Sunday, December 13 was our annual Lessons & Carols service. There are plenty of places you can hear the big English cathedral style of lessons and carols service, but that’s not our mojo here at COS. Instead, we take a bit more low-brow approach, with a variety of musical styles and lots of congregational involvement. [...]

You may think that anyone who can read English and has the gumption to stand in front of 500 people has all the needed qualifications to read scripture in worship at Church of the Servant.
You would be wrong.
It takes a good deal of preparation and as the French say “I do not know what” to [...]

A few years ago, I was given permission to take a Sunday every two months away from my duties at COS to visit area churches. This gives COS a little break from a constant diet of Greg and gives me a chance to learn from the way other churches worship. Today I visited Vineyard North.
I [...]

For a few years now, Cal Stapert and I have been threatening to plan a worship service using only the music of J. S. Bach. After all, if you can’t do something like this at COS, where can you do it? The congregation’s musical tastes tends toward the classical end of the spectrum, we have [...]

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 [...]