Christ Church, Westerly, RI

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Christ Church Westerly a welcoming church dedicated to living, sharing and teaching the Gospel. Christ Church is a group of Christian believers, each of us on a faith journey and all at different places on that journey. We welcome your questions, your ideas, your passions, your stories and experiences – all those things that make you the unique person God created you to be. If you have an issue th

at you need help with, or want to talk in more depth about any topic, please contact our office at 401-596-0197 to set up an appointment, or send an email. Our clergy are there to listen and help. Christ Church reserves the right to remove any content that is deemed inappropriate, harassing, or in violation of our mission and/or the rights of others.

Join us for a visit from the Bishop of Rhode Island! The Right Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely SOSc will be joining us on Sunda...
06/03/2026

Join us for a visit from the Bishop of Rhode Island! The Right Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely SOSc will be joining us on Sunday June 7th for our 10am Service!

06/03/2026

Today is the Feast Day of St. Kevin of Glendalough

St Kevin and the Blackbird

And then there was St Kevin and the blackbird.
The saint is kneeling, arms stretched out, inside
His cell, but the cell is narrow, so

One turned-up palm is out the window, stiff
As a crossbeam, when a blackbird lands
And lays in it and settles down to nest.

Kevin feels the warm eggs, the small breast, the tucked
Neat head and claws and, finding himself linked
Into the network of eternal life,

Is moved to pity: now he must hold his hand
Like a branch out in the sun and rain for weeks
Until the young are hatched and fledged and flown.

And since the whole thing's imagined anyhow,
Imagine being Kevin. Which is he?
Self-forgetful or in agony all the time

From the neck on out down through his hurting forearms?
Are his fingers sleeping? Does he still feel his knees?
Or has the shut-eyed blank of underearth

Crept up through him? Is there distance in his head?
Alone and mirrored clear in love's deep river,
'To labour and not to seek reward,' he prays,

A prayer his body makes entirely
For he has forgotten self, forgotten bird
And on the riverbank forgotten the river's name.

Seamus Heaney (d. 2013).

Join us this morning in the St. Nicholas chapel for Holy Eucharist at 10amAt Christ Church doubts are ok, questions are ...
06/03/2026

Join us this morning in the St. Nicholas chapel for Holy Eucharist at 10am

At Christ Church doubts are ok, questions are welcome, come as you are!

06/02/2026

The Rev. Dr. Al Zadig | Sermon from May 31, 2026

Rainforest Falls and Exploring the Nature of God!Sign up today for Vacation Bible Camp at Christ Church Westerly
06/02/2026

Rainforest Falls and Exploring the Nature of God!

Sign up today for Vacation Bible Camp at Christ Church Westerly

05/31/2026

Today is Trinity Sunday

Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

- The Book of Common Prayer

Join us next week for a visit from the Bishop of Rhode Island! The Right Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely SOSc will be joining u...
05/31/2026

Join us next week for a visit from the Bishop of Rhode Island! The Right Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely SOSc will be joining us on Sunday June 7th for our 10am Service!

Join us this morning for one of our Sunday Services. 8am Holy Eucharist in the Tobin Chapel, 10am Choral Eucharist and s...
05/31/2026

Join us this morning for one of our Sunday Services. 8am Holy Eucharist in the Tobin Chapel, 10am Choral Eucharist and stay for Coffee Hour after the service.

At Christ Church doubts are ok, questions are welcome, come as you are!

We were honored to host the Archbishop of York last weekend for Evensong.
05/27/2026

We were honored to host the Archbishop of York last weekend for Evensong.

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Elm And Broad Streets (Mailing Address 7 Elm Street)
Westerly, RI
02891

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+14015960197

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