We welcome you to visit the 11:30 Contemporary Eucharist at Trinity. This is called a “contemporary” Eucharist to differentiate it from Trinity’s 9:15 service. It draws on the Domus Ecclesia [house churches] tradition of the Christianity’s earliest days, when families and friends gathered around tables in each other’s homes to bless, break and share the Bread of New Life. So too do we come together here around the altar table as a family to give thanks, bless, break, and share the Bread as we worship God.

HISTORY: This service began in 1988 when the Rev. John Stanley decided that adding a more contemporary service would serve Trinity as well as appeal to the young adults just across the street at Texas Christian University. The first contemporary service was in the chapel on the first Sunday in Lent that year. It quickly grew and Trinity’s laypeople and clergy have supported it ever since. The music is done in a collaborative way, with all sorts of musicians and singers welcomed. This inclusive and welcoming spirit has spread to the congregation and is experienced by many as a source of healing, joy and comfort.

• Instead of using the hardback Prayer Books and Hymnals in the pews, we use the gray notebooks found on the trolley at the Crossing. These notebooks contain both the relevant pages from the Prayer Book and the service music and songs used in this service. Instead of the organ, guitars, keyboards, flutes, and other instruments accompany our singing. Children are invited and encouraged to accompany the Folk Group on percussion instruments during the Gloria [or the Kyrie in Lent] and the final hymn.
• Readers do not read from a podium, but instead stand in the congregation to read the Lessons and the Prayers of the People.
• After the Offertory, the entire congregation gathers around the altar for the Great Thanksgiving and Communion. There are chairs available for those holding babies and for those who cannot stand for long periods. Children are especially welcome.

Please make yourself at home with us. All those baptized who feel the Lord’s presence are welcome to take communion with us.