[incubus]

When the church decided to switch from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer to the "New" Prayer Book my parents said, "This is the end of the Episcopalian Church as we know it." Shortly thereafter we stopped going. It is amazing how wise some parents can be. I was a teenager at the time and really was developing my own thoughts and feelings towards my own spiritual life, and really loved the Episcaopal church. I thought it was the most beautiful 1 hour of worship there could be on a Sunday.

I was devastated when we left, but knew that if my parents said it was time to go they were right.

I keep hoping for smarted heads to prevail but it seems they are hell bent on destruction.

Maybe a miracle will happen.

[shubi]

The African churches will keep Anglicans going. The Episcopal Church and most of the other mainstream denominations will fail, unless they start making major changes now.

I see that the UMC has moved back from some of its liberal positions.

[Captain Peter Blood]

I agree with you about the church switching the prayer books.
To this day whenever I decide to attend a Episcopal service I find myself reciting the old prayers instead of the other ones when we get to those places in the service.
It just isn't the same and as I said in another post the Church in the last 30 years has quietly been taken over by the Liberals and the end result is Gene Robinson and the destruction of the Church as a whole.