From the founding of Saint Gregory’s in 1976, we have written extensively about the theory and theology behind our liturgy and practices.
- Jesus Wants to Dance with You at Church (Richard Fabian, 1996)
"Once dance and worship were married; now they go to church together rarely, and keep separate friends.”
- Holy Food for Holy People (Richard Fabian, 1998)
"We do not revere the bread and wine as holy things because we believe Christ is present there. Rather, because Christ’s Spirit is present when we consume these holy things in his memory, we believe God has given us Christ’s life, and we can spread this through the whole world...”
- Children in the Liturgy (Louis Weil, M.R. Ritley and Donald Schell, 1998)
"To provide a liturgy which has substance for an adult community, we need symbols that are so manifest children can engage them...”
- People’s Work (Donald Schell, 1998)
"Liturgy is not something we do for God, but our opportunity to enlarge our experience of God...when it works, it changes who we are and how we live.”
- Opening the Table (Sara Miles, 2000)
"The food pantry is church: a liturgy of acts modeled directly on the liturgy of the Word and the Table....”
- The Role of the Deacon (Richard Fabian, 2000)
"At St. Gregory’s we call a spade a spade and a deacon a deacon, according to the work being done...”
- Preaching at Saint Gregory’s (Donald Schell, Leesy Taggart, M.R. Ritley, John Baldovin, 2000)
"At St. Gregory’s, a sermon is literally not complete until the people who have listened to the preacher have their say....”
- The Font Outside our Walls (Donald Schell, 2000)
"Chrisitan faith has no in-group. It can’t. Jesus offered an edgy, unconditional welcome to sinners...”
- First the Table, Then the Font (Richard Fabian, 2002)
"How can we tell people today about Christ, yet keep his table fellowship in a way he distinctly refused to do?”
- Worship at St. Gregory’s (Richard Fabian, 1988, Revised 2001)
"Visitors entering St. Gregory’s may find the church strikingly arranged: the altar table stands in an open space before the entry doors, where people gather chatting before worship. Icons of dancing saints encircle overhead. Rock sculptures rise in the garden opposite. Candles and crosses...”
