The Georgetown Ecumenical Wholeness Service is a candlelight, contemplative prayer service that meets once per month. All services are open to the public. We pray together by using two very special types of worship templates: the Service of Healing and Wholeness and Taizé Common Prayers. We are led by a diverse community of area Christians, and these services are open to all who would come. Songs are sung from the Community of Taizé. Opportunities are given for intercessory prayer and the lighting of candles. A time is set aside for private prayer and anointing with oil. Communion is offered to all in attendance, with gluten-free elements available. About the meditations: Our subject for the coming season is “Hope Beyond All Hope.” It is based on the Taizé theme for 2025, “Esperer au Dela de Toute Esperance,” which considers perseverance and faith even in the worst of times. Brief homilies will be prepared by area pastors and lay speakers. Scripture will be selected for meditation based on each topic. Events this season: Services will continue to take place one Sunday per month at 6:30 pm, with some noted exceptions (*) around holidays in the November / December months. Meetings take place on these dates and in these locations:
| Date | Topic | Site |
|---|---|---|
| September 28 | Courage to Hope | San Gabriel Presbyterian Church |
| November 2 * | Listening to People of Hope / Celebration of Saints | San Gabriel Presbyterian Church |
| November 23 * | Taizé Evening Prayers | St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church (Salado) |
| December 21 * | Striving for Hope / Christmas by Candlelight | San Gabriel Presbyterian Church |
| February 22 | Remaining People of Hope | San Gabriel Presbyterian Church |
| March 29 | Easter Hope | San Gabriel Presbyterian Church |
| April 26 | Taizé Evening Prayers | St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church (Salado) |
| May 3* | Taizé Evening Prayers * Rescheduled from January 25 |
St. Philip’s United Methodist (Round Rock) |
| May 31 | Pilgrims of Hope / Pilgrims of Peace | San Gabriel Presbyterian Church |
About the songs: Taizé Prayer chants are congregational, made of short phrases that are repeated for ease of participation. In our services, we always sing in English, but for an idea of how the songs sound, please enjoy this YouTube playlist.
We hope to see you, our friends and neighbors, in 2025-2026.
An early preview for the 2026-2027 season will come on a Sunday morning. On August 23, 2026, we will conduct a Taizé Morning Prayer service at our principal host and partner church, San Gabriel Presbyterian Church. Taizé Prayers will take the place during their usual Sunday morning worship service. Taizé songs will take the place of traditional hymns, and the format of the worship service will adapt to bring a morning of candlelight, contemplative prayer.
The Georgetown Ecumenical Wholeness Service meets once per month. All services are open to the public. We pray together by using two very special types of worship templates: the Service of Healing and Wholeness and Taizé Common Prayers. We are led by a diverse community of area Christians, and these services are open to all who would come. Songs are sung from the Community of Taizé. Opportunities are given for intercessory prayer and the lighting of candles. A time is set aside for private prayer and anointing with oil. Communion is offered to all in attendance, with gluten-free elements available.
What are you seeking? Our subject for 2026-27 is “What are you Seeking?” It is based on the Community of Taizé’s theme for calendar year 2026, “Que cherches-tu ?” In his introductory letter, Br. Matthew considers the first words of Jesus from the book of John, “What are you seeking?” Taizé is a monastic community that ministers to youth and young adults worldwide, and so Br. Matthew shared this question with a group of six young volunteers from six different countries spread over four continents. His letter describes their answers and his reflections on them:
- Seeking silence
- Seeking a direction
- Seeking joy
- Seeking meaning
- Seeking a just world
- Seeking a community
With these six topics in mind, brief homilies will be prepared by pastors and lay speakers in our worship team. Scripture will be selected for meditation based on each topic.
About the songs: Taizé Prayer chants are congregational, made of short phrases that are repeated for ease of participation. In our services, we always sing in English, but for an idea of how the songs sound, please enjoy this YouTube playlist.
We hope to see you, our friends and neighbors, in 2026-2027.
Our 2026-27 season opens on September 27, 2026, with a meditation on “Seeking Silence.” The service will be a regular Wholeness Service at our partner church, San Gabriel Presbyterian Church. Like all of our services, this event is free and open to the public.
What are you seeking? Our subject for 2026-27 is “What are you Seeking?” It is based on the Community of Taizé’s theme for calendar year 2026, “Que cherches-tu ?” In his introductory letter, Br. Matthew considers the first words of Jesus from the book of John, “What are you seeking?” Taizé is a monastic community that ministers to youth and young adults worldwide, and so Br. Matthew shared this question with a group of six young volunteers from six different countries spread over four continents. His letter describes their answers and his reflections on them:
- Seeking silence
- Seeking a direction
- Seeking joy
- Seeking meaning
- Seeking a just world
- Seeking a community
With these six topics in mind, brief homilies will be prepared by pastors and lay speakers in our worship team. Scripture will be selected for meditation based on each topic.
About the Wholeness Service:The Georgetown Ecumenical Wholeness Service is a candlelight contemplative prayer meeting that takes place once per month, 9-10 months per year. We pray together by using two very special types of worship templates: the Service of Healing and Wholeness and Taizé Common Prayers. We are led by a diverse community of area Christians, and these services are open to all who would come. Songs are sung from the Community of Taizé. Opportunities are given for intercessory prayer and the lighting of candles. A time is set aside for private prayer and anointing with oil. Communion is offered to all in attendance, with gluten-free elements available.
About the songs: Taizé Prayer chants are congregational, made of short phrases that are repeated for ease of participation. In our services, we always sing in English, but for an idea of how the songs sound, please enjoy this YouTube playlist.
We hope to see you, our friends and neighbors, in 2026-2027.
All Saints’ Day falls on All Saints’ Sunday this year. In honor of those who have completed their baptisms, we bring back our popular celebration of Saints with a luminaria display at San Gabriel Presbyterian Church. Surrounded by this great cloud of witnesses, will continue our tradition of collecting non-perishable food on this evening for Helping Hands of Georgetown, Texas, as well as cash donations to fill their food pantry.
Since 2020, we have celebrated Saints on All Saints’ Day. Starting in 2025, we began to devote our entire service to the celebration. Like last year, we plan to worship outdoors in the columbarium of Partner Church San Gabriel Presbyterian Church. The lanterns are both prepared and funded by the Wholeness Community, as a gift to the Georgetown, Texas area. Watch for a call-out for remberances, which we will collect until October 29 this year.
What are you seeking? Our subject for 2026-27 is “What are you Seeking?” It is based on the Community of Taizé’s theme for calendar year 2026, “Que cherches-tu ?” In his introductory letter, Br. Matthew considers the first words of Jesus from the book of John, “What are you seeking?” Taizé is a monastic community that ministers to youth and young adults worldwide, and so Br. Matthew shared this question with a group of six young volunteers from six different countries spread over four continents. His letter describes their answers and his reflections on them:
- Seeking silence
- Seeking a direction
- Seeking joy
- Seeking meaning
- Seeking a just world
- Seeking a community
With these six topics in mind, brief homilies will be prepared by pastors and lay speakers in our worship team. Scripture will be selected for meditation based on each topic.
About the Wholeness Service:The Georgetown Ecumenical Wholeness Service is a candlelight contemplative prayer meeting that takes place once per month, 9-10 months per year. We pray together by using two very special types of worship templates: the Service of Healing and Wholeness and Taizé Common Prayers. We are led by a diverse community of area Christians, and these services are open to all who would come. Songs are sung from the Community of Taizé. Opportunities are given for intercessory prayer and the lighting of candles. A time is set aside for private prayer and anointing with oil. Communion is offered to all in attendance, with gluten-free elements available.
About the songs: Taizé Prayer chants are congregational, made of short phrases that are repeated for ease of participation. In our services, we always sing in English, but for an idea of how the songs sound, please enjoy this YouTube playlist.
We hope to see you, our friends and neighbors, in 2026-2027.
Location: TBD
Three Taizé Evening Prayer services will be offered in the year 2026-27. Each will provide curated spaces and times for contemplative prayer, with scripture, song, and personal time for candlelighting and conversation with a minister. Worship movements will focus on topics in the 2026-27 season, “What are you seeking?”
What are you seeking? Our subject for 2026-27 is “What are you Seeking?” It is based on the Community of Taizé’s theme for calendar year 2026, “Que cherches-tu ?” In his introductory letter, Br. Matthew considers the first words of Jesus from the book of John, “What are you seeking?” Taizé is a monastic community that ministers to youth and young adults worldwide, and so Br. Matthew shared this question with a group of six young volunteers from six different countries spread over four continents. His letter describes their answers and his reflections on them:
- Seeking silence
- Seeking a direction
- Seeking joy
- Seeking meaning
- Seeking a just world
- Seeking a community
With these six topics in mind, brief homilies will be prepared by pastors and lay speakers in our worship team. Scripture will be selected for meditation based on each topic.
About the Wholeness Service:The Georgetown Ecumenical Wholeness Service is a candlelight contemplative prayer meeting that takes place once per month, 9-10 months per year. We pray together by using two very special types of worship templates: the Service of Healing and Wholeness and Taizé Common Prayers. We are led by a diverse community of area Christians, and these services are open to all who would come. Songs are sung from the Community of Taizé. Opportunities are given for intercessory prayer and the lighting of candles. A time is set aside for private prayer and anointing with oil. Communion is offered to all in attendance, with gluten-free elements available.
About the songs: Taizé Prayer chants are congregational, made of short phrases that are repeated for ease of participation. In our services, we always sing in English, but for an idea of how the songs sound, please enjoy this YouTube playlist.
We hope to see you, our friends and neighbors, in 2026-2027.
Reprising our popular service, “Christmas by Candlelight,” this service will open with shadow and light, and welcome the Spirit with a memory of the Word made flesh.
What are you seeking? Our subject for 2026-27 is “What are you Seeking?” It is based on the Community of Taizé’s theme for calendar year 2026, “Que cherches-tu ?” In his introductory letter, Br. Matthew considers the first words of Jesus from the book of John, “What are you seeking?” Taizé is a monastic community that ministers to youth and young adults worldwide, and so Br. Matthew shared this question with a group of six young volunteers from six different countries spread over four continents. His letter describes their answers and his reflections on them:
- Seeking silence
- Seeking a direction
- Seeking joy
- Seeking meaning
- Seeking a just world
- Seeking a community
With these six topics in mind, brief homilies will be prepared by pastors and lay speakers in our worship team. Scripture will be selected for meditation based on each topic.
About the Wholeness Service:The Georgetown Ecumenical Wholeness Service is a candlelight contemplative prayer meeting that takes place once per month, 9-10 months per year. We pray together by using two very special types of worship templates: the Service of Healing and Wholeness and Taizé Common Prayers. We are led by a diverse community of area Christians, and these services are open to all who would come. Songs are sung from the Community of Taizé. Opportunities are given for intercessory prayer and the lighting of candles. A time is set aside for private prayer and anointing with oil. Communion is offered to all in attendance, with gluten-free elements available.
About the songs: Taizé Prayer chants are congregational, made of short phrases that are repeated for ease of participation. In our services, we always sing in English, but for an idea of how the songs sound, please enjoy this YouTube playlist.
We hope to see you, our friends and neighbors, in 2026-2027.
