[Magdalen] Here We Go Again.

[Ann Markle]

Uh, "The Rite Stuff," put out by Church Publishing, already allows this.
Most places use it to print leaflets each week; but it could be used to
print seasonal booklets that could be assembled, stapled, and used for
several years.  Yes, it's $600 (for the first copy -- if you have older
editions, it's much cheaper); but a church could spend the $600, and never
have to buy books or hymnals again.  And people love the booklets printed
out, rather than having to leaf back and forth through the BCP.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 12:37 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> The elves putting the thing together should include a proposed date of
> revision as a matter of course.  Ten years seems reasonable, don't you
> think?
>
> Also, let's put together one book in which are all the possible services,
> no exceptions at all whatsoever. The "Exhaustive Book of Common Prayer"
> [EBCP]
>
> Then people wanting copies specify what they want and it gets published for
> them that way.  No, there will never again be any need for any extra
> volumes, but also no need for wasted paper.  You get the text you want, but
> no more than you want.
>
> Publish it in disposable paper not designed to last.  I'd go with a booklet
> with the rite 2 and psalter.
>
> You can go online and crank out a PDF of whatever your little (blessed be)
> heart desires. And self-publish it.  That would make a great platform for a
> DIY format for a special service, where you want certain things.
>
> Those who wish to add stuff not in the appointed EBCP (Exhaustive Book
> etc.) could cut and paste their special text into supplied windows ("paste
> your heretical text here")
>
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I do think that the format and expense involved with new publications
> will
> > also be a huge part of any revision conversation.
> >
> > Regarding front cover info I would fervently hope some kind of USA
> > identifier would be present next time as the "title" The Book of Common
> > Prayer was never the U.S. Church's title to begin with.
> > Lynn
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jul 4, 2015, at 8:32 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > One of our Canons suggested (circa 1983) that we start
> > a group to preserve the 1979 prayer book.
> >
> > He was joking, of course.
> >
> > A friend whose eyesight isn't what it was uses the BCP and
> > Hymnal on his iPad. He finds the backlighting helpful in his
> > (romantically-lit) dim church building.
> > -M
> >
>