ITEMS OF INTEREST

I Wonder

This is an occasional column that answers interesting questions.

Every week the Bulletin has Suggested Readings for the Week.

I wonder where they come from and why they were selected?

"As the church evolved over the centuries, and especially in the monastic orders who kept the hours of prayer throughout the day, a 'schedule ' of these readings was developed to encourage communities to read the entire spectrum of books of Scripture, not just their favorite few, and to emphasize the unity of the Christian church as the faithful from many diverse places and communities gathered to reads the same lessons on the same day."

"In the 1979 Episcopal Book of Common Prayer we have readings for daily prayer arranged in a Daily Office Lectionary (BCP 933-1001). While the lectionary is designed to be used primarily in the context of the offices of Morning and Evening Prayer found in the Prayer Book, the readings can also be followed on their own or in the context of other forms of daily prayer, such as the various monastic offices or books of hours that are in print today."[1]

[1] Vicki K. Black and Peter W. Wenner. Welcome to the Bible (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing 2007), pp. 97, 98.

The Suggested Readings for the Week are taken from the Daily Office Lectionary.

Clergy

The Rev. Charles Davidson

Vestry Members

Carol Anderson, Cyrus Aimey (Junior Warden), Veronica Airey-Wilson, Joyce Asiedu, Walter Benjamin (Senior Warden, Nora Brown, Terry Brown (Treasurer), Marie Brown-Harvey (Secretary),Evelyn Green, Shannon Holder, Bates Lyons, Joe Noel, Peter Marsele Terrie Thomas, Herbert Bowen (Hon)

Music

Rochelle Holder - Youth Choir

Nathaniel Baker - Music Director/Organist

Rector Emeritus

Canon Cyril Burke

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