Worship Sundays @ 9:30 AM via Zoom and in person, 9:15 AM visiting time

Our worship is an expression of our common faith and search for God and spirituality. A place where everyone is celebrated. A place where people can share about their blessings, struggles and questions.  A place where honesty is valued even when it means we do not always agree. A place where God’s love and grace brings healing and joy.

The worship services often follow a familiar format.  Most Sundays begin with a prelude, statement of welcome and the ringing of our baptismal bowl.  Afterwards we sing a song, hear a reading from the Bible and receive a message from our pastor often followed with another song. and prayer requests and joys from those in our church.  The service concludes with a blessing and song, and we connect over coffee and food in our fellowship hall, or visit outside when Covid restrictions make it a safer place to mingle. For those on Zoom, they are able to hear and participate in the service as well.  They can hear all aspects of the service and can interact by posting prayer requests in the chat, and visiting with the pastor after the service.  However you choose to worship, we do our best to connect with you.

Under the direction of our Director of Music, Barton Rippe, we have a dedicated choir that offers a wide array of modern and classical chorale works. As both Barton and several of our singers have experience with the Portland Opera the quality of music is beautiful and inspiring.

We are also blessed to be the church base for the Portland area rock band, The Knotty Pines. The band, which plays various venues and events around the city, serves the church once a month or so by leading our music as the Montavilla Praise Band.

We are striving to find a balance of worship and keeping people safe during the pandemic.  We currently are focusing on solos and hearing our Director of Music, Barton, play.  Congregation singing is limited and often done outside.