Category: Provincial Notices

Download the PDF from the link below to read Update No. 9 on the Prayer Book revision process from the Liturgical Committee.

The notes were prepared by the Reverend Andy Kruger, former member of the Prayer Book Revision Sub-Committee and the Prayer Book Revision Secretariat, now the Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Cranford, New Jersey.

95_1_11_02_08_PM_Prayer Book Revision Update _9 Nov 2016

Download the attached PDF to read the update from the Liturgical Committee on the development of the Prayer of Humble Access.

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The ACSA Liturgical Committee has become aware that there is a widespread assumption that a ‘new’ Prayer Book has been produced and it is available now.

Many of those placing orders for Celebrating Sunday, the new experimental supplemental liturgical resource with materials for Advent through Pentecost have done so assuming that it is the New Prayer Book.

The Committee is calling upon everyone involved in liturgy and the leadership of worship, to help correct this misunderstanding.

Expecting a New Prayer Book is an appropriate eagerness that we welcome-  however, such an expectation will only be met after many years of hard work.

The New Prayer Book has been called for by the Synod of Bishops and Provincial Synod – and is a goal which the Liturgical Committee is diligently pursuing.

However revising APB 1989 is a process, one that will require the involvement of the whole Church, much work, and many years. During those years the Liturgical Committee will be producing several supplemental liturgical resources authorised for experimental, trial use. Celebrating Sunday is the first in this series of publications.

These supplemental resources will be the result of a process of wide consultation among the people of ACSA and will reflect the diverse styles of worship common to our Church while maintain the characteristic features of Anglican Worship.

The ACSA Liturgical Committee looks forward to continued communication with everyone involved in the worship we offer and with eagerness anticipates your involvement in this exciting and historic process of Revision and Renewal.

The Prayer Book Revision Sub-Committee
of the ACSA Liturgical Committee
All Saints Day 2016

Following three years at Bishopscourt, Canon William Mostert has returned to a parish in Edenvale, Highveld Diocese. I am grateful for his ministry at Bishopscourt over these years.

Last week Friday, I licensed the Ven Horace Arenz as the new PEO.  Ven Arenz was the Diocesan Administrator in the Diocese of Cape Town and Archdeacon to the ordinary. He comes with vast administrative experience as well as pastoral knowledg . He will serve the province well.

Yours in the service of Christ

+Thabo