Dear Ambrose
Dear Ambrose: This coming Sunday is the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, but I also see on the calendar the it is also the Feast of the Presentation. Which propers do I use? Signed, Rubric […]
Author: liturgyandmusic
Gifts of God for the People of God: Exploring Worship in the Episcopal Church
Are you looking for a book to study for your Lenten program or inquirers’ class this year? Gifts of God for the People of God would make a fine addition for your program or class. […]
Ask Ambrose: Proper Preface for Baptismal Feasts
Dear Ambrose: My parish is renewing their baptismal covenant on the Baptism of our Lord. At the Eucharist, do we use the proper preface for Baptism or Epiphany? Thanks for your question! If you have […]
Designing Dynamic Liturgies: A Ten Week Course for Clergy & Musicians
Are you a musician who is working in the Episcopal Church for the first time? Are you a vocational deacon who desires to know more about the Church’s liturgy? Have you been working in the Episcopal Church […]
Ask Ambrose: Is Epiphany a Season?
Dear Ambrose: Is Epiphany a season? I have read church newsletters which talk about the “Season of Epiphany” but since the Sundays are counted after the Feast of the Epiphany that seems incorrect. What gives? […]
HYMNS FOR THE SUNDAYS OF CHRISTMAS
This year there are two Sundays in the Christmas season. Assuming that you will continue to sing Christmas carols well known to your congregation, here are a few suggestions for some Christmas hymns that might not […]
ADVENT: A PURPLE ONION
We are now at the beginning of the season of ADVENT. Advent opens the new “Church Year,” being the first of the liturgical seasons. This progression of seasons—Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter (concluding with […]
Dear Ambrose: Is Advent Penitential?
Dear Ambrose In times past Advent was thought of as a penitential season and sometimes called “a little Lent.” We don’t see much of that anymore. When and why did that change? Signed, Expectant Dear Expectant, […]
Designing Dynamic Liturgies
Beginning on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, the Stevenson School of Ministry in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, in partnership with Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary, will offer an online class for clergy and musicians, Designing […]
Dear Ambrose: Inclusive Language
Dear Ambrose: Over the years I have heard the terms “inclusive language” and “expansive language.” What is the difference? #mystified Dear Mystified: The short answer is this: Inclusive language refers to humanity and expansive language refers to God. The School of Theology at […]