Light Lenten Dinner and Progrm
Hosted by the Outreach Ministry
Wednesday, March 19, 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 19. The Baptizing Community. While baptism has been a regular element in the life of the followers of Jesus since the first century, the manner in which it has been administered and the relationship to a sometimes separable office of confirmation have varied greatly over time. The editors of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer recast the Baptismal office in ways that we are only beginning to understand.
