Disciples, Apostles, and Saints!
I’ve been working on a pair of workshops for us this month on the nature and practice of worship. I think this will be both fun and informative so I hope, if you are able to join us, that you will!
As a taste of what we’ll start with, let’s look at how the Book of Common Prayer defines worship. You can find it in An Outline of the Faith, page 857:
Q. What is corporate worship?
A. In corporate worship, we unite ourselves with others to
—Book of Common Prayer, p. 857
acknowledge the holiness of God, to hear God’s Word,
to offer prayer, and to celebrate the sacraments.
This sounds kind of nuts-and-boltsy, doesn’t it? It doesn’t seem to tell us why. But it describes worship after prayer. After we’ve learned about the way we pray and how their are seven different kinds of prayer. In essence, our worship begins in response to God, in desire to learn, share, and participate in that holiness with others.
As Christians, we gather for worship. As Episcopalians, we gather in particular ways for worship. In the next few weeks, we’ll explore what it is that we do—and how we participate in something amazing together. And how to improve our prayer life when we’re not.
Join us for both workshops: May 5th and 19th, at 11:30 am.
With love,
Drew