That ' s what the general feedback has been . Thank you <| sep |> What I ' m going to eat <| sep |> I ' ve attended churches pretty much across the board have yet to be a regular at a superhighsmellsandbells church . So , purely anecdotal and based on observation , but here goes 1 I have never been to an Episcopal church in which the vast majority of the congregation did not use the sign of the cross at some points during the service . There ' s actually more variation by individual than by congregation . At my current highish church Rite 1 with mostly chanted liturgy , frequent bells , occasional smells , some people are crossing a dozen times per service . I do about three times , which was normal in my last lowish church . Some genuflect , some don ' t . Age seems to be a factor at low church congregations , but at high church , it ' s more a matter of preference . In both cases , more people genuflect than do not . 2 I learned to make the sign in the Episcopal Church , so I finish on the heart . I press my hand or fist there for a minute to remind myself to bring Jesus ' s passion into my heart , into myself . I didn ' t know there was another way to do it . So we ' re learning from you now ! 3 Almost all male priests are called Father . Female priests are in a tough spot , because in the RCC , Mother is a monastic rather than priestly title , so some of them don ' t want that . I know a female priest who preferred Pastor , but no one would call her that too Protestant , they said . Then she tried her own name with no title , and they refused . They finally settled on Reverend , which she does not like , but it ' s a compromise . I continue to think it ' s ludicrous that people in 2016 are having a hard time letting women choose what to be called in church , but that ' s just one man ' s opinion . 4 Respectfully , that is totally and completely wrong , at least as applied to The Episcopal Church . When TEC adopted its most recent prayerbook in 1979 , it set the standard Sunday worship service as Eucharist , and if you delve into our theology , Eucharist is absolutely central . We deliberately put baptisms into the middle of the Eucharist service . I recently heard one of the very few nationally prominent priests in our diocese give a lecture in which he extolled the virtue of giving communion immediately to babies who had just been baptized , because in his view , receiving Eucharist was the theological purpose of the full initiation into Christianity promised in Baptism . Frankly , I think our sacramental theology is unbalanced with too much weight given to Eucharist . Just an opinion . Sorry for digression . Literally every Episcopal Church I ' ve ever attended offers Eucharist at least weekly , and twice weekly is probably the standard . A side note , if you don ' t mind ? Anglican is a worldwide family of loosely linked churches , someone else can explain the details if they want . If you ' re in the US , we currently have two major groups of Anglicans . Episcopalians like me are the gayloving , womenpriesthaving hippies who are somewhat out of step with the worldwide Anglican Communion , but we are a pretty significant majority here in the US . People in the US who use the word Anglican are sometimes referring to membership in ACNA as opposed to Episcopal . ACNA is a group of churches with the same historic episcopate but more traditional beliefs on gender and sexuality issues , and they are also more consistent with the worldwide Anglican Communion , particularly in the global south . In a sense , Episcopalians are a majority in the US , but ACNA is connected with a majority in the world . It ' s technically proper to refer to anyone whose heritage comes from the Church of England as an Anglican , but here in the US , Anglican can also mean A nglicanbutnotEpiscopalian . So when you say Anglican in your posts , you may be getting some conflicting info based on how the words are currently being used .