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Christ
Church offers multiple opportunities
and styles of worship.
All are welcome to worship at Christ Church -
come as you are!
Saturday
evenings:
Join us for an informal worship experience
that includes piano music, personal
intercessory prayer requests, and music led by a folk choir
every Saturday evening at 6 pm in the Sanctuary
(mid September through mid June) and in our beautiful worship
garden during the summer months (late June through early
September). During the summer months worship music is provided
by a wonderful assortment of guest musicians. This service
closes with communion. Nursery care is available during this
service.
Communion also
takes place on Sunday mornings at 9 am in the Peelor Chapel,
located off of Highland Road near the circle driveway.
9:30 and 11:00 Sunday Mornings:
Traditional Worship ~
Contemporary Ideas
The traditional services at Christ Church are majestic and
powerful experiences of praise, prayer, scripture, and song.
Worship is led by the exceptional Christ Church choirs. The
congregation sings hymns both timeless and contemporary from
The United Methodist
Hymnal and from our supplement
Renew! Singing is
accompanied by one of the finest pipe organs in Western
Pennsylvania. On occasion piano, percussion, string, and wind
instruments are heard in worship. The handbells play the
prelude music several times each year. Prayers and liturgy
are in contemporary language. The preaching relates the
message of the scriptures to daily life, and challenges us as
21st-century people of faith. The 9:30 and 11:00
services are places where we experience the Holy—mysterious,
miraculous, immediate, and relevant— in a sacred space for
worship.
The
9:30 service is led by the Chapel Choir. They are an
85-voice choir of 7th through 12th-graders
who perform a wide variety of sacred music with a fresh energy
and an enthusiastic spirit. Frequently, special music is
provided by solo singers, ensembles, and instrumentalists
drawn from our talented group of young musicians.
The
11:00 service is led by the 80-voice adult Chancel Choir.
They sing the very best of sacred music in a variety of
styles—including classical choral repertoire, spirituals,
gospel, early American, and compositions by contemporary
composers. The four Christ Church children’s choirs frequently
sing at this service. The Wesley Singers Men’s Choir also
sings every few weeks.
11:01 and 6 pm Sunday Contemporary Worship
11:01 (A.M. Sunday):
This service is designed
as a family-friendly, casual and contemporary experience led
by Chris Morgan and held in the Christian Life Center (gym)
at 11:01 on Sunday mornings. Enjoy contemporary Christian
music from our Praise Band, come as you are (casual dress) and
give the kids the option of joining you in worship or
attending the always fun
"Kids Connect" Sunday School
program. The nursery is available, too. For details about the
11:01 service, check out
www.cumc1101.com.
Sunday
nights:
For a truly unique
contemporary worship experience, come to our 6 pm "Sunday
Night" worship service in the Sanctuary. Led by our Sunday Night praise and
worship band, this service features contemporary Christian
rock music & drama performances as well as the use of
visual media. This service includes Communion. Childcare is available for infants and toddlers.
Click
here for
details about the 6 pm Sunday Night service.
6:30 PM Wednesday Communion
and Healing Service:
a 20-30 minute service that includes intercessory prayer,
communion, and personal prayers for healing. (Except first
Wednesday of each month, when we hold the Taizé Service - see
below). No child care provided.
6:30 PM Taizé Service the first
Wednesday of each month:
a 45 minute peaceful and
spiritually calming service of songs, silence, meditation,
anointing with oil, and candle-lighting. Most sanctuary
lighting provided by candles. No sermon; no announcements.
No child care provided. (No Taizé
in July or August - come to the Healing Service in its place).
Our sanctuary is
air-conditioned and wheel chair accessible. |
