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better gatherings better gatherings skip to content better gatherings resources for creating gospel shaped christian gatherings why biblical teaching about the gathering of the church the defining story the gathering of god created and nurtured by the gospel gathering as a testimony to christ gathered for worship gathered for fellowship in christ building towards maturity in christ learning from the prayer book why liturgy anglican liturgy in perspective reading the bible together mixing the old with the new learning to pray together using scripture to stimulate and express prayer biblical patterns of prayer learning from the communion service theological significance in the prayers modern revisions learning from the baptismal services a public testimony a sign of regeneration a stimulus to faith thanksgiving for the birth of a child a theology of christian assembly how planning contemporary services the role of the service leader service checklist using service builder if you only 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exhortations prayers for those being baptised questions and answers baptism reception and dedication prayers contemporary church occasional services christmas easter common prayer for homes servicebuilder servicebuilder help help for personal templates getting ready for christmas new easter services about copyright information better gatherings welcome to the better gatherings website our vision christian gatherings in which not only the sermon but the whole service is a powerful proclamation of the gospel each element of the service combines to take us on a journey in which god makes himself present among us by his word and we encounter him together in this shared experience we are filled with repentance trust and praise as we feel again the grace of god in the lord jesus christ our aim to equip service leaders to craft meetings that by their shape their contents and their tone proclaim the gospel of christ build his body in the unity of the spirit and bring honour and glory to god on this website we would like to help you reflect biblically and historically on just how good church can be and give you the resources you need to put this vision into practice this site is designed to equip service leaders to craft meetings that by their shape their contents and their tone proclaim the gospel of christ build his body in the unity of the spirit and bring honour and glory to god on this website we would like to help you reflect biblically and historically on just how good church can be and give you the resources you need to put this vision into practice you may be keen to go straight to the practical guidelines or resources sections but take time to work through the biblical and historical sections so that you are clear about god s will for our gatherings and understand how christians have sought to put biblical teaching into practice across the centuries for some of us church may be so engaging and god honouring that we should simply be praising god for it not trying to fix it however for many people church can be a hit or miss affair here are some diagnostic questions for you to consider what is it that people don t want to miss in the services you experience how well planned are the various segments and the order in which they occur do service leaders reflect hard about the theology they are trying to express in the services they lead is the job of preparing and leading services treated with the same seriousness as that of preparing and preaching sermons do members of the congregation understand and appreciate why changes are made as anglicans it is also important for us to keep in touch with some of the rich treasures that come from our heritage in the book of common prayer and in modern versions of this foundational resource so we need to be asking further questions such as what does it mean to be authentically anglican and culturally engaged with 21st century australia how would you evaluate whether a more liturgical service was helpful or not 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