Work of the People

Liturgy is the stuff of our gatherings as a church. It’s the pattern of how we respond to the divine. In most traditional churches liturgy refers to the prayers and words of worship, the order and form of the gathering. The word comes from two greek words which mean public working, so it’s in fashion to call liturgy the work of the people. It’s what we do when we get together,

This fall a number of the leaders of the parish having been attending a leadership development series with the Parish Collective. Recently we talked about taking seriously the notion of liturgy as of the people. What would it be like if folks from our community, from our neighborhood wrote our prayers?  What if the rhythm of the way we gather had a local flavor? If worship is a time of gathering to restore our souls so that we might do the work of God in the world then maybe worship should be infused by the very place God calls us to love and serve.

To that end some of you might get asked to write some words, or take some photos for our images, or offer up other pieces of our gathering.

We are here in this place at this time. This is where we encounter God. This is how we celebrate that encounter, in love and liturgy.

-Eilidh