Morning and Evening Prayer can be said using a Book of Common Prayer, or the Daily Devotions for Families and Individuals available at Jesus the Good Shepherd, or the internet site, Mission St. Clare.
First, click on the "Click for Today's Prayer Service" button. Next, click on the prayers or readings at the left hand side.
Every Sunday at 9am
Our Sunday worship service is open to all people. Anglican Sunday worship is also called liturgy or Holy Communion.
The Liturgy has two parts, the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Sacrament.
The Liturgy of the Word opens with a song, three Bible readings and
is closed by the Nicene Creed (what we believe), a series of prayers and hymns or songs. It also includes a Sermon, where the Bible readings are shown to reveal that Jesus Christ is alive and that we can know Him and follow Him. Our church has pews or chairs and the people kneel
for some prayers but stand for hymns and other parts of the service. Anglicans may genuflect (bow) or
cross themselves. We do not do these things to be right, but for the right reasons, to worship God.
The Liturgy of the Sacrament opens with prayer over bread and wine. Anglicans believe in the real presence, that the bread and wine, through the power of the Holy Spirit, are also the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, "This is my body." How this happens is a mystery. Only baptized persons are eligible to receive
communion. Baptism is open to all people, regardless of age or background. It has always been the practice of the church to baptize infants. The discipline of fasting before communion is practised
by many Anglicans.The consecrated bread and wine are always offered
together to the people ("Communion in Both Kinds").
