A CONTEMPLATIVE CELTIC COMMUNION

WHEN?             On the first Wednesday of each month, beginning at 6:30 pm.

WHERE?           The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 303 North Main Street, Greensboro.

FOR WHOM?   All are welcome, regardless of where you might be on your journey. The service draws from ancient resources and may be especially appealing to those for whom the tradition main-line church no longer “works.”

WHAT?       

The name says it all:

·       Contemplative: the service is candlelit, in the early evening, with gentle music played on a piano, cello, and/or other “soft” instruments. The liturgy is Christian, introspective, with intentional spaces of silence for meditation, reflection, and personal prayer.

·       Celtic: much of the prayer, poetry, music, and theology draws from the ancient Christian Celtic traditions of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England. The emphasis is on the Trinity, the divine that dwells within all people, and the sanctity of all of creation - what the ancient Celts called “God’s First Book.”

·       Communion: The Lord’s Supper is the central focus of this service. At Christ’s table, where all are welcome, we are fed, nourished, and healed by our God whose very essence and nature is Love.

WHY?   

So many people have become disillusioned, disenfranchised, rejected, and/or bored by churches and their communities - including our own. Yet we all hunger for a relationship with God. We seek to be reminded that God loves us more than we can possibly fathom, that by our very nature we are good - God’s beloved child - and that nothing can separate us from Christ. In this Contemplative Celtic Communion, we seek to create the container where those who seek might be reminded of their deepest truth, and find healing, rest, wholeness, and holiness. No strings. No pre- or post-conditions. Only welcome and communion.