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Welcome to Pennington Church! We are a lively anglican evangelical
church in Leigh, Lancashire. We hope through this site and through
meeting the people who make up this church, that you will find a new or
a deeper faith and relationship with Jesus. You're welcome to just view
this site, get in contact with someone, or come along to any of our
services. We hope to meet you soon. |
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For some people there is a simple beuaty to the ancient liturgy of the Church of England. So even though the Book of Common Prayer was written in 1662 (yes, that is 350 years ago!) it still finds a place in people's hearts and their expression of worship to God.
Naturally, this isn't as popular as it used to be, but we continue to offer a few services in the month where traditional worship can be entered into by those who find it useful.
Every other week at 8am on a sunday morning we begin our week with a said 1662 communion service. Then on the first sunday of each month at 6.30pm we have a 1662 service which will be either Evensong or Holy Communion. Everyone is welcome to any of our services at any time.
The following is taken from the Church of England's website:
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The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is a permanent feature of
the Church of England's worship. It is loved for the beauty of its
language and its services are widely used. It is also the foundation of
a tradition of common prayer and a key source of the Church of
England's doctrine.
The first official liturgical text in English appeared in 1544 and the first complete Book of Common Prayer in 1549. The book went through several revisions until 1662, since when the wording of its services has remained unchanged.
The services which it contains - especially Morning and Evening
Prayer and Holy Communion - are still used (with minor modifications or
additions) in many churches throughout the country.
It has served as a model and inspiration for worship throughout the
rest of the Anglican Communion. It is also one of the three 'historic
formularies' of the Church of England, in which its doctrine is to be
found (the other two - the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion and the
Ordinal - are customarily published in the same volume). It cannot be
altered or abandoned without the approval of Parliament.
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