St. Charles Episcopal Church to host Taizé prayer service, spaghetti dinner Oct. 29

On Sunday, Oct. 29, St. Charles Episcopal Church invites the community to experience a Taizé Prayer Service at 4 p.m., featuring the parish choir and instrumentalists.

Immediately following the Taizé Prayer Service, all are welcome to join in a free spaghetti dinner, hosted each month by the church.

Worship in the style of Taizé, a monastic community in eastern France, is a quiet, simple way of prayer, designed for people of all Christian traditions. These meditative services include simple chants sung repeatedly, rich silence, and prayers of praise and intercession.

For more than 50 years, Taizé, France, has been the home of a Christian monastic community made up of brothers from many different countries, speaking many different languages and belonging to several different Christian denominations. Catholics, Anglicans, Protestants, Orthodox, and others live and pray together, share a simple life, and welcome tens of thousands of visitors who come every year from all over the world.

"Sacred Music at the Red Door," St. Charles Episcopal Church's gift to the community, presents this musical offering. The series has helped to establish St. Charles as a destination for those seeking musical refreshment and excellence, drawing on the existing strengths of the church choir and guest artists, Georgian architecture, the Howell 21-rank organ, and Anglican heritage.

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St. Charles Episcopal Church is located at 994 N. Fifth Ave. (Route 25) in St. Charles. The church celebrates three Sunday morning Eucharist services. The building is wheelchair-accessible. For information about the outdoor labyrinth, outreach opportunities, and youth and adult education classes, call (630) 584-2596 or visit www.stcharlesepiscopal.org or www.facebook.com/StCharlesEpiscopalIL/.