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Summer Worship at Knox:
During the months of July and August, Knox United will join with Dunbar Heights United Church for a shared Sunday worship at 10 a.m., first in the month of July at Dunbar Heights, 3525 West 24th Avenue, Vancouver, and in the month of August at Knox United.

The Knox Church office will be open in the summer on Friday mornings only, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The telephone message machine will be monitored regularly.

Worship on Sunday mornings is at 10 a.m.
The Children's Ministry takes place at the same time.
Communion is offered once a month. All are welcome at God's table.

Sunday Worship and Church School
Our Worship Team meets often to create weekly services which balance traditional and contemporary expressions of faith. The aim  of the worship planning team is to create a restorative space for this one hour, where the stress of our week, as well as the worry of our days, can be set aside and we can be at peace and be inspired.  Drama, dance and music are used often to create this sacred space. The decision to take the offering plate out of the service was a step toward this goal. The Worship Team introduced this change for several reasons:

• Convenience: Many people are on Pre-authorized Remittance and do not bring an offering to church.

• Social Justice: Some people cannot afford to come to church and are uncomfortable  having nothing to put on the plate.

• Liturgical: The service has a better flow when there is not a break in worship for the plate to move along the pews.

• Prayer: The time is now used for music to prepare for the prayers of the people.

• Perception & Outreach: Churches are perceived as only about money, so allowing ten minutes within a sixty minute worship service to collect money supports that mistaken notion.

• Stewardship: The blessing is not only upon financial offerings but also on all the offerings we make to God.

Following worship, the community is invited to gather in the Fellowship Lounge for Fair Trade coffee and tea.

Baptism is a sacrament of the church in which we acknowledge that we are God's children through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.

The United Church generally baptizes children and adults during regular church services. If children are being baptized, their parents (and godparents, if you wish) take vows to raise the children as part of the Christian community. We encourage people to arrange to be baptized in the church they will be attending. If you are thinking about baptism for yourself, or your children, you are welcome to come to Knox for a few Sundays to see if this is the congregation what would become your spiritual home.
 

Wednesday Chapel Service
A "mid-week gift", Knox's chapel service is a quiet half-hour of prayer and meditation, Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. Chapel runs from October until mid-June.

Sacrament of Holy Communion
The Sacrament of Holy Communion is celebrated at least once a month during worship. It begins with a variation of this invitation:

''This is God's feast, God's table, God's food. Everyone, without exception, is invited by God to share in this feast. There is no judgement. Only love. As a beloved child of God you have an equal place at this table."

This sacrament originated from the last night Jesus sat with his friends. Aware of the holiness that enveloped them, their emotions were strong, within relationships forged through mutual struggle and laughter. For three years they had walked together within their impoverished and oppressed country offering the love of God while facing insult. Their bond was strong. That last night, Jesus asked for the blessing over the bread and the new wine and both times he told his friends, "Whenever you do this remember me." He wasn't just asking for personal memories. He wanted them to remember the bond they shared and the love of God that sustained them. Therefore, after his death and resurrection, this last meal took on the deeper meaning of sacrament. When they gathered they would remember how he inspired them, how he loved them and others. They recalled his teachings about the love of God. So two thousand years later, when we gather for the Sacrament, we are remembering God's inspiration within our lives and we seek the blessing that comes with sharing a communal meal as a faith community.