The 21 Elephants Podcast

Ancient Solutions : Christian Consumerism & Liturgy with Rev. Frank Ritchie

Scottie Reeve & Spanky Moore Season 2 Episode 3

In this episode, Scottie and Spanky meet with the Reverend Frank Ritchie. Frank runs a church in Hamilton called Commoners that has no musical worship and centres itself around liturgy and silence. This episode asks how Frank's approach might offer a solution to the growing influence of consumerism on how congregations worship together today. Here are two helpful resources we mentioned on the episode: 

A New Zealand Prayer Book : He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa 
http://anglicanprayerbook.nz

Night Prayer No.6 (skip to p.184)
http://anglicanprayerbook.nz/167.html