[Magdalen] End of an Era.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, in my 26-year-old BCP, the principal service begins on the stained and thrice-taped page! No problem at all finding it!

> On Apr 2, 2015, at 3:34 PM, "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>