Foreword
Preface
1. The Services
The Altar,
Morning and Evening Prayer,
The Holy Communion,
Holy Baptism,
The Order of Confirmation,
2. Festivals and Seasons
Advent,
Christmas,
The Epiphany,
A Candlelight Service,
Easter,
Ascension Day,
Pentecost,
Pentecost/Trinity,
Other Festivals,
3. Lent
Ash Wednesday,
Sunday of the Passion, or Palm Sunday,
Pattern No. 1 for Palm Cross,
Pattern No. 2 for Palm Cross,
Holy Week,
Good Friday,
Holy Saturday and the Great Vigil of Easter
4. Weddings
Wedding Procedure,
Notes,
The Nuptial Eucharist,
5. Burials
Burial of a Child,
A Requiem,
Burials Outside the Church,
6. Special Services
Ordinations,
Ordinations to the Diaconate,
Ordinations to the Priesthood,
Consecration of a Bishop,
Visitation of a Bishop,
Consecration of Churches and Chapels,
Institution of a Rector,
Communion of the Sick,
Blessing of Vestments and Vessels,
Confessions,
7. Equipment and Adornments
Flowers,
Candles,
Vestments of the Clergy,
Linens and Supplies,
Vessels,
Notes on Linens,
8. General Working Policy
The Altar Guild,
Personnel,
Acolytes,
Fees,
Office of Admission into the Altar Guild,
9. Definitions of Church Terms