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THE CELEBRATORY WORSHIP STYLE

Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness

 

CHAPTER OUTLINE

The Sacraments

Sacred Space

The Worship Service

Introductory Rite

Liturgy of the Word

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Concluding Rite

 

A sacrament is a festive action in which Christians assemble to celebrate their lived experience and to call to heart their common story. The action is a symbol of God's care for us in Christ. Enacting the symbol brings us closer to one another in the Church and to the Lord who is there for us.1

Those Christians who belong to the Orthodox, Catholic, and Episcopal churches all practice similar forms of Celebratory worship. It is not the intent here to fully parse the differences that exist between these three great Churches, ...

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