St Lawrence Church, Seal Chart
Church Road, Stone Street, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0LN, UK
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Styles of Worship at St Lawrence's

St Lawrence Church is a Church of England parish church, and most of our services follow 
one of the authorised patterns of the Church of England.  

We also hold, however, less formal occasional services (e.g. Taizé or Iona), and 
on some 5th Sundays in the month we might have a Songs of Praise.  
In the spirit of the Covenant and Ecumenical Welcome we have with the local Methodist and United Reformed Churches we will on occasion deliberately adopt parts of these churches' liturgies.

The authorised patterns of the Church of England include

The Book of Common Prayer ("BCP") The services as authorised in AD 1662, and which use 'traditional' language: (thee/thine/willest/ ...)
Common Worship ("CW") The services as authorised in AD 2000, and which use mostly modern language (you/yours/will/ ...). 

Some of the more usual prayers are better known, and therefore used, in their more traditional form, for example  the Lord's Prayer:-
"Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name; .."

Please select here for more details of the Church of England's liturgy and worship