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A unique worship service with roots tracing back to Europe's recovery after World War II will take place at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Monroe on Jan. 22 at 5 p.m. Known as a Taize (pronounced "tah-zay") service, this worship experience is open to all people of faith or even those without any and is noted in particular for its unstructured design.
"Sometimes people will light a candle," St. Alban's music director Dan Marineau said. "Some are used to kneeling and others prefer to sit. It's really very unstructured as far as what you should do at (any given) moment. There are periods of meditation. Scripture will be read. There'll be songs. We'll take it all in. It's an inward thing we're trying to do."
Marineau, who has held such services at St. Alban's for the past four years, also held similar services in Covington when he was at Good Shepherd Episcopal.
"It's a very contemplative kind of service," he said. "There's no sermon or communion. There is prayer... I think when you look inside of yourself and in a contemplative nature, you have a different perspective on worship and your relationship with God."
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