I read with interest Canon Ritchie’s comments on alt.worship this morning. And he has a point. It is of course a fifth Sunday of the month, and unlike the Anglicans we were not celebrating Candlemass today – we celebrate Imbolc on the correct day, that is the 2nd February. We don’t let a little thing like it being a weekday put us off worshipping on the right dates, not us.
So this being the case, we decided that today we would have a taste of alternative worship. And we went for Book of Common Prayer Matins, Litany and Ante-Communion. With the King James Bible, which caused Drayton to rush off to check we have the absolutely approved version (we don't).
I’d like to thank all those Beaker People who went to a lot of trouble to ensure the authenticity of the Occasion. All those realistic smallpox scars and fake running sores went a long way to making it a genuinely 17th-Century experience. As did that bit halfway through the sermon when everyone got bored and went off to join the Baptists. Although, having heard Drayton’s preaching, they all came back again shortly afterwards.
I really love the sound of your church, wish you were nearer - or even on the same planet.
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