Most of our members knew nothing about The Episcopal Church when they started worshiping God with us, so don’t worry if you don’t either.

We believe all of our life is worship, a way of saying thank you to God for Life. However, on Sundays we gather together to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus, just as Christians have since the first Pentecost in the 1st Century.

At our weekday Morning Prayer and Sunday worship, we use the Book of Common Prayer, an actual paper and ink book, to pray with the worldwide Anglican Communion.
The book takes a little getting used to, but we will help you, and before long it will be a beloved companion in your spiritual journey.

One of the most obvious things you will notice if you worship with us is the Vestments. The vicar, our pastor and priest, wears robes, or vestments. Like soldiers, physicians, and firefighters, these garments remind us of the role our clergy serve in the community. We also have vestments for our people who do other jobs in the congregation and for baptisms.

In our worship we try to be formal, but not stuffy. Orderly, but not rigid. Jesus said “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." As in everything we follow the head of our Church, Jesus.

Here’s a short video about going to church as a grownup.

Kids are welcome at all our services. God put the wiggles in kids, so we expect them to act their age! The noise of children is a wonderful thing to hear in Church, and we know how much effort it takes to get them out the door on a Sunday morning. So, feel free to keep your kids with you.

Most Sundays our Children’s Activity Director Tricia Haenchen, will lead the children to our children’s learning centers for fun and Bible stories. Our Children’s Ministry is in keeping with our Safeguarding God’s Children standards.

The children may come back (if desired) for the communion service, and many will help Fr. David at the altar.

On Sundays when we stream to Zoom and YouTube for our home bound folks, our camera operator is very careful to never film any children or adults without consent of the parents.

When it comes time for communion, you have lots of options.

You can stay in your seat and watch, pray, or think.

You can get in the line for communion.

When/if you come up, the priest will hand you a piece of the consecrated bread. Sometimes we have homemade bread, sometimes we use wafers. You can eat the bread immediately. Then go to the person holding the chalice of port wine and receive by sipping. Just grab the large base of the chalice with your hands and use that to sip.

The chalice bearer will be wiping and turning the chalice each time someone sips. The wine is fortified port wine and will taste sweet. Click this here for more information about the health risks associated with the “Common Cup”.

If you would like to abstain from the wine completely for whatever reason, that is ok. Some people who abstain from alcohol do this. We believe that communion in one kind (just the bread) is just as spiritually meaningful as taking it in both kinds.

If you would like to “intinct” or dip the bread in the wine instead of sipping it, indicate you want a a gluten free wafer by saying “gluten free” or holding your outstretched hands palm down so the priest will know to give you a gf wafer.

If you would like to only receive a blessing just come up in the line, place your hands over your heart and the priest will know not to give you communion but a blessing. This is appropriate for Christians of other denominations, people of other religions, or people who have no religious preference or affiliation.

We love questions about communion! Just ask someone or text or call the vicar at (512) 571-4124.

At our worship services, we read from the Bible, the Word of God. We call it the Word of God because God inspired its human authors and because God still speaks to us through the Bible. All our sermons come from the Bible, and we have a weekly Bible study on Tuesday morning. We have a prayer about how we read and teach the Bible that is very old:

Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; grant us that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them; that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our savior Jesus Christ.