In the latest Anglican Taonga magazine (the wonderful quarterly magazine of NZ Anglicanism) my friend and colleague, Peter Carrell, writes an article in which he argues for simplification and clarification of our NZ liturgical resources. I am arguing for the same in the motion passed by our synod. I didn’t know he was writing the… Continue Reading
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This is an ecumenical website of resources and reflections on liturgy, spirituality, and worship for individuals and communities. It is run by Rev. Bosco Peters.
Tag Archives: worship
Week starting April 10
scripture readings textweek resources • collect/opening prayer reflection for April 10 and week following (BCP TEC) Preparing for Holy Week • Palm Sunday • Maundy Thursday • Good Friday • Easter Vigil Collect from Common Worship (CofE) Most merciful God, who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ delivered and saved the… Continue Reading
Week starting April 3
scripture readings textweek resources This is also Mothering Sunday When Lent began on the first Monday in Lent (day after First Sunday in Lent), this Sunday was half-way through Lent: Mid-Lent Sunday (in French mi-carême). This allowed for some feasting. Lightening the shade of the purple dye may have resulted in rose-coloured vestments. Some visited… Continue Reading
Week starting March 27
scripture readings textweek resources • collect/opening prayer reflection for March 27 and week following (NZPB) (The NZ Lectionary has a nonsense typo and is incorrect in assigning the collect for this Sunday) Collect from BCP (USA) Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in… Continue Reading
choosing hymns & songs
I’m sure most of us have been present in a community where the singing was pretty appalling, the tune poorly known or fairly unsingable. One (smallish) community came up with this idea for choosing hymns and songs they would sing: They chose a committee of five people. These five, independently, went through the “repertoire”, hymn,… Continue Reading
worship review
There’s no objective standard of worship that a service can be measured against. Worship is primarily and ultimately about God – and God is not scoring individual worship services. What may look like an appalling service might touch an individual or a community and transform them surprisingly. etc. And vice versa – what may appear… Continue Reading
putting worship together just right
A friend showed me this very funny photo (above). Dean Large has followed the instructions to make a model Lightning jet aircraft – to the letter. It looks exactly as it appeared in the instruction sheet. Here steel wire replicate the “this part goes here” lines in the instructions. Sometimes I find liturgy being treated… Continue Reading