[Magdalen] End of an Era.

[Jim Guthrie]

From: H Angus

>I remember when I first came into the Episcopal Church. It had been so long
>since a new person came in (I guess) that the bulletins had no BCP page
> >numbers to indicate to this bewildered stranger exactly where  all these 
> >words
>were coming from that I was supposed to be saying. I asked an Episcopal >friend
>at work where in the world the service was to be found in that red book, and
>she said, "You start on 355." "OF COURSE!" I semi-shouted. >"NATURALLY! How
>could I be so stupid?! It simply stands to reason that when you begin a printed
>church service, you start on Page 355!"

Of course! Why wouldn’t the principal service start on Page 355? Everyone knows
THAT even if they’ve never been in a TEC parish before <g>

In some parishes, people (and even the Rector!) suggest the principal service is 
found in the "dirty pages."

Cheers,
Jim