This Altar Guild Manual is meant to be a guide and a help for those seeking to properly prepare the Altar and Altar Table for various aspects of Anglican worship. It is not all-inclusive and care should be taken to follow the guidance of your own clergy in these areas. We are not liturgical legalists so please use what is appropriate in your ...

Mar 2, 2020 · The Anglican preference is for simplicity when it comes to fresh or dried flowers on the Altar Table, or elsewhere in the worship space. The manual makes clear how to prepare, place, and dispose of flowers that are dedicated to the glory of God – …

Altar Guild members should be congregants confirmed in the Anglican Church and should view their service as a sacred duty.

The book was designed to match the Gospel Book when installed on the other side of an Altar, while also made different enough to be easily distinguishable. The Altar Book comes in a two-piece box for storage.

Altar: The altar is the heart of the church. It usually stands at the east end of the chancel or presbytery, in an area known as the sanctuary. The altar has two principal symbolic meanings. First, it is a sacrificial altar. Christian writers saw Jesus as a sacrificed lamb in his crucifixion and the altar remembers that sacrifice.

Altar Guild Handbook . What to do before the service (can be done during the week) • Ensure the altar hangings are the correct liturgical color (check the calendar in the “sacristy”)—if not, put away the old and set out the new frontal and pulpit/lectern hangings. Hangings are located in the cabinet in the fellowship hall (pictured below).

Mar 30, 2020 · As of this communication, several new items are now available on the Anglican Church in North America Music Task Force website (acnamusic.org). These include: The new Altar Book (found under the Altar Book tab) A full listing of the six new members of the Music Task Force with their interesting bios and photos on the acnamusic.org home page.

This Altar Guild Manual is meant to be a guide and a help for those seeking to properly prepare the Altar and Altar Table for various aspects of Anglican worship. It is not all- inclusive and care should be taken to follow the guidance of your own clergy in these areas.

The Altar is made conspicuous as the most sacred part of the Church, because it commemorates Christ crucified, and because it is used in the highest act of Divine Worship, the Holy Eucharist, in the which, by the Ministry of His Church, the all-prevailing merits of Christ's Sacrifice and Passion are pleaded before the Father.

Contents: Altar Equipment -- Linens -- Practical Suggestions -- Rules -- An Office for Altar Guild Meetings -- A Form of Admission -- Altar Guild Prayers. Subjects Altar guilds - Anglican Church of Canada