Altar Guild

Members of the Altar Guild prayerfully set the table for the Eucharist each Sunday before service. The Anglican Altar is a table rich in meaning and symbol. Each item holds significance and brings depth to our embodied liturgy and how we experience Christ in worship. We are a sensory people, and the Altar Guild lovingly prepares the Eucharistic table with tender care and reverence. The Eucharist is an experience of the real presence of Christ and the Altar Guild ensures the table is properly set for the parish to experience this life-giving experience of Christ.

Children's Formation

The Children's Formation team primarily serves our children on Sunday mornings in Littles Formation and Children's Church. This team is primarily made up of parents of our children and we ask that parents' first priority in serving at CCA be in their child's class once a month. But the Children’s Formation team is not exclusive to parents and we encourage the entire church body to join.

Intercessory Prayer & Hospitality

This team serves the greater CCA parish by receiving various prayer needs within the parish and faithfully praying. They will meet for prayer in various ways and help facilitate a culture of intercessory prayer and care within our parish.

When there is a need for a meal train (new parents, bereavement, injury, or medical needs), requests can be made to this team, and they will set up that service. Requests for prayer or a meal train can be made by completing the appropriate form in the Planning Center. This team will also take requests from new mothers who desire a baby blessing. This team is not responsible for pastoral care needs; these needs can be met through the pastoral care team.

Home Parish

Home Parishes are multi-generational groups that meet for 1.5-2 hours on Sunday evenings in 3 liturgical cycles: Advent (4 -5 weeks), Lent  (6-7 weeks), and Trinity-tide (9-10 weeks). These groups foster hospitality through the breaking of bread, fellowship, and prayer. 

Home Parishes include food, multi-generational fellowship, and prayer (Evening Prayer, Compline, or Family Prayer). Groups change with each cycle

Liturgical Readers

The liturgical readers is a public ministry for the people by the parishioners of Christ Church. It is truly the people’s work and crucial to our Anglican expression of Word and Sacrament. This ministry proclaims God’s word and calls the parish to communal intercession with God’s will. In addition, New Testament readers assist in the sacramental elements of the Eucharist. Those serving in liturgical ministry participate in the processional for their designated day of service. The processional begins and closes our corporate time worship. 

Those called to this ministry may have a heart for the Holy Scriptures and how they are presented to God’s people in worship, a desire to proclaim God’s word, and be attentive to how the spoken word touches God's people in corporate worship. A basic understanding of and heart for Anglican worship, traditions, and the Prayer Book are desirable, and the willingness to learn more.

Men's Guild

The Men's Guild is a fellowship and service-oriented group that serves the larger CCA community. This group of men can be readily called upon to assist with church service projects that may or may not include socializing during or after. There are monthly meetings where the team will gather, strategize, and discuss how the men at CCA can engage with the parish’s day-to-day life and needs. Those who are part of this team will have shared responsibility for leading, sharing ideas, and working as a team.

Music Ministry

Those serving in the Music Ministry of CCA seek to honor the Lord by bringing their musical abilities to enable corporate worship. They bring the musical gifts that God has given them to the joyful task of providing the gathered worshipers ‘language' to offer to the Lord in praise.

Prayers of the People

The liturgical ministry team is a public ministry for the people by the parishioners of Christ Church. It is truly the people’s work and crucial to our Anglican expression of Word and Sacrament. This ministry proclaims God’s word and calls the parish to communal intercession with God’s will. Those who serve in leading the Prayers of the People also assist in the sacramental elements of the Eucharist. Those serving in liturgical ministry participate in the processional for their designated day of service. The processional begins and closes our corporate time worship. 

Those called to serve in this ministry may have a heart for prayer, collecting the prayers of the people, some writing abilities, enjoy working with a team, and have the desire to invite others into intercession with all the saints for the work God is accomplishing in the world. A basic understanding of and heart for Anglican worship, traditions, and the Prayer Book are desirable along with the willingness to learn more.

Setup & Teardown

If you like hands-on service opportunities and enjoy seeing the results of your work immediately, then the CCA Set Up & Tear Down Ministry is for you! We need people with physical strength to set up and take down welcome signs outside and the prayer book table, move heavy furniture within the building and set out and put away boxes of supplies for the children’s program. We also need people with internal strength to empty trash bins at the end of the service, especially the aromatic bin in the baby-changing station upstairs. Please arrive at CCA by 9:45 a.m. and/or stay after the service for 30 minutes of clean-up.

Sunday Intercessory Prayer

Those serving in this prayer ministry offer a safe space for parishioners to share heavy burdens they may carry to receive prayer and presence. It is not a place to offer advice or counsel, but solidarity and love. 

Tech Ministry

Running sound is not a difficult task but requires showing up early to Eucharist service and staying late after service. It is a technical area and cannot be run by anyone but those interested in learning can be trained.

Those well-suited for running sound are those who have a good ear for mixing multiple instruments and vocals as well as setting up reading microphones for clarity.

Slides ministry provides the compiling, editing, and operating of the slides presentation for Sunday worship. It requires showing up before and after services for set up and shutting down.

Youth Formation Ministry

Christ Church is looking for a team of adults (6-10) persons desiring to mentor youth and work together to consider the overall youth formation in alignment with CCA’s formation ethos. This team will walk alongside our youth in their baptismal participation within the community. They will assist in teaching and leading youth formation initiatives. This may include teaching series, catechism, retreats, volunteering, youth and liturgical events, intergenerational mentoring, and church-wide involvement.