CHAPTER 7   Reading of Scripture within the Community of Faith: Is shaped by our common worship, we also carry forward the old tradition of meeting for the purpose of reading and coming to terms with scripture.  There we learn the power of the voices and the power of the stories within the text to…

CHAPTER 9   Ministers of the Church:     Laity & Holy Orders Who are the ministers of the Church?  The ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests and deacons. What is the ministry of the laity?  The ministry of the laity is to represent Christ and his Church; to bear  witness to…

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The word “common” is used in all kinds of ways, and so what do Anglicans mean by the word “common” when it is associated with public prayer and worship?  Since we are referring to the worship of our Creator and Redeemer, Almighty God, we can dismiss quickly the popular meaning of “common” as that which…

Prelude Prelude on “Picardy”                      Jeanne E. Shaffer Offertory The Peaceable Things                    Clay R. Christiansen Postlude Postlude for Full Organ                  George E. Whiting Jeanne Shaffer (1925-2007) was chair of Visual and Performing Arts at Huntingdon College and organist-director at All Saints Episcopal Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Her composition on the folk tune from Picardy is a…

Bulletin (blog edition) June 2 2019 St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church www.stmichaelsanglican.org Visitors – Welcome! Peace and joy in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  Please advise us of your visit and ask for a “First Time Visitor Bulletin” which briefly explains the communion service.  Please join our church family in the Parish Hall…