Light Lenten Dinner and Progrm
Hosted by the Vestry
Wednesday, March 26, 20255:30 PM
Christ Church Parish Hall
56 Christchurch Lane Chapel
Saluda, VA 23149
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During the first five weeks of Lent, the Rev. Dr. Robert W. Prichard, our priest associate, will be offering reflections on the Book of Common Prayer (1979) following the weekly Lenten dinners on Wednesdays at 5:30 P M. In each session, Bob will look back on the 16th century editions of the Book of Common Prayer (1549, 1552, 1559) that provided the basis for a continuing prayer book tradition and reflect on the ways in which the current prayer book edition of 1979 reshaped that tradition. Bob, who served as the secretary of the Joint Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy, and Music at the Episcopal Church’s General Conventions of 2015 and 2018, will also share his thoughts on the ways in which the prayer book is being supplemented and revised in the 21st century.
Please join us for the Lenten dinner and for the education presentation that will follow. Individual topics will include:
March 26. The Holy Eucharist. The service of Holy Communion included in the first Book of Common Prayer of 1549 was a conservative editing and translation into English of materials from the late Medieval Roman Catholic liturgy. Three years later, the second prayer book (1552) followed a path more in line with the Reformed Church of Switzerland and the thinking of John Calvin. It has been argued that the multiple editions of the Book of Common Prayer since 1552 have wrestled with finding a balance between these two approaches to the celebration of the Eucharist. The 1979 edition continues this process but also reflects new insights from the 20th century Liturgical Movement.
