St Luke's Church Eccleshill
These web pages originated when the vicar was a member of Bradford Diocese's Liturgical Committee, and they aim to provide resources for people preparing church services or elements within services. We welcome feedback and comments.
While this site is being constructed, red underlining indicates a future hyperlink to a page that doesn't yet exist.
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Index of articles.
Other useful sites:
Praxis,
Church of England,
Bradford Diocese.
Contents of these pages.
Short items classified according to the scheme in Patterns for Worship:
introductions (biddings),
invitations to confession,
Kyrie (biddings for the three petitions),
confessions,
collects and other "special prayers for the day",
affirmations of faith (credal statements),
forms of intercession (single-line responses),
litany-style intercessions,
conclusions to intercessions,
songs and hymns,
introductions to the Peace,
words of praise,
words at the breaking of the bread,
post-communion prayers,
prayers of dedication (to conclude at non-eucharistic services),
dismissals and blessings.
Note: all this material will eventually appear twice - once as classified above and once in the appropriate season as classified below:
Resources classified seasonally:
Advent, second coming,
Christmas, incarnation,
Epiphany,
Lent, penitence,
Holy Week, Passiontide,
Easter, resurrection,
Ascension, glory,
Pentecost, Holy Spirit,
Trinity,
Ordinary time,
The world, harvest, Christian Aid,
Kingship.
Contact John Hartley, interim webmaster