Continuing with her classic and easy-to-use format, Dallas Brauninger has prepared a handy worship tool which provides pastors and worship planners with a worship theme for each of the three scriptural texts for each Sunday and major observance in Cycle C. Also included for each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text are: Call To Worship Collect Prayer Of Confession Hymn Suggestions An index lists hymn tunes, hymn titles, and the worship hymnals they are drawn from. Dallas A. Brauninger, a graduate of Albion College, received her Master of Divinity degree and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Chicago Theological Seminary. A full-time writer, she has served churches in Colorado and Nebraska. She and her husband, both ordained ministers in the United Church of Christ, live in Friend, Nebraska.
The resources in this one-volume library provide a variety of paragraphs and sentences, prayers and calls, and hymn suggestions based on all three Scripture readings for every Sunday of the year. For each Sunday in the lectionary there are: three responsive calls to worship, three collects, three prayers of confession and three sets of hymn suggestions.While most congregations keep the order of worship consistent from week to week, it is important to continually refresh the components and make them relevant to the day's lessons. This book makes it possible to focus worship on the same lesson on which the sermon is based, or it allows emphasis to be placed on one of the lessons the preacher has not chosen to preach about, or portions can be combined from all three to provide a unity in the lessons.
Preparing to lead a congregation in worship each Sunday is a formidable and pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy worship planners will love this all-new edition of a favorite CSS reference. It's a handy, easy-to-use resource with several prayers and a worship theme relating to the assigned scriptural passages for every Sunday and major observance in Cycle C of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text there's a call to worship, an invocation/collect, a prayer of confession, an offertory prayer, and suggested hymns. This complete collection offers a wide selection of practical aids for creating sincerely reverent, meaningful worship. The creative task of a worship leader requires useful resources, both practical and spiritual, for use in public worship as well as personal devotions. Lectionary Worship Aids provides a source for meditation, prayer, and fellowship with God and the people of God. The genius of the book is couched in the connection Kirkland makes between his own spirituality, the poetry of the biblical texts, and the spiritual quest of the worshiper and the worship leader. Ernest S. Lyght United Methodist Bishop Every busy pastor appreciates well-organized and theologically sound help when planning worship each week. Kirkland's vast pastoral experience and deep spiritual commitment can greatly enhance worship in our congregations. Lectionary Worship Aids will prove to be a very useful tool in every pastor's study. F. Herbert Skeete United Methodist Bishop Emeritus During more than fifty years in the ministry, H. Burnham Kirkland served as the pastor of eight local congregations and as a missionary in the Philippines, as well as district superintendent, conference program director, and treasurer of World Missions of the United Methodist Church. A graduate of the College of the City of New York and Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Dr. Kirkland also holds honorary doctorates from Philippine Wesleyan University and DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana). Now retired, he lives in Lakeland, Florida.
A collection of poetic works containing reflections, observations and feelings accumulated over the years in a life committed to the Christian walk of faith.
Every church, whatever its size, can be more creative and effective in proclaiming, celebrating, and responding to the scripture readings. Here is a remarkably inventive library of liturgical resources that's guaranteed to spark the creativity of anyone planning worship services. Robert Ingram's fertile imagination overflows with inspired ideas for presenting the lectionary epistle lesson, reinforced by visual imagery and recurring references throughout worship. For each Sunday and major occasion during the Christian year, Worship Workbook For The Epistles includes greetings, prayers, suggested hymns and choruses, and possibilities for decorating the worship space (including ideas for projected visuals). There's also a wealth of approaches for creative reading and dramatic presentation of the scripture, including movement, skits, short stories, and puppet plays.Like Ingram's acclaimed Worship Workbook For The Gospels series, this is a must-have volume for pastors, lay readers, musicians, artists, and drama groups -- anyone who contributes to worshipers hearing and responding to the living Word of God.
