We have four different
Sunday services:
Morning Worship, Evening Praise, Family Service and Holy Communion.
Why do we say prayers?
Holy Communion
When we have Holy Communion we say prayers out of the book to prepare
ourselves for hearing his word, receiving the bread
and wine and for daily living in the way that pleases God.
First of all, we ask God
to change any wrong attitudes in us. We remind ourselves
of his commandments and say sorry for our failings. This is called
'confessing our sins.' At the end of the
prayer we ask God to forgive us from our sins and we are
reassured that we are forgiven through Jesus who died for us.
Then, we hear God's word through the readings and the
sermon and respond to it by saying the creed. This declares our belief and
trust in God.
Then comes the please prayers, (called
intercessions.)
Either the vicar or other members of the congregation,
come to the lectern and ask for things like healing for other people
or help in the Third World countries.
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We then have a special place for
greeting each other, called the peace. This reminds us that we are one
family together who have peace with God and each other through Jesus.
Before and after taking communion, we
thank God for all that he has done for us, especially in Jesus and remind
ourselves of all that he has done.
Finally we ask him to strengthen us in
daily living to tell others about his love.
Morning Worship, Family Service and
Evening Praise.
The prayers in the other services are similar but
shorter and simpler. We don't hear the commandments, say the peace or say
the communion prayers reminding us of all that Jesus did.
But the pattern of prayer is the same. Our worship
always involves saying,
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