Prism Presentation at General Synod 2008

PARISH BASED ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PRISM SERIES 1 COLUMBA PRESS Celebrating Communion

Celebrating Communion
Commissioned by the Liturgical Advisory Committee for General Synod in the follow up to the introduction of the Book of Common Prayer in 2004.
Opportunity for parishioners in the Church of Ireland to reflect upon shared worship, in this case the service of Holy Communion Two.

The Prism Series
‘ Celebrating Communion’ is the first in the Prism Series of parish based liturgical educational resources .
Aims to encourage a thinking faith and a lived out understanding of what it is to be drawn by God’s grace into communion with each other and with God in Christ.

Written for...

All members of the community
Those training to administer the bread and wine during a service
Those commissioned to bring Communion by Extension to the housebound.

Leader’s and Participant's Handbook

Contents
6 sessions including Holy Communion
For groups of up to 10
Programme can be given at any time of the year
Each session lasts 90 minutes
Gathering of God’s People
Proclaiming and Receiving of God’s Word
Prayers of the People
Celebrating at the Lord’s Table
The Going Out as God’s People

Leader’s Handbook
General Guidelines on Group Learning
Objectives
Check lists
Background information and some exegesis
Time scale for each section of the session
Biblical Texts and all material in Participant’s Handbook
Guide questions and activities
Worship

Format of Each Session

Method
INTERACTIVE

Session 2
THE PROCLAIMING
AND RECEIVING
OF GOD’S WORD
Book of Common Prayer
pp. 204-5
The objectives of this session are to -
foster an expectation that God will speak in and through scripture
help people to understand the way the Word of God is read and explained in worship

FOR BUSY LEADERS....

Participant’s Handbook
Objectives of each session
Biblical passages
Activities
Psalms to read at home each week
Evaluation

At home...
PRAYER REFLECTIONS ON THE PSALMS

Each participant is asked to commit themselves
to 10-15 minutes in quiet prayer each day
and read a psalm a day from
the Book of Common Prayer.

Success will be...
A deeper spiritual understanding
of Holy Communion Two
Liturgy Group in Parish
Daily Reading of Psalms from the
Book of Common Prayer

Cost
Package
A Leader’s Handbook and
10 Participant's Handbooks
€ 25
The Good Book Shop
Resource Centre
General Synod bookstalls

Thereafter both Handbooks
will cost €2.99 each

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