection and ascension of Jesus. Pentecost celebrates the Holy Spirit coming and working in the life of the church.

In order to more fully form our hearts with Jesus we also seek to keep a balance of the ways we worship Him. We sing, pray, listen, stand, sit, kneel, confess our sin, proclaim creeds, ring bells, bow to God’s presence, make the sign of the cross, light candles, as well as eat and drink the spiritual food of The Lord’s Supper each week. All of these elements connect us to the presence of God in our services and in our daily lives in a fuller way than focusing on just one or two of these things like music and preaching can do.

Our way of worship helps us follow Jesus through our broken lives together and receive wholeness from Him.

As we seek to Love God, Care for Others, and Grow God’s Kingdom spiritual formation is an important part of this mission. We hope to provide ways for adults to become mature in Christ. We recognize that we are all broken and need wholeness from God. We seek to provide bible teaching and opportunities to develop spiritual disciplines that form the hearts and minds of our church body into mature followers of Christ. To do this we provide ways for God to develop our character and deep rooted spiritual virtues that help us all exhibit the fruits of the Holy Spirit. You can find out more about our current adult spiritual formation opportunities by clicking below.

Men’s Ministries is an important part of the St. Paul adult formation ministry. At St. Paul we hope to guide men to a biblical version of manhood and masculinity. The kind of man that the bible portrays is quite a bit different that what our current culture tells men to be. We hope to develop servants of Christ that are fully human with healthy emotions and physical strengths that highlight who they are in Christ. You can find out more about the current men’s ministry opportunities by clicking below.

Another important part of our adult formation ministry is our women’s ministry. At St. Paul we hope to develop women in the grace and beauty of what the bible portrays a woman to be. The is also quite different than what the world proclaims that a women is. St. Paul women’s ministry seeks to provide ways for God to grow women up in emotional and physical maturity in Christ, recognizing that they are used by God in vital ways. You can find a listing of current women’s ministry opportunities by clicking below.

St. Paul Youth or SPY is a key piece of the formation ministry of the church. This ministry seeks to develop students into what God has designed them to be. SPY in a unique ministry in that it seeks to help students during their times of transition. Students naturally begin to develop relationship with their peers as they grow up and the voice of their parents begins to have less influence than their pier group does. St. Paul Youth seeks to help continue to be a voice for God to help lead students during this critical time in their spiritual life development. We seek to help parents and students make each students faith their own faith instead of being pressured by parents and friends. You can find our more about the current SPY ministry opportunities by clicking below.

Jesus was known for letting the little children come to Him. He loves children and we do too. Children are a gift from God and should be cherished and developed with great care and concern. We seek to partner with parents to help provide ways for their children to grow in the grace of God. Often this involves ways for parents to grow in the Lord themselves. Children need to have an atmosphere of spiritual and physical health that enables them to become all that God has called them to be. At St. Paul we provide ways for children to grow up in Jesus both inside and outside of the services. You can find out more about our current children’s ministry opportunities by clicking below.