There is an old saying, re candles and the like in church worship, that we are saved by grace not by grease. Of course the 'grease' reminds us that it is the Light of the World who saves us and not we ourselves! Anyway, to the point: here is a tip for saving grease, or not having to buy large candles. The other day at a baptism I observed that the Paschal Candle had been brought out for the occasion. But when the priest went to light the candle he reached to the top and pulled off a tiny 'tealight' candle. Having lit the little candle and replaced it, for all the world it looked like the large candle was alight. Neat trick - simpler to light and no wastage on the large, expensive candle!
The baptism, incidentally, was lovely, and the priest made the loving and lovely point that in baptism we acknowledge that our children do not belong to us but to God.
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An Anglican Down Under Special Interest Blog with reference to Sunday worship in the seven NZ dioceses
Welcome
Welcome to this blog about Preaching and Worship.
I also have two other blogs which may interest you:
On Preaching and Worship - Anglican style Down Under I aim to post weekly, usually on or about Sunday. Mostly I post on some aspect of preaching and worship, often with a 'how to' angle (sometimes, especially if talking about my mistakes, with a 'how not to' angle)!
I see this blog as complementary to a very important website on worship matters, Liturgy, presided over by my friend and colleague Bosco Peters.
In my present role as Director of Education for the Diocese of Christchurch (NZ) I am not tied to one parish so some Sundays I am a parishioner in the pews and other Sundays I am preacher or presider or both. If you have been to church with me recently please do not think I am blogging about that service (unless I explicitly do so). It is likely, however, that something in the service has got me thinking about how we can better prepare for worship, lead liturgy, and preach God's Word. We serve God. Why not aim to do it to the very very best of our ability?
Bosco Peters
The Liturgy site listed below is presided over by Bosco Peters, Chaplain of Christ's College, Canterbury. The Lectionary and Worship Matters pages are part of the Liturgy site, but listed separately for your convenience. The gift of these resources from Bosco to our church (indeed, to all churches) is gratefully acknowledged.
Digital NZ Prayer Book Project
Courtesy Bosco Peters, go here to access portions of NZPB electronically.
Useful Links - Daily Prayer, Worship, Liturgy, Lectionary
- Reverse Lectionary
- Lectionary (NZ 2011)
- The Lectionary (Sun/Daily readings)
- Handy copy of NZPB Baptism service words
- New Years A B C Collects etc "Season and Sunday' for NZPB
- New 'Other Feasts and Holy Days' for NZPB
- Lectionary (Vanderbilt University site)
- Morning Prayer (NZ time)
- Evening Prayer (NZ time)
- BCP Daily Readings (USA) using ESV
- Lectio Divina
- Liturgy
- Worship Matters
Useful Links - Sermons
Vision
- Preaching that engages minds and hearts
- Worship leading that enlivens liturgy
- Liturgy that integrates Spirit and Truth, Word and Sacrament
My Blog List
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Bernd Wallet – Archbishop of Utrecht3 years ago
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Thoughtfulness here4 years ago
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worshipandliturgy12 years ago
Topics
Postings on this blog will mostly be on the following areas:
- Worship Leading
- Preaching
- Being Anglican
- The Lectionary
- Scripture (especially on the Gospel for the year: St Matthew (2008), St. Luke (2007).
Previously numbered posts can be found in the archive.
- Worship Leading
- Preaching
- Being Anglican
- The Lectionary
- Scripture (especially on the Gospel for the year: St Matthew (2008), St. Luke (2007).
Previously numbered posts can be found in the archive.
Key Terms
- Two Year Cycle - the cyle of readings in the NZPB associated with Sunday themes, Sentences and Collects
- ACANZP - Anglican Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia
- NZPB - A New Zealand Prayer Book (or the 1989 'Red Book' of ACANZP
- RCL - Revised Common Lectionary (3 year cycle)
- Continuous - (in the RCL) mostly continuous reading of the Old Testament with that reading independent of New Testament readings
- Related - (in the RCL) Old Testament reading and the psalm are related to the Gospel reading of the day
Words to encourage liturgy and preaching
It helps enormously to have not only the discipline of the daily Offices, the daily Eucharist here, but actually a praying community. Prayers are offered quite early. Every morning, therefore, I have an opportunity to remind myself that what matters is not the Church of England or the Anglican Communion but the act of God in Jesus Christ for the salvation of the world. When I am inclined to think that the whole thing is falling apart and that I am making a more than usually bad job of it, the transforming thing has got to be, and in my experience always is, renewing a sense of gratitude. Whether the Church of England survives or not, whether the archbishop of Canterbury survives or not, Christ still died on the cross and rose again, and that’s enough to keep you going for quite a few lifetimes.
Archbishop Rowan Williams
Archbishop Rowan Williams
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Collect ... for our Communion
O Almighty God,you have built your Churchupon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined togetherin unity of spirit by their teaching,that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you;through Jesus Christ our Lord,who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,one God, for ever and ever.
(Collect for St Simon and St Jude - originally in the 1549 BCP)
(Collect for St Simon and St Jude - originally in the 1549 BCP)
About Me
- Peter Carrell
- I am not important, but Jesus is! His profile is found in the Gospels.
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