Our mission at St. Bartholomew's is Helping Everyone Become The People God Created Them To Be
To accomplish this we're committed to creating a welcoming, safe community where people can explore God, Jesus, and faith at their own pace.
While we have a particular, Episcopal way of worshipping on Sundays (ministers in robes, times to stand and sit, ceremonial movements like bowing and the Sign of Cross) but it's a core value for us that everyone's welcome to participate in their own way as they feel most comfortable. And we especially work to explain why we do these things so they make sense and you can participate if you'd like to.
The most important thing at St. Bart's for us is the person and teaching of Jesus Christ. As our Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said:
"Being a Christian is not essentially about joining a church or being a nice person, but about following in the footsteps of Jesus, taking his teachings seriously, letting his Spirit take the lead in our lives, and in so doing helping to change the world from our nightmare into God’s dream."
That's what we strive to be do at St. Bart's.