Convenience not nostalgia gets the 8 o'clockers up and here Sunday by Sunday. We call the 10 am service the Parish Eucharist which is not strictly correct because the 8am is just as much a Eucharist and just as much for the parish. In style, however, our 10am resembles the worship cultivated by the Parish and People Movement . That movement sought to replace the traditional early morning quiet celebration and the later non-communicating High Mass with a single Eucharist at which all communicated. At the same time we have a relaxed approach.
Servers move naturally and preciousness is avoided.
As at 8am the order is that of A Prayer Book for Australia. At the conclusion of the Parish Eucharist we have a cup of tea or coffee or a glass of sherry with suitable solid accompaniments in the Parish Hall.