We invite you to join us in a beautiful Taiz� Good Friday Worship Service on Friday, April 6th, at 7:00 p.m. A Taiz� service is contemplative in nature, and will include candlelight, singing, readings and meditative silence.

What is Taiz� ? Founded by Brother Roger Schutz, a Protestant, during WWII in Burgundy, France, Taiz� is now an ecumenical monastic community of 100 brothers from 30 countries, With its strong devotion to peace and justice through prayer and meditation, it has become one of the world�s most important sites of Christian pilgrimage: for prayer, Bible study, sharing, and communal work. Participants are encouraged to live in the spirit of kindness, simplicity and reconciliation.

A Taiz� service of prayer and meditation includes of singing�simple one- line or two-line songs, sometimes in several languages (which may be sung simultaneously). The songs are sung over and over again until they �move past singing and begin to take on a life of their own.� Taiz� services include readings, psalms, silent meditation, and prayers of intercession. Ours will include Communion. There is no sermon or offering. The services are very contemplative and offer a time to think, center down, pray, and move out of the rush and stress of life into a space of renewal and healing.