WORSHIP

Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis holds two Sunday morning worship services. The 9:30 am service is more liturgical; organ music is played and clergy are in robes, for example.  This service is appealing to people from "high church" backgrounds like Catholics and Episcopalians. The 11:30 am service has a more contemporary style of worship with praise singers and less formality, and will appeal to those that prefer a more energetic worship style.

Generally, people dress casually for both services and both celebrate communion weekly. At all MCC churches around the globe we celebrate an open communion which means that anyone is welcome to the table. You do not have to be a member of our church or any church to partake of the generous gifts of God. We offer a short prayer of blessing for those who desire it after they consume the communion elements of bread and juice.

Our worship tends to be eclectic, drawing from the rich religious heritage of our members and friends. We, at MCC, unlike other denominations have an incredible diversity of religious backgrounds in one place worshipping one God. You quickly will sense that while some parts of worship will be familiar, other parts of worship will be markedly different from your church of origin. It is one of the challenges and blessings of being from so many denominations and religious traditions.

MCCGSL Philosophy of Worship:

1. Worship should be a dynamic, positive experience in which people are nurtured, challenged and empowered.
2. We believe in the power of diverse expressions of worship that utilize all the senses in glorifying God. We are called to stretch our comfort zones and experience a variety of worship styles. 
3. Worship is a corporate act. We gather as the body of Christ to praise God and experience the rites and sacraments of the church as acts of worship. 
4. Worship is symbolic and our theology is expressed through words, music, movement and visual symbols. 
5. We strive for excellence in worship. We want to proclaim the gospel with confidence, consistency and through movement. 
6. Mutuality is a philosophical value of worship. We believe in the priesthood of all believers. It is the faith of the community that consecrates the communion elements not the person who tells the story. The role of clergy staff is to guide, empower and equip all people for worship. 
7. We believe that worship has the power to convey the immediate presence of God to the community. We believe that we, the church, are instruments of God’s love to one another.