Preparing for Easter
Here are two helpful documents to support preparation for the Easter liturgies and the Easter season. The first document – The Baptismal Covenant – can be distributed to parishioners prior…
Preparing for Lent and the Triduum: Resources as We Move toward the Central Mystery of Christian Faith and Life
The Book of Common Prayer 1979 marked a radical departure from previous prayer books in that it highlighted Holy Baptism as the primary sacrament of Christian ministry in the church….
Ongoing Worship Renewal
In 2018, General Convention established the Task Force on Liturgical and Prayer Book Revision, a new committee with lay and clergy members. In 2022, General Convention transferred the work of…
What is Ordinary Time?
According to Ecclesiastes 3:1 and the song by The Byrds, “To everything there is a season.” In much of the Church, we observe the seasons of the two great cycles…
The Holy Spirit Comes Down
The Day of Pentecost “Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.” -Acts 2:3 (NRSV) Among the stories people tell about the…
A Great Cloud of Witnesses: proposed approach to commemorations of holy women and men
An opportunity to join a very interesting conversation with the Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM).
