In my home town the churches all get together to 'do' Holy Week. One congregation acts as host and the others take a turn at either leading the worship - or as the local Priest did tonight, do the meditation/talk/sermon.
This year the local Scottish Episcopal Church are the hosts. At last night's service we were invited to attend Morning Prayers at 8.30am each morning this week. So I thought that would be a grand idea and a good way to start my day. So off I set this morning - not really knowing what to expect and when I arrived, appart from the Vicar I was the only one there! And it remained like that.
The Vicar explained that she has to do Morning and Evening Prayers each day and usually she would do this at home - as no-one comes. But for Holy Week she opens the church and does it there - whether anyone comes or not.
So we sat together and followed the Liturgy as laid out in the useful wee daily Prayer books. It was peaceful and quiet and as we said the prayers together it felt good - God was indeed there.
3 comments:
What a lovely way to start the day... I was (and a bit of me still is) Episcopalian and I loved the 8.30 Communion on Sunday mornings... it was a sung liturgy and very beautiful... I really miss that since I fell haphazardly into Presbyterianism :-)
Its been good discipline too - but yes a nice way to start the day.
I have also never really spoken to the vicar before so it was good today to have time after to chat too.
BTW liking your Holy Week Meds from Mucky Paws.
Its really worth getting added to Roddy's mailing list, then you will get them every month by email. He came and did an evening session on creative worship at one of our probationers' conferences...and he was wonderful... you might get him too if you are lucky.
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