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Messiah Anglican Church, Philadelphia
All my fresh springs are in Thee.
(Psalm 87:7)

Some Thoughts About the Sunday Service

The wardens and vestry have been working hard to find the best way to use our resources as we meet together at our main weekly service and at other times. I am hoping to have some exciting news for the first of the month newsletter, next week. There will be a lot to talk about when the vestry meets after church this Sunday. Please continue to pray for our parish, our community, and our lay leaders.

Last month, we began to employ a reusable booklet for the Holy Communion service, and to sing hymns from the hymnal. A booklet for Morning Prayer will also be created.

When we switched from a completely fresh, full printed service every week to a “standard” service that will not change, I made some changes you may have noticed. We had been using the Book of Common Prayer 2019, Ancient Renewed Text (BCP 2019, p. 123) or, previously, a similar service. We are now using the Anglican Standard Text (BCP 2019, p. 105). As the name implies, this service (rather than the other) conforms far more closely to the international standard of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON). That standard is the continuing, legally established, prayer book of the Church of England, approved by the bishops and parliament in 1662. The language is modernized, though, and there are some other changes reflecting liturgical trends of the last 50 years.

There is one more big change. Our new service booklet does not display the 2019 service as you would find it in the printed version beginning on page 105.

Instead, we are using a diocese-approved, rubrically permitted, sequential order of the elements of the service. This authorized service conforms, not only to the contents, but to the sequence of the 1662 book. It is the most classically Anglican service you can have, while still keeping in step with our brothers and sisters in all dioceses throughout the province (ACNA), who have agreed to accept the 2019 Book as our “common” prayer.

In a future newsletter, I will explain some features which may seem odd to some younger Anglicans, who grew up with the 1979 American book. It is my hope that during our three month “trial period,” our parish will grow to appreciate the distinctive liturgical traditions of the ADLW formularies, within the family of the Anglican Church of North America, and in the whole of GAFCON, across the globe.

—Fr. Eric

Preserve me, O God,
for in you have I put my trust.

Psalm 16:1

Join us this week!

Communion Service Booklet

Scripture Readings Leaflet for
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Online Service Links

The church service Sunday at 10:30 a.m. will be broadcast live on YouTube only.

Messiah Anglican YouTube Channel

This Sunday’s Hymns

from The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration

Procession#382, Be Thou my Vision
Offertory#269, O Word of God Incarnate
Communion#342, Just as I Am
Closing#601, Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing

Schedule notes (Sundays at 10:30 a.m.)

  • August 29, Communion
  • September 5, Morning Prayer

From the Wardens

  • The vestry will have a hybrid in-person/Zoom meeting on August 29 after the service. We will text remote members before the meeting begins. Vestry Meeting Zoom Link

Continue to join us each day in this prayer “for the selection of a bishop or other minister”: Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look graciously on your Church, and so guide the minds of those who shall choose a rector for Messiah Anglican Church, that we may receive a faithful pastor who will preach the Gospel, care for your people, equip us for ministry, and lead us forth in fulfillment of the Great Commission; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

From the Treasurer

Current available bank balance is $7,824. We are meeting our current obligations. Thank you for your faithful giving. Checks can be mailed or brought to a church service. Giving through Tithe.ly is easy, and you can also set up recurring gifts through that service.

Join us in prayer

  • Peace, order, truth, and justice in Philadelphia and the nation
  • The Hickman family
  • Neighbors and recent visitors, especially those looking for a church
  • Our search process
  • Our regular worshipers, especially Mary
  • Our kids, especially Colin
  • Fr. Eric and Melinda and family
  • Dcn. Arica and Isaac
  • Bishop Julian, Brenda, and the Diocese of the Living Word
  • Bob Emberger and the men of Whosoever Gospel Mission
  • Our prayer and financial partners
  • Our missionaries: Dan and Rachel Zuch, Matt, Fr. Josh Harper, and Fr. John Chol Daau
  • Church of the Atonement and the RE Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic

Contact the clergy

You can reach Fr. Eric Cosentino by email at rev.ericfc@yahoo.com or by phone/text at (845) 915-0390‬

Messiah Anglican Church
198 East Herman Street • Philadelphia PA 19144

Sunday Worship, 10:30 AM

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