Worship & The Arts
We worship together to remember our belovedness, rediscover awe, reconnect with community.
We come to worship for many different reasons.
When we gather on Sunday mornings for worship, we come with a diversity of beliefs — we are wholeheartedly a non-creedal church which means we don’t ask anyone to sign on to a specific set of beliefs but instead encourage everyone to come as they are, with their questions, with their doubts, with their convictions, with their lived experience, with their wildest hopes.
We come because of the music.
The vibrant choir, the magnificent organ, the exaltation of bellringers. And because we love lifting our voices together in song, in prayer, in lament, and in joy.
We come, some of us knowing all too well what it means to be excluded, judged, or shamed, longing for a place of genuine acceptance, where we can finally belong.
We come to hear thoughtfully crafted sermons.
They move us toward greater compassion and deeper commitment to healing and restoration in the world.
We come to say no to the gods of power, greed, self-sufficiency, and violence, and yes to the God of compassion, community, and justice.
We come because, in a world bent on polarizing and dividing us, this is a place where we can be who we are, together, and remember we are not alone.
We come with a taste for transcendence.
Aching for awe and wonder, for the reminder that there is more here than meets the eye.
We come because our lives are too busy and too defined by what we do, and we need a space to breathe, to sit in silence, to ponder the questions that matter most: Why are we here? Why does it matter?
We come because we find beauty in this historic Meetinghouse.
And in the stories of faith and hope that built it, and continue to build it.
We come not to get God’s attention, but to get our own.
We come because we love traditions. And because we love reimagining them.
