[Magdalen] Worship leader

[Marion Thompson]

Up here in the Diocese of Toronto, I'm a licensed lay reader.  In recent 
years they have tried to beef it up so that it means more than being a 
chalice bearer, sunset clause applies, requiring that those interested 
take courses and generally work their qualifications up through several 
levels.  I guess my adventures in Churchland have been worth something.  
Thanks to my Dip LM, MDiv and all that I am fully licensed and preach 
once a month   I also write the Prayers of the People and coordinate the 
readers and intercessors.  All of this I have been doing for the last 20 
years anyway.

Marion,  a pilgrim

On 9/7/2015 3:05 PM, Marilyn Cepeda wrote:
> I currently am licensed as worship leader, Eucharistic Minister, and
> Eucharistic Visitor.
> I do not know of anyone in this dio licensed to preach.
>
> When a priest is out after about Wednesday when bulletins are done, I
> follow the service
> as if we were having Eucharist but close at the designated time. If we have
> advanced notice,
> I do MP.
>
> We have had a supply priest for some time, but are close to having a priest
> in charge.
> I am guessing we will only need MP for a couple of weeks.
>
> Marilyn
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 1:34 PM Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>> "Sermonizing" (licensed preacher) and worship leading are both licensed by
>> the Bishop/diocese, but are separate licenses specified by the national
>> church canons.
>>
>> Ann
>>
>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>> Buffalo, NY
>> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 9/7/2015 10:51:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:
>>>
>>> At my  parish in Mass., we often have Morning Prayer when the rector is
>> on
>>> vacation. On those occasions, we have two of our regular LEM's lead the
>>> service. We're only licensed as chalice bearers - whether that's strictly
>>> "legal" or not, I don't know, but that's what we  do.>>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think it's legal, though some dioceses require a license from the
>>> bishop for sermonizing.  In the Diocese of Eau Claire even a
>>> licensed layreader could read an approved sermon.  There were
>>> no sermons composed by layreaders.
>>>
>>> This talk of Morning Prayer reminds me of its nickname in some high
>>> church locations during the liturgy wars of the 1970's and 1980's:
>>>
>>> "Moaning Prayer".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Strang.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>