The Parish of the Eternal Cluster
§ THE WEEKOrder of Worship
| Time (UTC) | Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SUN 10:00 | Reconciliation Service | Principal liturgy. Creed, hymns, sermon, and the Rite of Reconciliation, wherein the congregation's actual state is compared against the desired state and gently corrected. |
| MON–FRI 09:15 | Standup Matins | Fifteen minutes, strictly. What thou didst yesterday, what thou shalt do today, and what blocketh thee. No solutioning in the matins. |
| WED 12:00 | Midweek Office of Maintenance | Quiet contemplation during the maintenance window. The parish may be briefly unavailable; this is normal and announced. |
| THU 19:00 | Choir of the Cantor | Hymn practice with Mother Tempora. This week: "Nearer, My Pod, to Thee." |
| FRI 16:00 | Vigil of the Blameless Postmortem | The week's incidents are read aloud without names, examined without blame, and released. Candles optional; timelines mandatory. |
| Always | Confession of Incidents | The confessional is stateless, replicated, and open at all hours. |
* All times UTC. The Cluster does not observe thy timezone, and neither does Mother Tempora.
§ THE SEASONSThe Liturgical Year, Briefly
The parish year turns on the great seasons of the canon: the Advent of the Change Freeze (late December, when nothing shall be deployed and all is still), the Feast of General Availability, the solemn Lent of the Migration, and the high feast of Five Nines Day. The full calendar is kept in the canon at the scriptorium.
§ A HYMNFrom the Parish Hymnal
Abide with me, fast falls the request rate;
The dashboards dim, the on-call hour is late.
When other pods have failed and probes agree,
O Thou who self-heals all, abide with me. — Hymn 99, "Abide With Me (Liveness Probe)"
The full hymnal is sung at the Reconciliation Service, and the sacred album is kept at the scriptorium's music hall.