take a guided tour of our worship http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html Curious about what coming to St. Lydia’s will be like? Look through these photos to learn more about our worship. Arriving at Trinity Lutheran on the Lower East Side http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#0 5eafeaeb-530e-4d80-ab3c-1ea0a75e0963 http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_4683/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_4683/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Arriving at Trinity Lutheran on the Lower East Side </p></div></div> You are welcomed in the entryway http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#1 419ca940-6be0-412b-b3a6-2fc47089a750 http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1132/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1132/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">You are welcomed in the entryway </p></div></div> http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#2 065b2e83-5bde-46eb-8651-30a6c6dcb3df http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1133/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1133/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> Folks are in the kitchen cooking up dinner http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#3 fe85ee4e-b64f-4f3f-ac21-e3758bcfc6c5 http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_4667/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_4667/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Folks are in the kitchen cooking up dinner</p></div></div> http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#4 5c646de0-efe6-42a8-b076-e1aa3f48f7aa http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_4672/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_4672/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> There are also people upstairs getting the space ready for worship http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#5 0b59ce4b-3111-4b74-8359-a227434ae08f http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1148/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1148/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">There are also people upstairs getting the space ready for worship</p></div></div> Worship begins with singing as we light the candles. http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#6 cf7ac195-1114-4de2-a435-0240b3955419 http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1156/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1156/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Worship begins with singing as we light the candles.</p></div></div> http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#7 08d99e1a-765a-4522-ac39-c6f1c22d1af0 http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/web-13/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/web-13/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#8 cb6bce4e-2b2f-4caf-b699-5b225e8f0008 http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1158/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1158/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#9 85ca8ea0-55c4-4a35-87eb-aebb5de7af8a http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/web-11/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/web-11/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> We gather at the table to eat. The bread is blessed by the presider with a Eucharistic prayer recounting God’s goodness http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#10 b2891900-5d22-42b8-9fcd-fcd98e46dc5d http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1162/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1162/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We gather at the table to eat.&#xA0; The bread is blessed by the presider with a Eucharistic prayer recounting God&#x2019;s goodness </p></div></div> The prayer we use to bless the bread is ancient: dated to the first or second century. http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#11 c8f30780-e076-4b6d-9cb9-24af249c9088 http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1163/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1163/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The prayer we use to bless the bread is ancient: dated to the first or second century.</p></div></div> http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#12 fbfb795a-c9f1-4ce9-8706-2dadd03d1a1f http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1164/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1164/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> We have time to talk and catch up as we eat. http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#13 a7d744e2-5111-434b-ad10-2bef35dba7dc http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1169/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1169/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We have time to talk and catch up as we eat.</p></div></div> We read scripture at the table, and speak about the ways it resonates in our lives. Then we pray as a group. http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#14 b456893e-6b2f-4af4-9cd3-3f75f9690fa9 http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_4727/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_4727/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We read scripture at the table, and speak about the ways it resonates in our lives.&#xA0; Then we pray as a group.</p></div></div> Everyone cleans up together after the meal. http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#15 09ef89f0-9d64-4ddd-b06a-a1d21ef675e0 http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1134/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1134/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Everyone cleans up together after the meal.</p></div></div> At the end of the evening, we sing a final hymn. http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour.html#16 1d69c1e3-0f27-4c64-b976-248df995d286 http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1194/thumb.jpg http://www.stlydias.org/www.stlydias.org/Guided_Tour_files/Media/IMG_1194/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_136_71"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">At the end of the evening, we sing a final hymn.</p></div></div>