We help people follow Jesus when we create space to belong to one another in community. Hospitality is how we discover the work of God among our neighbors, relatives, coworkers, and friends. We are a church that is building deep and abiding friendships to move people closer to the love of God in Christ.

In our services kids will make noise, people will make mistakes (yes, even the priest!), there will be occasional distractions, but this is how life is in a family. We plan, prepare, and practice our programs and services to do them well, but what we celebrate are the lives transformed by participating in a communal life of worship more than a well-executed service or program.

People of all ages and stages growing in bonds of love moves us closer to the love of God and maturity in Christ. We create a range of events beyond our Sunday service so that people can grow together in a loving, kind, and supportive community. 

We love the beauty of the ceremonies of worship passed down to us from generations long ago. We aim to keep our corporate worship rhythmic and easy to follow. Simple rhythms of worship form us as disciples of Christ and provide rest in God’s presence in a world that feels out of control and constantly changing.

Scripture and the Book of Common Prayer form the backbone of how we live out a life of prayer together. Beyond Scripture and the Book of Common Prayer, we want to acquaint ourselves with the saints of old throughout various time periods and across geography because these are the friends who show us the way home.

We believe that we are all broken because sin has entered the world, but that by the power of the resurrection, Christ can redeem our brokenness. We are committed to being honest about the brokenness in our stories. We want to be a community that provides attunement, containment, and does the hard work of repair so that people are drawn closer to the love of God through this church.

We honor the unique shape of each person’s story and move at the pace of the individual in the slow work of transformation. As people grow in this church community we want to help them locate their story in the story of redemption God is telling.

Absolutely! Wiggles and cries are signs of life and vitality and we rejoice in them. Children are always welcome to be in the sanctuary during the service. We also offer nursery for ages 0-2 and will offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd for ages 3-9 (from September through May). All the children will come back during the announcements for the latter part of the Eucharist liturgy.

We affirm the dignity in all people and approach the responsibility of creating a safe space for all people and protecting the vulnerable with great seriousness. You can find more about our child safety policies here. We are also informed by this helpful paper on creating a trauma-informed ministry, shared here with the author’s permission, entitled, “Sexual Abuse and Trauma-Safety: A Biblical and Theological Reflection”.

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (“CGS”) is a Montessori approach to religious education that teaches children to pray using the liturgy. The place where CGS happens is called the “atrium”. Learn more about children’s ministry here.

“Anglicans worship with a structured liturgy because it embodies biblical patterns of worship, fosters reverence and love for God, deepens faith in Jesus Christ, and is in continuity with the practices of Israel and the Early Church. (Numbers 6:22–27; Deuteronomy 12:8–14; Psalm 96; Acts 2:42–47; Revelation 15; Di­dache 8–10)” — To be a Christian: An Anglican Catechism, #245

Violet/Purple: Advent, Lent, or other penitential occasions. It reminds us of our need to turn from sin and rest our hope on the grace of God in Jesus Christ.

Rose: We wear rose on the 3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday) and the 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetere Sunday) as a reminder that the work of joy and rejoicing is intertwined with our work of repentance.

Green: Ordinary time. It reminds us of the life that is found in the Holy Spirit who indwells the followers of Christ.

Red: Ordinations, confirmations, Palm Sunday, Pentecost, and feast days commemorating martyrs. It reminds us of the gifts given by the Holy Spirit as well as the blood shed by Christ and the martyrs of the Church.

White: Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, weddings & funerals. It reminds of the glory of the resurrection and the new life in Christ.

We are embodied creatures and therefore our bodies, minds, and hearts work together in prayer. Making the sign of the cross is a bodily prayer reminding us of God’s promise in our baptism. We bow in worship to show awe and reverence to God’s presence in our midst.

All who are baptized and following Christ are welcome to receive Communion. Baptized children are also welcome to receive. If you do not plan to receive, you are still invited to come forward to receive a blessing.

The three orders are bishops, priests, and deacons, which we have received from Scripture and the historic Church (Acts 6:1–7; 1 Timothy 3:1; 5:17–22; 2 Timothy 4:5; Titus 1:5; Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Trallians 2.1–3; 3.1–2) (Catechism #142).

When entering or departing the sanctuary, all are invited to dip a finger in the water and make the sign of the cross as a reminder of our new birth by the Holy Spirit in Holy Baptism. It frames how we enter into worship and it frames how we live out the Great Commission (Matt 28:19-20) in the world.

All of us (ordained and laity) have a necessary role in corporate worship (also called the liturgy). The special garments, also called vestments, highlight the symbolic role that different people have in worship. Different vestments often symbolize the different roles individuals play in the liturgy (e.g. Bishop, Priest, Deacon, Acolyte, Verger, etc.).

Functionally no. We use them interchangeably at Corpus Christi Anglican Church to refer to our Sunday corporate worship which always includes communion. Regardless of the term, the main point is that in the Holy Eucharist, we hear the Scripture read, receive God’s good news of forgiveness, recall our baptismal promises, have our faith renewed, and receive the grace of God in the Body and Blood of Christ (i.e., the sacrament) to continue following him in love and obedience. (Catechism #366; John 6:5 3–58; 1 Corinthians 10:15–16)