Letter to the editor: Young Anglicans can't stand 'otherworldly' service

Notes: "I enjoyed very much the article about St. Christopher's Church rebooting the traditional liturgy, which has been with us for so long ('New words for the old service', Nov. 2015, p. 13). I find much of it [liturgy] so irrelevant for us today, and I don't know why the church has dragged its feet over making changes. Also, why can't we enjoy the Morning Prayer service, which we had most of the time when I was growing up ? (The Communion Service was something special, once a month.) Today is it hardly used. I think we are losing our young people very fast. They will not accept an otherworldly service such as ours. The new unstructured churches are attracting them. I understand that, in the U.S., these churches are booming -- one in Ohio has five services each Sunday, I am told". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Anglican Church of Canada - Liturgy; Public worship - Anglican Church of Canada; Morning prayer - Anglican Church of Canada; Lord's Supper - Frequency of communion - Anglican Church of Canada; Youth - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Youth - Religious life