Worship at Church of the Resurrection

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services/prayer life Sunday 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II (Folk Mass usually 3rd Sunday. Piano, guitar, percussion, etc.) Wednesday 7:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I Thursday 9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer followed by study class sung evensong an announced, presented by the Evensong Choir, usually on a Sunday afternoon every couple of months Bible study and prayer group meets weekly in the evening in a home to study the Bible, especially the readings used on Sunday, and to pray labyrinth laid out in a woodland setting is available to parishioners and others for prayer and meditation prayer chain a group of individuals who commit themselves to pray daily for the needs and concerns of all those listed in the weekly Bulletin, which includes not only petitions of our own members, but anyone who has requested our prayers, as well as those mentioned in the Diocesan cycle of prayer and the Anglican communion's cycle of prayer. men's spiritual friends two groups meeting weekly for prayer, meditation, and spiritual support

   

BUILDING    Local architect DeNorval Unthank designed a structure with a high asymmetrical high sloping roof. Although it may not look like a traditional church building from the outside, the interior is very church-like; the congregation gathers around three sides of the altar. A large wooden cross hanging over the altar and stained glass window of abstract design dominate the fourth side of the interior instilling a sense of transcendence for the worshipping community. The first services in the building were held on June 23, 1968. In 1982 classrooms a meeting room and kitchen were added to the south end of the building, supplementing the original facilities of the parish hall on the lower level.

 

BRIEF HISTORY    Church of the Resurrection began its existence as a mission congregation sponsored by St. Mary's Episcopal, Eugene. An organizational meeting for those interested in forming a new congregation was held on March 23, 1964. The following month the first service was held in the Spencer Butte Middle School cafeteria and services continued to be held there until the present building was ready for use in June, 1968. Later Resurrection became a mission congregation of the Diocese of Oregon which status it continued until November, 2002, when it applied for, and was granted, full parish status by the annual convention of the Diocese of Oregon.