Words Already Given

Lesson 5 of 6 · About 15 minutes

Words Already Given

What do communion, baptism, weddings and funerals already provide, church by church?

Which churches give set words for the great services and which expect free prayer, why each does, and what a lay person may be asked to pray.

Jesus sits at the centre of a long white table in a tiled Flemish room, raising his hand in blessing over the bread, with the apostles gathered around him.
Historical witnessThe Last Supper (central panel of the Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament)Dieric Bouts · 1464–68 · Sint-Pieterskerk (St Peter’s Church), LeuvenPublic domain (PD-Art, Wikimedia Commons)

In this Lesson

  1. The question in front of us
  2. What do communion, baptism, weddings and funerals already provide, church by church?
  3. Who prays, and with what words
  4. Set words or your own?
  5. If you are asked to pray at the Lord's table
  6. Baptisms, weddings, and funerals
  7. One loaf from many hillsides
  8. My church uses a prayer book. May I ever use my own words?
  9. Know what your church gives you

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