Second Sunday Service At All Saints Parma

Taizé in All Saints Sanctuary

On the second Sunday of each month All Saints Episcopal Church in Parma celebrates a Sunday evening service with alternative liturgies and music. On Sunday, January 8, at 6:00 pm we are celebrating a Taizé prayer service.

This style of worship was begun in 1940 in the ecumenical community of Taizé in southern France, where the intention was and is the reconciliation of people with each other and with God.

When we worship in this style, we quiet our minds and hearts and focus on the presence of the living God, that our faith may be deepened by the power of prayer. The simple but haunting songs of Taizé are intended to draw us into meditation and away from the busy-ness of our everyday lives. The quieting of mind and heart does not happen immediately, but gradually, as we become more comfortable in the silence, as we hear and sing the repeated words of the songs, as we listen to readings from Holy Scripture, and as we give ourselves over to God's peace.

All Saints Episcopal Church is located at 8911 W. Ridgewood Drive. Telephone 440-888-4055 for further information.