Different forms of worship (e.g. liturgical/non liturgical)

• Liturgical worship

  • When Christians worship according to a set pattern on a regular basis.
  • Set prayers and readings
  • Lead by a priest
  • Use the book of Common Prayer
  • The Lectionary contains the list of readings for each dau
  • Catholics and Anglicans follow Liturgical worship. They attend Holy Communion service on a Sunday
• Non-Liturgical worship

  • Less formal
  • No set pattern
  • More unscripted and improvised
  • Methodism and Pentecostalism are denominations that follow non-liturgical worship
• Informal worship

  • No fixed nature
  • Charismatic worship
  • Clapping, dancing and music
  • Speaking in tongues
  • Pentecostal and Quakers
• Private worship

  • Alone
  • Reading the bible
  • Praying
  • Meditating on God
• "Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker!"
• "For when two or more gather in my name, I am there with them"
• "When you pray, go to your room, shut the door and pray to your Father who is unseen"
• "No innovations are to be introduced into the holy rites of the Liturgy" Pope Gregory XVI