Mission & Values
To abide as disciples of Christ:
invited to rest
& compelled to love.
Prayer & Work.
““The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were upon my knees at the Blessed Sacrament.” ”
Church of the Lamb at Rockingham Abbey
By holding both prayer and work as integral to the Christian Life, we offer our very lives as a living sacrifice to the Lord, while also affirming that God’s invitation to rest is essential to faithful living. At Lamb, we look to the life of Christ and monastic traditions to inform how we do this.
Through our work, we celebrate God’s created order as in the garden, where Adam and Eve were given good work to do, tending to the plants, animals, and each other while also pausing to walk with God in the cool of the day.
Through this partnership of prayer and work, we affirm that God is the creator and we the created being; God does not require our participation to do good work, but it is what he made us for, and we thrive according to our created order when we join God in good work.
We encourage all parishioners, young and old, to volunteer their time to the work of Church of the Lamb at Rockingham Abbey as we partner with God to bring the kingdom of heaven to earth through our lived-out theology of work and prayer.
“Word & Sacrament
We draw on our Anglican tradition to integrate Scripture, Baptism, and Eucharist into our worship and lives.”
“Hospitality
We extend the joyful welcome of the Father shown to us in Jesus Christ.”
“Family
We believe that baptism binds us together as brothers and sisters who engage in one another’s lives. ”
“Beauty
We revel in the loveliness present in our world, believing it is a door into worship.”
“Partnership
We work with our neighbors to bless our community and economy.”
“Stewardship
We labor for renewal in our lives and in God’s good creation, believing the Holy Spirit works in and through us.”