The last meal that Jesus had before the crucifixion. At this meal Jesus gave a special meaning to the bread and the wine, which is remembered at the Eucharist. See the page Maundy Thursday.

From Greek 'of the people'. Someone who preaches and leads church worship, but who is not an ordained minister. They do not generally lead services of Holy Communion.

A reading desk, on which the Bible rests, usually supported on a column from which the lessons are read. From the Latin word meaning to read. See the page The Nave.

A schedule of Bible readings are used in worship throughout the year. The intent is that the passages appointed for the day are0 read to the congregation and that the sermon is 0 based upon them. The purpose of a lectionary is to assure that all parts of the Bible are used in proportion to their relative importance, and at the right time of year (that is, resurrection stories at Easter, nativity stories at Christmas, and so forth).

The period of forty days before Easter from Ash Wednesday to Holy Week in which, traditionally, Christians fast and pray for the forgiveness of their sins. It represents the forty days that Jesus spent in the wilderness. From Anglo-Saxon 'long'. It refers to the lengthening of the daylight in spring. The first day of Lent is called Ash Wednesday. See the page Lent.

A form of public prayer in which the priest or minister pauses after each section of the prayer and the congregation responds aloud with the same short form of words each time, e.g. 'Hear us, O Lord'.

Any form of set ceremony or pattern of worship,

Another name for the Eucharist. See the page Holy Communion.

The prayer that Jesus gave to his disciples.

The roofed gateway of the churchyard (really part of the church), lyc being the old English word for 'corpse' or 'body'. Thus the words 'lych gate' really means 'corpse gate'. See the page The Churchyard.