I had never been much of a fan of liturgy but two years of working in an Anglican church has slowly changed my opinion. There are good reasons to use liturgy, including:
- it’s a way of preserving and communicating doctrinal truth,
- the wording is clear, elegant (for want of a better word!) and memorable,
- it encourages systematic Bible reading,
- it helps people lead services who are less articulate (or even doctrinally unclear).
I’ve come across an iphone app that delivers a version of the Book of Common Prayer. Check out the iBCP iphone app.
The big issue working against this app is its cost – AU$5.99. Considering the Book of Common Prayer is available in printed form (e.g. the Australian version) and online, and because the app is basically (from what I can work out) an e-book, $5.99 seems a bit steep.
On a related note – I’m still on the lookout for a good app for people to record prayer points and answers to prayer!
The price is one thing; as soon as they put ‘i’ in front of BCP, they failed. Sorry, fellas.
Am also looking for a good iphone app for ppl to record prayer pts and answers to prayer. Have an iphone apps guy in my ch willing to explore this but needs specs/requirements – interested Steve?
eugene
Sounds great Euegene! Perhaps we can chat about it this afternoon.
iBCP: $5.99
Being able to lead a communion service, robes on, collar in place, iphone in hand: priceless.