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Lay Reader Training Videos

"So you want to be a Lay Reader!"

An Introductory Course for Lay Readers

(The training videos will be uploaded as they become available.)

	Video	Supporting Material
1	Introduction
2	Anglican Ethos	Anglican Communion Website
3	Discernment	Discernment as a Process Discernment When There is No Life Changing Decision to Make Christian Ideal Listening, Seeing, Speaking through the ears, eyes and lips of our Heart Prayer
4	Biblical Foundations
5a 5b	Doctrine Doctrine Supplemental Video
6	Church History
7	BCP/BAS
8	Prayers of the People
9	Basic Preaching and Sermon Preparation
10	Spiritual Discipline	Rule of Life
11	Decorum
12	Liturg y
13	Alternative Worship

Miscellaneous Resources

1. Online Sermon Resources

2. Lay Readers' Handbook,

3. Tying the Cincture

4. Revised Common Lectionary

5. Make Preparation: Liturgy Planning Notes by Paul Gibson

6. Biblical Pronunciations

7. Servers and Services by Rev'd Aidan Kingsbury, shared with permission

Primary worship texts available for free download

Every week many worship planners spend hours on their computers, researching and formatting liturgical texts for bulletins and screens. To support and facilitate this work, the Anglican Church of Canada's General Synod is now releasing its primary worship texts for free download.
The following texts can now be downloaded as PDFs:

Selected liturgies are also available in French.

The Copyright and Use webpage explains that "texts may be used free of charge by all dioceses, parishes, religious orders, theological colleges, and other entities within the Anglican Church of Canada." The sources of texts must be acknowledged, and commercial use is forbidden. Before using the material, individuals must read the full license agreement