Where Relationships Are Nurtured
To those worshipping with us for the first time, we welcome you among us! We believe our experience of the Lord’s presence in the Holy Eucharist is enhanced by your joining us today.
We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor, and o yo no hablo ingles. We extend a special welcome to those who are crying newborns, skinny as a rail, or could afford to lose a few pounds.
We welcome you if you can sing like Andrea Bocelli or if you can’t carry a tune in a bucket. You’re welcome here if your “just browsing,” just woke up, or just got out of jail. We don’t care if you’re a “nose-bleed high” Catholic or a “snake-belly low” Protestant, or haven’t been in church since little Joey’s baptism … or ever.
We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome soccer moms, NASCAR dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems, or you’re down in the dumps. We welcome you if you’re “spiritual but not religious,” or if you don’t like “organized religion”; we’ve been there too.
If you blew all your offering money at the race track, on the lottery, or at the Cleveland casino, it doesn’t matter; you’re welcome here. We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or are here only because grandma is in town and wanted to go to church.
We welcome those who are inked, pierced, both or neither. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down their throat as a kid, or got lost in traffic and wound up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts … and we welcome you!