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| PAST EVENTS AT St. JAMES'S IN 2000 | |
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Common Worship Communion Services - 2000 December
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"Sunday
3rd December was Advent Sunday, and at 8a.m. we used, for the first
time, the Common Worship form of communion service. As the 9.30a.m.
service on Advent Sunday was the special Christingle service, we did
not start using the Common Worship form at 9.30a.m. until Sunday 10th
December. All our communion services afterwards, except those including
a baptism, use one of three forms of Common Worship which we discussed
together. We have a standard form, a form for use in Advent and Lent,
and thirdly a form for all-age worship, this last particularly designed
for family groups. |
Common Worship offers a wide
range of choices. As you know from previous articles in the Spire, there
have been open meetings to enable us to reach agreement on the forms
we should use. Following the last open meeting held on the 14th October,
a working group met to consolidate the three agreed forms, carefully
considering the opinions expressed by all those who have attended any
of the meetings. This consolidation has been done. There have been some
differences of opinion; the working group has had to make decisions
of its own. However, we can make changes in due course if, as a congregation,
we agree to do so. We have produced an inexpensive booklet which include each of the three agreed forms. Each form is complete in itself, following sequentially page by page. They are very easy for newcomers and visitors to follow. As with every change we hope that our services become more easily accessible and more meaningful for everyone." Source: Dick Wilde, The Spire Magazine - 2000 December |
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