The minister, Iain U Thomson, describes the creation of a new church to serve what was virtually a new town six miles west of Aberdeen and close to Skene, planned and shared by the Church of Scotland, the Scottish Episcopal Church, and the Roman Catholic Church. [The Scottish Episcopal congregation has now moved to a building of its own.]
Journals
Church Music in a Changing World, Lionel Dakers, Mowbray, reviewed by Wilfred Norris
Clouded Witness. Initiation in the Church of England in the Mid-Victorian Period 1850-1875, Peter J Jagger, Pickwick Publications, Pennsylvania, 1982, reviewed by A W Morrison
Holy Week Services (revised and expanded edition), Joint Liturgical Group, SPCK 1983, reviewed by Colin Williamson
Praying Round the Clock, Richard Harries, Mowbray, reviewed by Jock Stein
Reference: Volume 07 Spring 1984, p15
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The minister of South Leith, Jack Kellet, describes the continuing development of an annual service to mark the Leith Festival, outlines the order of service, and the contributions of participants.
Reference: Volume 07 Spring 1984, p22
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| A Service for a Community Festival in Leith | 717.15 KB |
The editor finds that many modern trends in respect of the planning of wedding services are misjudged and that they can contradict the true purpose and meaning of this ceremony.
Letter from Lesslie Newbigin
Former bishop of the Church of South India, Newbigin writes in appreciation of a paper published in an earlier issue about Communion, and saying that the service in the 1940 book was influential in the formation of the order which was created for the new CSI worship book.
Reference: Volume 08 Autumn 1984, p1
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The 1984 Robert Lee Lecture: Dignity in Worship: Its Definition and Preservation in an Era of Change
This was the Lee Lecture of 1984 and was given by the Revd William G Neill, who is also the editor of the Record. Neill discusses the difficulty of defining ‘dignity’ because the context in which worship is being offered and the traditions and expectations of worshippers have some bearing. The lecture asks for mutual tolerance and understanding in a contemporary situation where a wide diversity of theory and practice too easily lead to fragmentation and polarisation.
Reference: Volume 08 Autumn 1984, p3
Dr Sprott is quoted that the Society will not prosper if it only enrols those with a special interest in the improvement of services. It must try and make its influence aggressive.
Reference: Volume 08 Autumn 1984, p14
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| A Dip in the Archives | 162.93 KB |
The Revd David Easton, formerly of St Paul’s Greenock, provides a service for this occasion which is more comprehensive in its reach. Devised some years ago, it apparently was used also in South Africa and is now in the service book of the Presbyterian church there.
Reference: Volume 08 Autumn 1984, p15
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| Harvest Thanksgiving | 1015.02 KB |
Some 20 titles are listed
Reference: Volume 08 Autumn 1984, p17
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| New College Library: some recent acquisitions | 558.9 KB |
This recounts the occasion when the wrong psalm was announced during a service of induction, 64:1-5 instead of 65:1-4.
Reference: Volume 08 Autumn 1984, p19
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| Now Cap This! | 213.46 KB |
Studies in the History of Worship in Scotland, Edinburgh, 1984, ed. Duncan Forrester and Douglas Murray, reviewed by Duncan Shaw
Teenagers and the Church, Leslie J Francis, Collins, reviewed by Finlay A J MacDonald
Church Music in a Changing World, Lionel Dakers, Mowbray - further critical reflections by Wilfred Norris
Liturgy Re-Shaped, ed. Kenneth Stevenson, SPCK, reviewed by Kenneth D F Walker
Reference: Volume 08 Autumn 1984, p20
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| Reviews | 2.84 MB |
Devised by the Revd Gerald Jones, Assistant Minister, Glasgow Cathedral.
Reference: Volume 08 Autumn 1984, p28
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| Prayers for Saint Andrew’s Day | 308.57 KB |
The importance of personalising a funeral, which, it is alleged, many ministers fail to do.
Reference: Volume 09 Winter 1984, p1
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| Editorial | 760.77 KB |
The Revd Tom Cuthell (St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh) welcomes the new flush of writing hymns. He addresses resistance in congregations who fear their favourites will be replaced, which need not be the case, but he specifies categories of hymns which do need to be forgotten. The current Church Hymnary (3) is found to be weak in the area of contemporary texts. He outlines the contribution of new texts to the strengthening of faith and the increase of understanding, giving many examples.
Reference: Volume 09 Winter 1984, p3
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| Contemporary Hymnody | 1.36 MB |
A vice convener of an Assembly committee, Harvey Cruickshank, who is Session Clerk at St Matthew’s Church in Perth, offers examples of the opening devotions at meetings that he chaired.
Reference: Volume 09 Winter 1984, p7
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| A Committee at Prayer | 2.09 MB |