Word & Sacrament
St. Patrick's Anglican Church exists to bring glory to God through the worship of his Son, Jesus Christ the King.
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The Good News of the King is that by his life, death, burial, and resurrection, weary sinners can find forgiveness of their sins and the joy of eternal life.
Christ Jesus offers his grace, mercy, and love to all those who truly turn to him.
King Jesus offers hope for the hopeless, family for the forgotten, peace for the anxious, and life abundant.
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We are liturgical.
We are liturgical church and so we worship using a set pattern of prayers and readings designed to help everyone join into worship. God's People have been worshiping Him liturgically since the time of ancient Israel.
Worship at St. Patrick's uses the Book of Common Prayer 2019 with a blend of historical hymns and contemporary praise songs: an invitation for Christians of many backgrounds to join together in the Anglican Tradition.
We are catholic.
Catholic simply means "According to the whole".
God has preserved His Church throughout the centuries for His glory and our good.
The catholic nature of the church emphasizes the role of the sacraments of Baptism and the Holy Eucharist and the traditional orders of ordained ministry, in succession from the Apostles, in stewarding the grace of God.
It recognizes that the Holy Spirit has been at work in the church for 2,000 years, including in the creeds and the seven ecumenical councils, and He has given us a deposit of orthodox faith for our benefit and learning.
We are Evangelical.
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Being historic Evangelicals means we emphasize the supreme authority of the Holy Scriptures in faith and life, and the necessity of both personal conversion and biblical discipleship.
We share this stream’s belief in the centrality of the Cross, Christ’s atoning death as a substitution for us, and the truth of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
We also share its emphasis on the urgency of evangelism and mission here and abroad. For more on the reformed stream in classic Anglicanism, see the doctrinal statements in the 39 Articles of Religion.