Want to have some fun? The Anglican Church has preserved this amazing and beautiful little prayer book call the Book of Common Prayer (BCP). There is an online version of the book which can be found at BCPOnline. It is full of wonderful prayers and liturgies, some of them dating back to the early days of the church. If you've never played with the BCP before, I am inviting you to give it a whirl. I think you'll dig what you discover in there. When you clink on the link above you'll arrive at the intro page with an index to the left. If you click on links like the Collects, the Daily Office, or Prayers and Thanksgivings you'll find some great stand alone prayers you can use in a variety of settings from individual to small group to corporate.
The real fun, however, is The Holy Eucharist service. Click on that link and navigate your way to Rite II. This is a standard worship service for an Anglican Church. It is a beautiful service. You can do it just as it is written-OR-you can run wild with it and make it your own.
I love giving this service to a group of folks and telling them to use the Rite II liturgy as the overall structure, but to express the individual elements of the service in anyway they can dream or imagine. Then I get out of the way and allow the Holy Spirit to go to work.
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