CHRISTIANITY SECTION D
Topic 4 Places of Worship 3.4.1
Church interiors and their fittings
Cathedral Churches
Coventry Cathedral
Durham Cathedral
York Minster
Parish Churches
Croydon Parish Church A full site and a useful one. There is even a map of the church itself.
Inside Headley Parish Church
Other place of worship
Twickenham This is a
United Reformed Church.
Epsom Methodist Church This is a tremendous website with lots of good pictures and explanations.
Quaker Meeting House Edinburgh An informative site about the meeting house and the worshipping community.
Inside a Church
The Pulpit
Pulpit A number of good photographs of the inside of a church. Two pictures of the pulpit.
The Font
The Font The Font at
Hemblington in Norfolk - photograph and explanation.
Suffolk Fonts
Some good examples of fonts in Suffolk churches. The explanation is also helpful.
The Altar
Altar
A good example of a stone altar. The explanation is more general though.
Altar and Reredos St Mary's and All Saints Bingham provide pictures of the
altar and reredos of their church.
The Tabernacle
Tabernacle This is a useful
glossary with links to churches that have these. (Pictures too)
Inside a Roman Catholic Church
Parish of St Luke This modern Roman Catholic Church in action.
Confessional The picture looks like the real thing but be prepared for a surprise!
Stations of the Cross You can follow through all fourteen.
Inside an Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
This site has stunning photographs and good explanations about what you would find in an Orthodox church. It is an "all in one site."
A small British Orthodox Church in Norfolk This picture gallery shows
many of the objects in the church which other site omit.
Modern Oriental Orthodox Cathedral in Stevenage UK These photographs
were taken during their annual service.
Inside a Non-Conformist Church
The Baptist Church This link takes you to an immersion baptism at Teddington Baptist Church using
a baptistery.
Inside a Methodist Church This church at Greenoch has some useful photographs
of the interior.
Religious Society of Friends meeting for worship Reasonable photographs, but an excellent description
of a meeting for worship at Old Haverford.
Public Acts of Worship
Information sheet on the Eucharist From RS Support. Well it's a good place to start.
The Eucharist This is a really good introduction.
What happens at the Eucharist Another useful site. This one is from the BBC.
It is good and understandable, but I find the order they tackle the issues quite strange.
Specifically what happens in the service of Holy Communion I think the prize goes to St James' Hampton Hill for this web page.
It tells you what you need to know and gives the order of the service. Then there is a list of the objects used with good pictures and clear explanations.
Prayer
Prayers Online This site
gives examples of prayers and a link to different types of prayers.
Explanation What is personal prayer? A good short article about prayer.
What is prayer? Quite a good short explanation. Useful for GCSE.
Alpha Course and Prayer This is always worth a look. Prayer is central to the Alpha Course.