[Magdalen] End of an Era.

[Jay Weigel]

Even the Lutheran churches I have been in are book folks, although they
have the advantage of having everything except for the readings under one
cover. This quasi-Lutheran *has* to hang onto a LBW for dear life because
of the danged service music, which I despair of ever learning. (grumble)
For the rest of the service I don't do too badly other than the places
where wording differs slightly. I do read along with the lector but that's
a long standing habit from the days when most churches didn't have sound
systems and you couldn't always hear. I almost never read along with the
gospel because our pastor is such a wonderful reader.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
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