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Worship & Music

Each weekend offers four worship services:

Sunday morning
8:00, 9:20 and 11 a.m.
Saturday evening
5:30 p.m.
(Summer schedule)

Worship
Music
Welcome to communion

Four services each weekend

Come and worship

Four services each weekend give shape to the worship life at St. Paul:

  • Saturday 5:30 p.m. Worship
  • Sunday 8:00 a.m. Worship
  • Sunday 9:20 a.m. Worship
  • Sunday 11:45 a.m. Open Spirit contemporary worship (11:00 a.m. in the summer)

During the school year, learning classes are offered for all ages, two through adults, 10:45-11:30 a.m. on Sundays.

Contemporary service

The new sanctuary design and state-of-the-art technology are specially suited for Open Spirit, the 45-minute service led by a new contemporary music ensemble each Sunday. This more informal worship time begins with pre-service song about 10 minutes before service time. More»

Variety and liturgy

St. Paul worship is grounded in the liturgy and enriched by songs and ideas of every age. A spirit of variety and surprise marks Sunday worship. Expect to experience a blending of diverse musical expressions, artistic images, and worship styles.

With Bach and jazz, quiet prayers and contemporary touches, you can join your heart with others in creative praise to our great God.

Each Bix Weekend in late July, Chicago jazz musicians lead our worship. It’s worth prioritizing in your summer plans. The Chicago Jazz Mass Ensemble brings us some of the best jazz in town.

“God-shaped spaces”

The St. Paul Sanctuary opened in Fall 2007. Wrote Pastor Peter Marty of this worship center in a pastoral letter, “It’s a pivotal moment in our history… My prayer is that God’s high hopes for us at St. Paul Lutheran will keep turning our individual hearts into God-shaped spaces full of love.”

"Life is short, and we have not much time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh, be swift to love. Make haste to be kind." ~Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss philosopher