Parish Prayers

Parish Prayers, compiled and edited by Frank Colquhoun, is a classic. Colquhoun published a number of collections of prayers but Parish Prayers was his best collection. It contains some of the finest examples of the collect form of prayer not found in The Book of Common Prayer in its 1662 edition. A number of these collects come from other editions of the Prayer Book. While compiled for the Anglicans, the collection can also be used by non-Anglicans. While the prayers in the collection are in the traditional English of the older Prayer Books, they can easily be adapted for use in a service of public worship, which is in modern English. Parish Prayers is also a wonderful resource for those who wish to study the collect form of prayer and to write prayers using that form. Even worship leaders who normally pray extemporaneously in services of public worship may benefit from studying the collect prayer form. New Scriptorium has posted the entire text of Parish Prayers on its website.