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The Saint David's community gathers for worship at 9:30 AM every Sunday
to sing, listen to readings from the Bible, hear a sermon, pray, offer the blessing of God's Peace to one another, and celebrate the Lord's Supper with wine and home-baked bread.
There's Children's Church for the younger set, and children are always welcome to bring quiet toys and books.
Wednesdays at 7 PM
a smaller group gathers for the Lord's Supper and quiet talk.
At both these services, we're saving a seat for you. Come and visit!
Need a lift? Try one of these - or visit our Reading Room
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Who We Are - Community Life at Saint David's
"By this, all people will know that you are my disciples, that you have love for one another." [John 13]
We DO and BE the Gospel by serving others, by worshiping together, by the ministry of prayer, and by taking joy in one another. St. David's gathers every Sunday as a community to worship, to offer hospitality to one another and to celebrate our friendship in Christ. Our shared parish meals are memorable and generous. Preparing for holidays, caring for our garden, even cleaning the church -- these are shared activities. There's a good deal of laughter mixed in with the work. Here we are at our annual Homecoming Picnic in August 2007.
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Worship and Music
Sunday mornings are good. Our worship informal and ordered, lively and dignified, expressing ancient forms in modern language and including both traditional and contemporary music. Like most churches, we pray, we sing, we read from the Bible, we hear sermons, we are quiet for reflection.
Most of our services include communion, also called the Lord's Supper or Holy Eucharist, when we share bread and wine. All baptized persons, whatever your background or denomination in the church, are welcome to receive the bread and wine, just as Jesus welcomed all who came to him.
During the sermon, children get together with two leaders for Children's Church. We're comfortable with having children worship with us. They help us make a joyful noise to the Lord. Art supplies, books and toys are in the entry. Children at St. David's can been seen and heard
as participants in the life and worship of this community.
We hope they see this church as a safe, warm, friendly place where they
are loved and welcomed.
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Our choir is active year-round and we welcome new singers! We are blessed with the only pipe organ in Brown County, and our worship music also includes flutes, drums, and guitar.
Each holiday brings special services - Maundy Thursday footwashing, quiet reflection on Good Friday, the candlelit mystery of Christmas Eve and the Easter Vigil, and the joyous Easter feast.
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New Members, 2007
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Growing in Faith
At St. David's, we affirm that we all have ways to
grow - in compassion, in insight, in skill, and in faith. We've gotten together
to study at Bible studies, after-church forums, Lenten study series,
and book discussions.
Seekers' classes and individual preparation for
Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Matrimony are offered when they are
needed.
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A picture by Kiara
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Our Staff
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The Reverend Jonathan Hutchison,
St. David's Vicar and Pastor since 1991, is a graduate of Hamilton College
and The Yale Divinity School. Ordained in 1982, he's served the Church
as a touring musician, a diocesan youth coordinator, and a Hospice
chaplain. In his spare time, "Rev. Funky" sings and records with his spouse Deborah as HEARTSOUNDS Music Ministry. You can find a selection of Jonathan's sermons online in the READING ROOM.
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Joe Ridenour, our choir director, is a
part-time pastor in the Disciples of Christ and seems to spend all the
rest of his time visiting family or making music. He is a composer,
arranger, conductor, singer, and instrumentalist, and he's somebody who
knows how to keep the "ministry" in "music ministry." Our choir rehearses every Sunday at 8:30 AM and if you show up ready to sing, Joe will be glad to have you.
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Deborah Hutchison became the
first Lay Pastoral Associate at St. David's in 1993, with responsibility for
preaching, spiritual direction and counsel, and liturgical planning. A
graduate of Kirkland/Hamilton College, she studied at The Yale Divinity
School and is a graduate of the Education for Ministry program of the
University of the South. Deborah, an accomplished singer, songwriter,
flutist, and recording artist, is the other half of HEARTSOUNDS Music
Ministry. Selections of her sermons may also be found in the READING ROOM.
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Our organist, Jennie Lawrence,
Comes to us with extraordinary depth and range of experience as an accompanist and church musician. Jennie holds the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the
Jacobs School of Music and has sixteen years of experience as a church organist. She has accompanied the Bloomington Chamber Singers for fifteen years and also has experience directing choral and instrumental ensembles. She is the assistant director of the Brown County Art Guild. Jennie is a fine addition to our parish tradition of
wonderful musicians.
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