[Magdalen] End of an Era.

[Jo Craddock]

I keep my prayer book open for two primary reasons: 1) I am a visual 
learner. I do not absorb nearly as well by ear as I do by sight. 2) We 
are a prayer book church, not a memorization church. Even if I do know 
it by heart, I want any guest to know how to join in, and that it is 
well and good to follow along in the book.

I discipline myself to not bury my head during the readings, despite my 
natural inclination, but I've an advantage there: I have prepared the 
service leaflets with the readings, and even if my own collection is 
nearly complete of the RSV three-year cycle for cut-and-paste, I re-read 
them while doing each week's layout, and have often referred to them in 
a short (one paragraph) tie-in for the weekly email newsletter.

Peace,
Jo

On 04/03/2015 7:45 AM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> And I think the person leading a service does well to follow the printed text even for very familiar prayers....the mind can go blank most unexpectedly.