PARISH BASED ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

PRISM SERIES 1

COLUMBA PRESS

Celebrating Communion

Celebrating Communion

Commissioned by the Liturgical Advisory Committee for General Synod in the follow up to the introduction of the Book of Common Prayer in 2004.

Opportunity for parishioners in the Church of Ireland to reflect upon shared worship, in this case the service of Holy Communion Two.

The Prism Series

‘Celebrating Communion’ is the first in the Prism Series of parish based liturgical educational resources.

Aims to encourage a thinking faith and a lived out understanding of what it is to be drawn by God’s grace into communion with each other and with God in Christ.

 

Written for...

 

All members of the community Those training to administer the

bread and wine during a service Those commissioned to bring

Communion by Extension to the housebound.

Leader’s and Participant's Handbook

Contents

6 sessions including Holy Communion

For groups of up to 10Programme can be given at

any time of the yearEach session lasts 90

minutes

1. Gathering of God’s People2. Proclaiming and Receiving

of God’s Word3. Prayers of the People4. Celebrating at the Lord’s

Table5. The Going Out as God’s

People

Leader’s Handbook

General Guidelines on Group Learning Objectives Check lists Background information and some exegesis Time scale for each section of the session Biblical Texts and all material in Participant’s

Handbook Guide questions and activities Worship

Format of Each Session

Method

INTERACTIVE

Session 2

THE PROCLAIMING AND RECEIVING OF GOD’S WORD

Book of Common Prayer pp. 204-5

The objectives of this session are to -

1. foster an expectation that God will speak in and through scripture

2. help people to understand the way the Word of God is read and explained in worship

FOR BUSY LEADERS....

Participant’s Handbook

Objectives of each sessionBiblical passages

ActivitiesPsalms to read at home each week

Evaluation

At home...

PRAYER REFLECTIONS ON THE PSALMS

Each participant is asked to commit themselves to 10-15 minutes in quiet prayer each day

and read a psalm a day from the Book of Common Prayer.

Success will be...

A deeper spiritual understanding of Holy Communion Two

Liturgy Group in Parish

Daily Reading of Psalms from the Book of Common Prayer

Cost

Package A Leader’s Handbook and 10 Participant's Handbooks

€25 The Good Book Shop

Resource CentreGeneral Synod bookstalls

Thereafter both Handbooks will cost €2.99 each