Videos of my church

[TomUK]

For the past couple of years i've checked on the website of my Anglo Catholic Church every couple of weeks and it is has never been updated. However i went on today and it has finally entered the 21st century!

If you fancy checking out then click here.

http://www.norwichanglocatholic.org/

If you have a look on the left of the page then there are a selection of video clips all taken from our Patronal Festival a while ago. There's no shots of me i'm afraid as i was severely hung over that day. :sorry:

If that's really not your thing then my other Church can be found here.

www.trinitynorwich.org.uk

There are actually a couple of pictures me on there, but i'm not telling you which, haha!

[karen freeinchristman]

Tom, I can't believe you've admitted to being so hung over, you couldn't attend church! :doh: You're not supposed to admit that kind of thing! ;)

And I've come to the conclusion you must have a split personality, with the diversity apparent in those two churches you attend! ^_^

By the way, it is obvious which one is you in the photo's. :cool:

[TomUK]

Tom, I can't believe you've admitted to being so hung over, you couldn't attend church! :doh: You're not supposed to admit that kind of thing! ;)

:D

And I've come to the conclusion you must have a split personality, with the diversity apparent in those two churches you attend! ^_^

I know. I'm sure i must be developing some sort of schizophrenia! Seriously though i've learnt so much by doing it.

By the way, it is obvious which one is you in the photo's. :cool:

Really??? Which one do you think i am. I only appear a couple of times and i'm really small in both of them.

[Mary of Bethany]

Wow - a church building that was begun shortly after the Norman Conquest! :doh:

Around here, it's hard to find anything even 100 years old!


Mary

[AnglicanCelt]

Wow - a church building that was begun shortly after the Norman Conquest! :doh:

Around here, it's hard to find anything even 100 years old!


Mary
Don't get me started.

The oldest church in our regional ministry was built by English settlers in the mid 1800s, and it's apparently on record that if it failed as a church, it would have made a great sheep barn.

*eye roll*

[Tomoz]

Beautiful church Tom!
They never actually finished building my church - they built the sanctury and eastern and western transepts, but ran out of money before they could finish (or even start for that matter) the nave!! :D

So in our services we are actually all crammed into the sanctuary. Gtsecc would like it because it means that, by default, our minister has to face the 'correct' way ;):P

[Colabomb]

I think the Evan. Church is prettier.

Though I've never been fond of screens.

[IowaLutheran]

Wow . . . . I guess I've heard about how diverse Anglican churches can be but those pictures and videos really illustrate that diversity. Elaborate vestments, tons of incense and chanting the gospel on the one hand; and on the other hand, video screens and priests who don't even wear collars for the staff picture.

The Episcopal church I attend periodically falls somewhere in between those two; no hazy incense but definitely no video screens either.

Thanks for sharing those images - very enlightening!

[Torah613]

beautiful churches tom. I actually prefer the evangelical one more as it's more sedate in its appointments. The video screens look atrocious in that setting though.

I generally prefer something in between the two, but closer to the anglo-catholic side.

Joe Zollars

[SirTimothy]

Shame the drumkit wasn't in use at the EP service at the Evangelical church. :)

Timothy (I love real drums)

[gitlance]

Wow. That is the first time I have ever encountered the use of Latin in an Anglican service.

Do they use it anywhere else other than "Mysterium Fidei"?

[gtsecc]

Sweet!
I am sort of like Colin Stephenson, where he admits that he sort of assumed anyone who visited an Anglo-Catholic parish and have the epiphany that oh, this is how we are supposed to worship, etc...

[SirTimothy]

I am sort of like Colin Stephenson, where he admits that he sort of assumed anyone who visited an Anglo-Catholic parish and have the epiphany that oh, this is how we are supposed to worship, etc...

Nope. The one's I've visited and my gut reaction is 'ugh, how're we're supposed to worship God like this??' :p

Timothy (Who finds all the extras really distracting and loathes incense)

[Torah613]

incense can be quite bothersome to some of us. For some reason I tend to be allergic to the incense used in the RC and TEC, at least in america. Athonite style incense doesn't seem to bother me much.

Anyways my point is that the essence of catholicity cannot be grasped with incense, vestments, statues etc. For instance the Armenian Church has always called itself Catholic and doesn't have images in their sanctuaries (except a few here and there due to Byzantine influence).

Catholicity is about reaching out to others in the love of Christ, tending to the poor, and nurturing souls. Thus both the Evangelical and AngloCatholic wings of hte communion are equally Catholic, at least IMHO.

Joe Zollars

[Colabomb]

Sweet!
I am sort of like Colin Stephenson, where he admits that he sort of assumed anyone who visited an Anglo-Catholic parish and have the epiphany that oh, this is how we are supposed to worship, etc...


I had the same feeling with my lower Church, quiet simple service at my old church. No we didn't have rock bands or view screens before you jump to conclusions. We prayed the liturgy, my pastor Preached, we celebrated the Sacrament, and then we fellowshipped.

I attended a fairly high orthodox service, and was overwhelmed. I felt there was a bunch of stuff going on around me, and I'm not sure how much of a part I played.

[Fairbairn]

That is very interesting that you can find a home in two different churches, Tom. We have a large screen in our church. It actually looks really natural in it and visitors are always really amazed at how much it adds to the worship. It rolls up when we are not using it, so it does not spoil the aesthetics in any way. The main problem is housing the projector so that it does not interfere with the lines of the balcony, nor pose a fire hazard. We love our screen so much that we are about to install smaller screens on the pillars and in the balcony area in order so that everyone can see what is going on. I will post a picture once I figure out how to. :)

[Colabomb]

That is very interesting that you can find a home in two different churches, Tom. We have a large screen in our church. It actually looks really natural in it and visitors are always really amazed at how much it adds to the worship. It rolls up when we are not using it, so it does not spoil the aesthetics in any way. The main problem is housing the projector so that it does not interfere with the lines of the balcony, nor pose a fire hazard. We love our screen so much that we are about to install smaller screens on the pillars and in the balcony area in order so that everyone can see what is going on. I will post a picture once I figure out how to. :)
The Episcopal Church I attended last Sunday had the viewscreens built into the space behind the altar. It is hard to describe, but it worked. And was pretty.

[No Swansong]

The Episcopal Church I attended last Sunday had the viewscreens built into the space behind the altar. It is hard to describe, but it worked. And was pretty.

It really was aesthetically very pleasing. I normally do not like screens but these were not obtrusive at all and fit into the overall design really well.

Nice Churches Tom I must be in the minority I liked the Higher Church better.

[Colabomb]

Well, your first serious (other than sunday and easter) exposure to Christianity was as a Roman Catholic.

[No Swansong]

Well, your first serious (other than sunday and easter) exposure to Christianity was as a Roman Catholic.

Except son that, that was at St. Agnes which was almost liturgy in the round. (It has changed the interior since then)

[Colabomb]

Except son that, that was at St. Agnes which was almost liturgy in the round. (It has changed the interior since then)
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[No Swansong]

Round altar, almost completely surrounded by the congregation. It must not have been very popular as I have been in (as you know) at least a hundred other Roman Catholic Churches and I've seen nothing else like it.

[HandmaidenOfGod]

The church is open each day for private prayer and worship from about 7 am until about 5 pm in the summer and about 4 pm in the winter months

That's so cool! I wish our parish could do that. Alas, someone would probably come in and steal the chalice. :(

[TomUK]

That's so cool! I wish our parish could do that. Alas, someone would probably come in and steal the chalice. :(

Sadly less and less Churches are able to open all day. Minor vandalism hasn't stopped us staying open yet and i worry how long that is going to last.

[SirTimothy]

Terra Santa, the local Catholic church is open all day, as are all the Orthodox churches. :)

Timothy (I live on an island surrounded by orthodox churches!)

[No Swansong]

Terra Santa, the local Catholic church is open all day, as are all the Orthodox churches. :)

Timothy (I live on an island surrounded by orthodox churches!)


In the middle of Columbus, In the area with the highest crime rates including murder, right in the middle of a disputed area being fought over by two rival gangs, is a little Orthodox (jacobite) Church that remains open all of the time. At all times one of the monks is present within the sanctuary praying. (The cells are in the same building) The Abbot (is that the right word for an Orthodox Abbey?) has been used several times to help diffuse dangerous and sometimes volatile situations. The spirit within this little Church is peaceful and restful. The monks here do a great deal of social work including prison work.

[TomUK]

Terra Santa, the local Catholic church is open all day, as are all the Orthodox churches. :)

Timothy (I live on an island surrounded by orthodox churches!)

Lucky you! I live on an island surrounded by French and Germans :sick: ;)

[Fairbairn]

Lucky you! I live on an island surrounded by French and Germans :sick: ;)
:)

[karen freeinchristman]

Lucky you! I live on an island surrounded by French and Germans :sick: ;)

I live on a peninsula surrounded by Welsh, Irish, and Scousers!!! :D

[TomUK]

Sssshhh Karen. It's a lot harder for me to forget the Welsh are there if people keep mentioning them all the time.