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LEADING WORSHIP

LEADING WORSHIP. What’s the point of Corporate Worship?. a ‘Kairos’ moment. Liturgy – a work done for the people. Liturgy and worship are central to the C of E because it believes that its doctrine (what it believes) is enshrined within its liturgy (how it worships).

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LEADING WORSHIP

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  1. LEADING WORSHIP

  2. What’s the point of Corporate Worship?

  3. a ‘Kairos’ moment

  4. Liturgy – a work done for the people

  5. Liturgy and worship are central to the C of E because it believes that its doctrine (what it believes) is enshrined within its liturgy (how it worships)

  6. Preparing Worship: • Have people been able to meet with God? • Have people had a sense of being the Body of Christ? • Has the worship expressed God’s heart for the world beyond?

  7. From the Preface to COMMON WORSHIP • express faith – create identity • celebrate our rich inheritance & best of contemporary forms • acknowledge multiplicity of contexts for worship today • encourage imaginative engagement • provide challenge: • to worship God better and take ‘greatest care’ • to draw whole community into worship • provide a forum in which Christ is made known • see worship as a pilgrimage – ‘a journey into the heart of God’ • celebrate diversity – not a single volume… • accessible resources eg. internet

  8. WHAT YOU CAN’T DO: • can’t preach • can’t absolve • can’t consecrate • can’t give the blessing

  9. PREPARATION…

  10. THEME • TYPE OF SERVICE • THE WORD – READINGS • STRUCTURE • Preparation • Word • Response

  11. Items you must include   Additional items • for a Principal Service you may want to add • on Sunday(though • individual items • and order will vary)   • Preparation • Greeting 1 Scripture sentence 2 Hymn • 3 Opening prayer • 4 Invitation • * Confession 5   • Forgiveness 6   • Word • 7 Introduction • Old Testament 8   • Psalm or paraphrase 9   • New Testament 10   • 11 Song or hymn • Talk 12   • * Creed 13   • 14 Hymn *authorised texts must be used

  12. Prayer * Collect 15   Intercession 16   Praise 17 Versicles and responses 18 Hymn Action 19 All stand while the candle is carried out Blessing or ending 20  

  13. WORSHIP AS A CONVERSATION… Presentation      Response God Speaks   We Speak Word     Scripture Sentence     Praise Hymn of adoration Word     Invitation     Prayer     Confession Prayer     Declaration of forgiveness     Praise     Open our lips…     Glory be…     Canticle Word     Psalm     Old Testament     Praise     Canticle

  14. Word     New Testament     Praise     Canticle     Creed     Lord's Prayer     Collect Word     Sermon         Hymn

  15. THEME • TYPE OF SERVICE • THE WORD – READINGS • STRUCTURE • Preparation • Word • Response

  16. PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD

  17. INGREDIENTS • Readings • Opening up the Word • Prayers • Music • Visual element • Environment

  18. Common Worship Resourceswww.cofe.anglican.org/

  19. ‘New Patterns for Worship’ texts on the internet…

  20. PERSONAL PREPARATION: • PRAY IN ADVANCE • GRASP THE WHOLE • PRIVATE PRACTICE

  21. ARRIVAL… ALLOW TIME BE EARLY CHECK BOOKS CHECK ROLES LOCAL TRADITIONS? DRESS

  22. DELIVERY… BE NATURAL BE WELCOMING BE SIMPLE KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING MIND YOUR LANGUAGE

  23. Celebrating the Christian Year • to remember - relive, make present • to give thanks -eucharist • to be shaped - by cycles and moods of the seasons, and enter the experience of Christ

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