Christ Centered Prayer
Christ Centered Prayer is a simple inner prayer of awareness under the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ. Christ Centered Prayer may directly facilitate entrance into the Spiritual Heart Center and the awareness of God, the still small voice, who is known by faith and dwells within you always. "Be still, and know that I am God..." (Psalm 46: 10).

Our rector and priest, the Rev. Sandy Casey-Martus is also the co-founder of Contemplative Invitation Teaching, and has studied various forms of contemplative prayer for over thirty years. Presently, with her priestly service, she writes, travels, teaches the Christ-Centered Prayer practice, and leads Christian contemplative prayer retreats.

You are most welcome to learn more about the practice and share this experience with a small group as Sandy facilitates two Christ Centered Prayer circles weekly at All Saints in the Library:

Monday from 5:30-6:30 pm
Thursday from 12-1 p.m

For more information and upcoming retreats: http://www.christcenteredprayer.com

Spiritual Formation Classes
Spiritual formation classes are available and open to all. Classes are held for all age groups from children to adults from September through May.

A complete listing of classes

Centerpoint Ministries
Centerpoint ministries are designed to help people balance their active lives with contemplative experience of God. Ministry proceeds from intimacy with God and provides confidence and discernment for compassionate engagement with others and the world around us.

Detailed descriptions of the Centerpoint ministries

Music
"All Saints music is joyous by design, God's presence in our most worthwhile doing as a faithful community -- worship radiating into all of life." - from a choir member

The All Saints' Choir, led Music Director Arlene Long, is highly regarded as one of our great treasures. The choir and their music are certainly a strong and vital part our worship at the 11:00 Sunday service and during other special services and concerts throughout the year. Choir rehearsal ison Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. and there is an open invitation to any who wish to join them.

Each choir member brings different gifts to choir - each person is a gift, each person is important, and our director works to bring them all together, like pieces of a puzzle, for the best picture. In rehearsal and in services, Arlene and the choir members make a real effort to give attention to the guidance of the Spirit, moment by moment. They discuss from time to time how that feels, what it requires of each one in terms of setting aside individual ideas, even while keeping their knowledge and skills of music. They allow themselves to experience whatever they're experiencing personally at that moment, AND to recognize their part in the larger picture. Creating music becomes the vehicle for practicing the spiritual life.

The LifeStreams Band is under the volunteer direction of Gary Chatham and they serve at the Sunday 8:45 AM service. Their music is frequently contemporary and always reflective of our divine inner stirrings. This creative group of musicians includes both instrumentalists and singers to bring the liturgy alive in a way that engages people of ages - most especially children and youth. Their open rehearsals are on Wednesdays at 6 p.m.

Library
Another resource for those seeking spiritual formation is our library. Please feel free to come by the church and browse the selection, or email the librarian for recommendations if you are interested in a particular topic.

E-mail the librarian