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Sunday Service
Worship with us on Sundays at 5 p.m. at Zabłocie 25/2.
The liturgy of Christ the Saviour Church Krakow combines the tradition of the ancient Church with liturgical elements from the time of the Reformation.
To help you actively participate in our service, we encourage you to familiarise yourself with the fixed elements of worship.
Services are held primarily in Polish with simultaneous translation to English. Occasionally, elements of the service will be in English with Polish translation. Translation devices and headphones are available in the lobby. Bulletins are also available in both Polish and English.
Singing
This is the time to praise God through singing and playing musical instruments. Some Protestant churches call this part of the service "worship,” but worship doesn’t end when the song ends. The whole service is worship, meaning each part of the service bears the marks of devotion and worship of God, not only the first part associated with music.
Confession
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:8) During each service, we spend some time quietly reflecting on our lives and confessing our sins in silent prayer. Then as a congregation, we confess together a written prayer acknowledging the ways we have sinned against God and our neighbor.
Scripture readings
The public reading of God's Word does not replace our personal time with the Bible, however it helps us understand it. Very often we limit ourselves to some of our favorite passages and themes while reading the Bible. At the services, we can hear a variety of texts, often those that we would never choose for our personal time. We have the opportunity to hear how God speaks to us through His Word, not only the things that we want to hear but also what we need to hear.
Sermon
The purpose of sermon is to show the person and work of Jesus. The sermon’s purpose is not only to gain knowledge of biblical principles and how to apply them in life but also to encounter with the person of Jesus Christ. The sermon should make it possible to hear the voice of God that shows Jesus. Then, the Biblical truth becomes not only understandable but also real and transformative.
Creeds
Confession of faith has a pedagogical character: we teach our children the glorious and Biblical truths of Christianity—and remember them ourselves. This gives a Christian an opportunity of regular public declaration of what he believes. It's a sign of respect for the wisdom and the Church's theological legacy of past centuries. In a public way we declare that we identify ourselves with its history, and we write new history with our service.
The Lord's Prayer
The disciples knew that Jesus frequently withdrew into seclusion to pray. Though they were believers and often prayed as Jews, they sensed that the prayer of Jesus was something more than their prayers. Therefore, one day, when he had finished praying, they asked him to teach them to pray as He did. Jesus gave them a practical lesson. He taught them about prayer while praying. The Lord's Prayer has two dimensions. On one hand, it is a prayer itself; on the other hand, it is a model of a prayer—every part of it tells about another element of effective Christian prayer.
Responsive readings & prayers
King David, Jesus and the apostles prayed the "other people's" prayers. The trick is to make them be your prayers. We need to balance between form and spontaneity in our prayer life. It is good to pray with our own words, but sometimes we lack the right words. Often, then we stop to pray, not having the strength to "invent" the next sentence for God, or we catch ourselves at the fact that we repeat our prayer. We must therefore learn to pray with our words and the words of those who went before us. It is important for both kinds of prayers to flow from our hearts.
Communion
Communion is the meal of the New Covenant of God with man, also established in order to confirm the saints in the faith, that all the benefits derived from the sacrifice of Christ are theirs. This sacrament has rightly been described as "food for the soul," which nourishes and strengthens the new man. Christ, who gave himself for us to death, lives in us (Gal. 2:20).
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