This is the first in a four-week worship series on the centrality of DEI in our Christ tradition.
June 8, 2025: Pentecost: The Spirit Falls on Difference — Acts 2
June 15, 2025: Trinity Sunday: The Divine is DEI — John 16:12-15
June 22, 2025: Clothed in Christ, Not Uniformity — Galatians 3:23-29
June 29, 2025: Spanning Generations — 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
Online
9:30AM (PACIFIC TIME) ONLINE SUNDAY WORSHIP (thetable.live).
We gather online for live worship on Sundays at 9:30am via thetable.live.
We encourage you to take a moment on Sunday to create a beautiful space to experience worship — consider lighting a candle and collect bread and juice if you would like to share in the sacrament of communion.
In-Person
9:30AM & 11:00AM (5265 H STREET SACRAMENTO, CA 95819) IN-PERSON SUNDAY WORSHIP
We gather in-person for worship in the Sanctuary on Sundays at both 9:30am & 11:00am.
Worship Gatherings
Our eclectic blend of music ranges from jazz to reggae to Spirituals to traditional hymns to Latin and beyond. Dress casual. Bring anybody you’d like. And, above all things, be yourself! All are welcome. All Means All. While those choosing to worship with us online may desire to remain anonymous and simply take in the worship from wherever you happen to be, we also have the capacity for those gathering online to sign-in and choose a virtual seat (our virtual seats allow you to interact with others, much like Zoom).
Arriving
In-Person: We have bike racks in front of the church for anyone who lives nearby. Parking is accessible from H Street and 53rd Streets. If the lot is full, parking on Sundays on the streets around the church is usually plentiful. While we await renovations to our commercial kitchen this summer, we are not able to provide the exceptional coffee & tea many have come to anticipate near the entrance to the Sanctuary. Please know coffee & tea will be returning soon!
Online: We begin our sound check around 8:45am (Pacific) on Sundays. You’re welcome to join us anytime after this via thetable.live. You may simply experience worship online without registering or, when you’re ready, we encourage you to consider signing-in and connecting with others via our virtual seats which function much like Zoom.
Music & Call to Worship
Music is a beautiful and powerful means of expression. We regularly use music (and other expressions and forms of art) to express ourselves to God, just as the Psalms do: we praise, we ask for what we need, we confess, we complain, we lament. We give thanks to God as we express our vulnerability and our longings.
Welcome & Next Steps
We set aside time in our gathering to help identify next steps we might take in order to grow in faith and reach in love.
Scripture & Message
Every week we hear, learn and tell the story of God & God’s people. We read from the Bible and share from our lives.
Communion, Prayer, & Offering
Communion is a sacrament practiced most weeks in worship. Everyone present will be invited to The Table. While no one is required to receive communion, all are welcome to The Table. Here are some of the precautionary measures we continue to take amid lingering pandemic: (1) Instead of serving communion in the Sanctuary, we have communion stations setup outside, (2) When moving outside to receive communion, please do your best to keep physical distance, (3) Once you arrive to the communion station, please take a piece of the bread (or a gluten free cracker) and dip it into the cup which will be filled with grape juice. A server will be nearby to assist should it be needed and they will say “The Body of Christ/Bread of New Life and the cup of the New Covenant/God’s love poured out for you” as you dip the bread into the juice and eat it.
Note: We offer gluten-free and dairy-free bread options at all communion stations.
We hope those joining worship online will participate in communion with whatever bread and juice you might have accessible.
We pray in many ways at The Table; through song & silence & spoken words. We often invite people to light candles in the prayer stations near our stained glass windows.
We hope you will join us in responding to God’s fierce love for the world and help align our community of faith with God’s redeeming work by making a financial gift to support ministry at The Table. You may give online via our website from your phone or place your gifts in the offering plates which will be found near the doors to the sanctuary.
Sending Forth
At the conclusion of our gathering, we both receive a spoken benediction and sing together a benediction. “Benediction” s Latin and means “good word.” It is a final blessing and prayer sung over our community as we head into the week ahead.
