A Methodist Model Of Worship: John Wesley’s Sunday Service Part I

The service below is strongly dependent on the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Introduction Wesley was an Anglican priest and organized the Methodists into small groups for prayer, Bible study, and worship. These groups would continue to worship in Anglican parishes on Sunday. Text: The Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper The Table at the Communion-time, having a fair white Linen Cloth upon it, shall stand where Morning and Evening Prayers are appointed to be said. And the Elder, standing at the Table, shall say the Lord's Prayer, with the Collect following the People kneeling. Commentary: Early Methodists often worshiped in rather plain settings. Their society room or preaching house was generally a multipurpose room of simple construction: it may have been a barn, school, factory, or theater which was converted to the cause of the revival. Wesley's Chapel, on City Road, London, with its rose-colored marble columns and white lacquered woodwork, was the exception t…