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Bridgeport is...
Bridgeport is… …a congregation of all kinds of people–women and men; kids and grandparents; families and single people; bisexual and heterosexual, lesbian and gay people; people who gave up on church years ago, and people who just left the one up the street; people who care about the world, and people who are learning to …
Bridgeport Kids
Bridgeport Kids We love kids. All children are welcome and encouraged to spend at least part of every service in worship with the whole community. We have a special children’s time during the service, and we make it as kid-friendly as possible. There is a living room area in the sanctuary with comfortable chairs for …
Bridgeport Life
Get Involved in the Life of Bridgeport There are several Teams and Task Groups that coordinate our programs and projects. Bridgeport is based on an infrastructure that we hope is efficient, non-hierarchical, and promotes community building. Everyone’s help is needed to do the work and ministry of Bridgeport, and to help it become the church …
Bridgeport Seasons
Bridgeport Seasons In 2006, the Worship Team began to think about the traditional seasons of the Christian year. Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, and Ordinary Time (all 33 weeks of it!) — each tells part of the Christian story and has its own rhythm as well as scripture selections. We love these seasons, but …
Sharing Our Space
Bridgeport: An Interfaith Home When we took ‘Bridgeport’ as the name of our congregation, we did so with two images in mind: A bridge connects communities and ideas; a port is where you begin a journey, end a journey, or find shelter along the way. These images guide not only our philosophy as an individual …
Staff and Leadership
Rev. Alan Claassen, Interim Minister Beth Karp, Accompanist Chris Edwards, Choir Director Brandy Sears, Office Administrator Kaye McDonald, President Kate Schmidt, Treasurer Mandi Hughes, Secretary Our Teams and Task Groups Our Congregation, Ministers to the World
Walking the Labyrinth
Walking the labyrinth Several times a year we’ll push back the pews in the sanctuary and lay a labyrinth on the floor to walk and meditate with. Our labyrinth is based on the design from Chartres Cathedral in France. The distance covered walking in to the center and out again is about a half kilometer. …
