Our New Zealand Prayer Book offers worship material for morning and evening prayer for each day of the week. If in a pandemic, you are not able or permitted to get out to church, you can join the world-wide church in prayer by using:

Daily Services (from page 54)
There is a service for morning and evening for seven days from Sunday to Saturday. Each service has a similar format derived from the daily services used in the church for centuries.
The service can be read quietly by oneself or aloud by those living or working together. The content varies from day to day.
The other variable is the psalm and readings for either the day / month or for Holy Days. See Preparation below.
Typically these are the services said daily by clergy.

Daily Devotions (from page 104)
There is a devotion for morning and evening for seven days from Sunday to Saturday. Each devotion has a similar format. The devotion is best read quietly by oneself but can be used by those living or working together. The content varies from day to day and each day focuses on one of seven sections from the Lord’s Prayer. The other variable is the psalm and readings for either the day / month or for Holy Days.

Midday Prayer (page 147)
This service has one structure with variations to be selected at various points.

Night Prayer (page 167)
This service is based on the service said (or sung) by religious communities just before retiring for the night. This service is also called Compline. As with Midday Prayer there are variations for psalms, readings, hymn and prayers.

Preparation: finding the psalm, readings and prayers before starting.
Whichever form one uses more will be got from the service if some preparation is carried out before.
Find if today is a Holy Day from the Calendar (page 14) and get the related psalm and readings from page 642 onwards.
If today is not a Holy Day then the psalm and readings are from page 692 onwards using a three year cycle.
Year B is December 2008 to November 2009;
Year C is December 2009 to November 2010;
Year A is December 2010 to November 2011; and so on.
Also it is useful to select from amongst the other variations before beginning the service so that the focus is on the service.

When you worship at home, don't forget your children's needs and participation. You might even take up a collection - and add it in next time you go to church!

If you would like a personal tutorial in how to use the Prayer Book, please ask the Vicar. If you don't have your own copy of A New Zealand Prayer Book, please order one through the Parish Office and we will purchase when we have enough orders to get a discount.

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