Plans are underway to begin a “Basic English Service” each week at COS that would serve those who are involved in our ESL classes, families that have been sponsored by the Refugee Task Force, or non-native speakers who live in our immediate area. Given the church’s location and current ministries, this service has great potential. [...]

Here you will find an outline of the liturgical year, the most current versions of all liturgies, “ingredient lists” (candles, dances, and other details) for all of Church of the Servant’s worship services. It is a work in progress. Email Greg Scheer if you have any questions.
Notes: a spreadsheet of all liturgies is available at [...]

Again this year, Church of the Servant prepared for Christmas with a service of lessons and carols, in which we read seven scriptures telling or foretelling the birth of Christ and then sing a song that relates to that scripture. This simple, yet profound service allows us to hear the redemption narrative from the fall [...]

The choir wants to make this Sunday’s Lessons & Carols service pretty, so they’re going to be listening to these two MP3s with scores in hand. Isn’t that right, choir?
Every Valley
Weary is the World

There are two kinds of people in church: those who say “I’m not dipping my bread into this cup after that guy—who knows where his hands have been!” and those who say “Germs? What germs?” How should we approach disease transmission during worship in a way that respects those who have legitimate health concerns, while [...]

Here at Church of the Servant we have a little thing we do called the “Joyful Noise Orchestra,” or “JNO” to insiders. It’s a group of a dozen or more instrumentalists who lead the congregational singing every few months–kind of an updated version of the West Gallery Players. On November 2 we led the lectionary [...]