Common Prayer

Common Prayer Pocket Edition gives you a versatile pocket-sized resource to help you do something radical in your group, school or community.

With sensitivity to the beliefs and custom of different Christian denominations, Common Prayer helps you bring together in prayer and worship today's diverse church traditions. By honouring the various liturgical prayer traditions, and with the expertise of a team of scholars and advisers, the authors have created a tapestry of prayer that allows each faith tradition to celebrate the best of everyone's.

This compact and convenient book includes a unique worship resource compiled from the music and lyrics of more than fifty songs from traditions as diverse as African spirituals, traditional hymns, Mennonite gatherings and Taize chants. For denominations unfamiliar with liturgy, Common Prayer includes techniques for encouraging shared prayer, which also helps to deepen the prayer life of those already familiar with the liturgical prayer method.

The Common Prayer Pocket Edition brings liturgy alive by enriching the best of the old with a fresh expression of the contemporary. Churches and individuals seeking a deeper prayer life will find renewal in the variety and unity of Christian worship through the shared experience of common prayer.