If you are thinking about coming to visit Church of the Cross, you may be wondering what to expect. Our hope is that our worship service will be a meeaningful experience for everyone who attends, regardless of where they are at in their spiritual journey. If you come, please know that you can participate in as much or as little of the service as you feel comfortable.

Church of the Cross is a liturgical church—which means that there is an order of service that we typically follow, and that this order is based on forms used by the Christian church since its birth 2000 years ago (and some of the forms come out of the Jewish tradition, which is, of course, much older than that). So throughout the service we will often recite prayers that have been used for centuries as statements of core Christian truths. There are also times, however, where the congregation is led in more contemporary and spontaneous prayers for current situations or needs. If this sounds confusing, don’t worry—you will have a bulletin which explains everything as you go.

Just as we use both contemporary and traditional prayers, our music also reflects the wide spectrum of Christian experience. We value the great hymns of the church, but also find much contemporary music to be helpful in our worship. Whatever type of music, our aim is that people will be able to fully enter in and will find the music conducive to drawing near to God.

Part of the service is devoted to the reading of scripture and reflecting on the words which are read. We believe that scripture has important implications for our current lives and so our teaching about the Bible always connects its truths with the everyday matters we all face.

We also celebrate communion together every Sunday. This is a time to celebrate Christ’s death and resurrection and His work in our lives. We invite all those who are committed to living for Christ and have been baptized to join us in this celebration. If you are still figuring out what you believe, communion can be an important time of reflection and spiritual searching.

Our hope at Church of the Cross is that you will experience us as a welcoming place, but also a safe place to explore who Christ is. You will not be pressured here in any way, but you will hopefully find that we are people who are comfortable with questions and we give others time to figure out for themselves what they believe.

We hope you can make it for a visit.