This section of our website includes:
- Foundational materials on liturgy
- A list of liturgies authorized for use in the Diocese of New Westminster
- Materials related to the development of new approaches to liturgy
- Seasonal and other worship resources
Approved Liturgical Texts:
All liturgical material in the following books are authorized for use in the Diocese of New Westminster:
- Book of Alternative Services and its Supplementary
- Book of Common Prayer (1962),
- Evangelical Lutheran Worship,
- Occasional Celebrations
- For All the Saints
- Pray without Ceasing: Morning and Evening Prayer for the Seasons of the Church Year and Ordinary Time
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More approved liturgies are detailed in the side bar of this page. If you are seeking permission for the trial use of a new or alternative liturgy, click here.
Authorized Versions of the Bible for Use in Public Worship
The following list of Bible versions was approved by the House of Bishops in 1991 on the recommendation of the Doctrine and Worship Committee, and they are authorized for use in the Diocese of New Westminster.
1. New Revised Standard Version, 1989
2. Revised English Bible, 1989
3. King James (Authorized Version), 1611
4. Revised Standard Version (and its revision as Common Bible), 1952
5. New American Bible, 1970
6. Today’s English Version (Good News), 1976
7. New International Version, 1978
8. New Jerusalem, 1985