Worship and Music
Worship matters in our church and lies at the heart of how we understand ourselves together. The Worship and Music Ministry oversees all aspects of worship: texts, ceremony, music, liturgical orders, and the nuts-and-bolts of who does what.
CRLC follows a three-year lectionary as the basis for hymn selections, prayers, confession texts, biblical lessons, etc. We also follow the church calendar, observing the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost.
CRLC also has contemporary worship elements interspersed throughout the year with regularity, but not lumped into one service each week. Several times a year we have “Ruah!”, a service planned with diverse elements that unite in a less-formal style to appeal to a variety of ages and people who are at different places on their journey as Christians.
Some opportunities in Worship and Music include but are not limited to:
- Greeter
- Usher
- Lay Reader
- Communion Assistant
- Acolyte (lights the candles)
- Altar Care
- Flower Committee
- Nursery Volunteer
- Choir Member
- Cantor (soloist who leads worship
- Instrumentalist
Worship Times
We worship on Sundays at 8am and 10:30am
Sunday School is at 9:15am for all ages
Calling all Acolytes
Attention ALL Youth Parents: We are rejuvenating the participation for ALL of our youth in worship by offering Acolyte training. Cristina Wells has held several training sessions. If you missed them and are interested serving as an acolyte, please contact Cristina at cris1781@gmail.com to set up a training session.
Donate Online to Concerts@CRLC
James Alfieri, our Music Director, has put together a concert series. If you would like to become a sponsor, please click on the link below for the form. Complete the form and place in the offering plate at church, or mail to the church. To donate online, please click on QR code which will take you to the CRLC donate page for Special Music.
Cleveland Brass Works
Sunday, May 24 at 4pm
A classical brass quintet with a not-so-classical twist. Take a bunch of trained brass players and toss some jazz, rock, funk, Latin, and swing tunes in front of them. Shake it up with drum set and percussion and you get a rollicking good time with fun music! Cleveland Brass Works will definitely mix up your musical taste buds and provide a pleasing earful for every generation! Cleveland Brass Works has performed at the Bop Stop, Night Town, Maltz Performing Arts Center, Bluffton University and with both the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra and Parma Symphony, as well as being asked to play several festivals throughout northeast Ohio.
Upcoming Concerts
SAVE THE DATE
David Uschold, Organist on September 20th
Bassoon A Roo on October 18th
Maria Thompson Corley, Pianist on Novmeber 8th