Sunday Services Sunday Eucharist at St. Michael's, celebrated at both services, is a comprehensive service of both Word and Sacrament. We read from the Old Testament, the Epistles, and the Gospels. We recite or sing a psalm, and we listen to a sermon. Then we pray for the Church and the world, and we ask God's forgiveness for our sins. Finally, we greet one another in the peace of Christ and move to the sacramental service of the Holy Communion.
At services of Holy Eucharist we welcome all persons baptized in the name
of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit to come forward to receive
communion. Children are always welcome at the communion rail. If you are not baptized or do not wish to receive communion we invite
you to come forward for a blessing.
In
services of worship at St. Michael's we follow the 1979 American
edition of the Book of Common Prayer, which has deep roots in the
worldwide Anglican Communion. During the course of the year we use both the traditional (Rite I) and
contemporary (Rite II) language forms of the services. The hymns we
sing are generally from the 1982 Hymnal of the Episcopal Church.
St.
Michael's has prepared a separately bound Order of Worship for our
Sunday services which contains, in a convenient form, all the Holy Eucharist Rite II service from the
Book of Common Prayer. Each Order of Worship is tailored to the season
of the ecclesiastical year, and copies can be found in the pews.
The Lectionary (Puckett) or The Lectionary (Satucket): We use the New Revised Standard Version of The Holy Bible
for our readings, found at either of these links.
The
Hymnal 1982 (Oremus): We use the Episcopal Church hymnal updated in 1982.
Daily Office As
an aid to prayer throughout each day, the Book of Common Prayer
contains the Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer. The daily office
services include a psalm, canticles, and readings from scripture. Saying the Daily Office allows one to follow the contours of the Church Year as it unfolds through daily bible readings.
Forward Movement Publications Forward Day by Day is a collection of reflections on the readings of
the day from the Daily Office published by Forward Movement
Publications, an Episcopal publishing house.
Each Order of Worship is tailored to the season
of the ecclesiastical year. Shown above - the cover art for Pentecost.
