Alternative Services

AUTHORIZED SERVICES ALTERNATIVE TO
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1662
As at 1 January 2001

Authorized by the General Synod until further resolution of the Synod

Holy Communion

1. The Order for the Celebration of Holy Communion also called the Eucharist and the Lord's Supper together with Eucharistic Prayers
2. The Nicene Creed

A Service of the Word

3. A Service of the Word
4. Affirmations of Faith
5. Prayers for Various Occasions
6. Canticles at Morning and Evening Prayer
7. Schedule of permitted variations to the Book of Common Prayer Orders for Morning and Evening Prayer where these occur in Common Worship
8. The Lord's Prayer

Initiation Services

9. Holy Baptism
10. The Eucharist with Baptism and Confirmation together with Affirmation of Baptismal Faith and Reception into the Communion of the Church of England
    (Various tables authorize the separate administration of Baptism, Confirmation, Reaffirmation of Baptismal Faith and Reception into the Communion of the Church of England in various contexts)
11. Services of Wholeness and Healing

Pastoral Services

12. Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child
13. The Marriage Service with prayers and other resources
14. Funeral Services with prayers and other resources
15. Rules to Order the Service and Other Miscellaneous Liturgical Provisions
16. Calendar, Lectionary, Collects
17. Weekday Lectionary
    All these forms of service are published (in conjunction with Commended Services - see below) in Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England published in several volumes (Church House Publishing, 2000).
18. Public Worship with Communion by Extension.

Authorized by the General Synod until 31 December 2005

1. Series 1 Solemnization of Matrimony
2. Series 2 Burial Service
3. The Ordinal from Alternative Service Book 1980 (as amended by Miscellaneous Liturgical Provisions (see Rules to Order the Service in preceding section)

Commended Services

Commended by the House of Bishops of the General Synod

1. Services of Prayer and Dedication after Civil Marriage
2. Lent, Holy Week, Easter - Services and Prayers
3. The Promise of His Glory - Services and Prayers from All Saints to Candlemas
4. Introduction and Notes to Morning and Evening Prayer on Sundays
5. Introduction to Night Prayer
6. Night Prayer
7. Night Prayer in Traditional Language
8. Additional Canticles
9. Pastoral Introduction to Holy Baptism
10. Thanksgiving for Marriage
11. Services Before the Funeral (at home before the funeral, for those unable to be present at the funeral, on the morning of the funeral, at church before a funeral, a Funeral Vigil) and After the Funeral (at home after the funeral or memorial service)
12. The Order for a Funeral of a Child together with resources for the funeral of a child

Form of Service authorized by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York without time limit for use in their respective Provinces

A Service for Remembrance Sunday (included in The Promise of His Glory - see above)