Episcopal Worship Style
Featuring explanations of Episcopal worship from the national Church’s
website: www.ecusa.anglican.org
Worship in the Episcopal Church is dynamic and participatory, involving all
of the senses as well as the inner spirit.
The worship service is shaped by The Book of Common Prayer, The Hymnal 1982, and
other resources for prayer and music from around the world.
There are three basic parts of every Sunday’s service:
1) Scripture: Bible lessons are read, and responded to with silent
reflection, music, and, after the Gospel reading, a sermon which connects the
readings to our current lives and concerns.
2) Prayer: Prayers are said together for the Church, the world, the
nation, the local community, those who are ill or in any other need, those who
have died and those who mourn.
3) Eucharist: Communion bread and wine are blessed, broken, and
shared; and the people of God are sent forth into the world to minister to
others.
Services use either Rite I or Rite II from the Book of Common Prayer. Rite I
uses language like “thee” and “thine” and a slightly more humble approach to
God; Rite II uses more casual address of God (“you” and “your”) and emphasizes
humanity’s worthiness to stand in God’s sight.
Click here for a Glossary of
Terms you might hear or see printed in a worship service.
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