How We Worship

Timeless and Timely

The Anglican ways of worship rise from biblical patterns through early church roots. It is theologically influenced by the Reformation yet retains much of the Church's centuries-old customs. And yet it is still as fresh today as the people who worship by it and the Spirit who inspires that worship. Anglicanism today is reintroducing Christians to the depth of the Church's riches, and many are embracing them, finding a spiritual stability and intimacy they have craved.

Collaborative Worship

Our faith is about more than just us. It is a fellowship within a long line of believers, spanning across centuries and reaching around the world.

That sense of participation in something beyond yourself is felt here on Sundays. Liturgy, when done well, prevents the clergy from being performers and the people from being consumers; liturgy is the work of the people in collaborative worship.

Engaging the Whole Person

At Advent Anglican Woodinville, you'll notice that your whole person is engaged in worship, your body with its senses and movement, your heart with its passions and pains, your mind in careful consideration and quiet listening, your soul in its depth and its simplicity. Balance is a value, as we bring our whole selves before the God who made all our parts.

Liturgical Language, Liturgical Lives

Most of our liturgy is contemporary in its vocabulary, since we value accessibility in worship, but some of it retains older phrases, seasoning our worship with a tone that is historic, poetic, and reverential.

Across the year, our life together is guided by the six liturgical seasons that Christians have traditionally observed: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, and Pentecost. Each season elevates particular truths about God and ourselves, guiding our internal posture toward him. With time, these seasons build deep ruts in our souls, stabilizing our Christian journey—a journey that Anglicanism treats as a slow and steady rhythm of growth, a long-term relationship nourished by a God whose persistent love is not quickly spent.