Planning for Rites and Rituals


Book Description

The indispensable guide to curating resources for worship in the Episcopal Church. Newly revised and reorganized, this guide to liturgical planning in the Episcopal Church is organized around the seasons of the church year and the cycle of Sunday readings in the revised common lectionary. Structured as a series of three volumes—one for each year in the lectionary cycle—Planning for Rites and Rituals includes guidance for making seasonal choices among the church’s authorized worship resources, brief commentary on each Sunday’s readings, guidance in approaching the Prayers of the People, and suggestions for observing commemorations from the church’s calendar. New introductory material suggests approaches to curating liturgical resources. New editor Andrew Wright has applied his years of experience in planning liturgy at parishes across the Episcopal Church and mentoring clergy to this revision. Including contributions from throughout the church, this volume offers clergy and lay liturgical planners a framework for planning throughout the church year.




PLANNING FOR RITES & RITUALS


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- All-in-one liturgical season planner for worship - Advent 1 2017 through Christ the King Sunday 2018 Planning for Rites and Rituals supports comprehensive week-by-week planning with content and ideas for liturgy and music, preaching, visuals, and liturgy as formation, all shaped by the Revised Common Lectionary, the Book of Common Prayer, and the church year for the assembly gathered around word and sacrament. A diverse group of close to 40 contributors from across the church has provided: WEEKLY HELPS - Day and reading introductions - Propers: Collect of the day, Scripture overviews (including both Track 1 and 2), Eucharistic preface, color of the season/day - Prayers of the people for each Sunday and major feast day - Exploration of images in the readings - Ideas for approaching the day and its texts in preaching and worship - Ideas for engaging all ages and making connections to faith in daily life - Hymn suggestions - Notes on commemorations of saints for midweek worship or study SEASONAL HELPS - Seasonal introductions - Ideas for deepening children, youth, and adults' engagement with worship and themes for the season - Supplemental seasonal rites




Common Worship: Times and Seasons


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Provides all the essential seasonal liturgy for the Christian year, including material for using from Advent to Candlemas, and from Lent to Easter, as well as many other festivals and seasons throughout the year.




Planning for Rites and Rituals


Book Description

- All-in-one liturgical season planner for worship - Advent 1 2019 through Christ the King Sunday 2020 Planning for Rites and Rituals is the indispensable companion for worship planning for the Episcopal Church, following the three-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle and the church calendar. Presiders and preachers, worship team leaders, musicians, Christian educators, sacristans, and altar guilds will find this to be the perfect resource, putting all the elements for planning worship and seasonal observances in one handy volume. SEASONAL HELPS for each season of the Christian year: - Introductions and approaches to preparing liturgies for the season - Ideas for creating an environment appropriate to the season - Rites, blessings, prayers, and litanies for the season - Pageants and festivals for notable days - Seasonal checklist WEEKLY HELPS for every Sunday and feast day of the church year: - Introductions to the day: overview, color, preface, collect - Summary of the readings and psalm, including both lectionary tracks - Inclusive intercessions for the Prayers of the People - Ideas for the day for worship and formation - Hymn suggestions for the day from The Hymnal 1982; Wonder, Love, and Praise; and Lift Every Voice and Sing II




Enriching Our Worship 2


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Prepared by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music and adopted by the 73rd General Convention, this new set of materials was adapted from sources in scripture; a variety of contemporary prayer books throughout the Anglican Communion; traditional materials from Orthodox and medieval western sources; and hymnody of various American cultures. Newly written texts and some texts from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer which have been revised are also included.




Planning for Rites and Rituals


Book Description

This is the indispensable companion for worship planning for the Episcopal Church. Following the three-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle and the church calendar year, this is the all-in-one liturgical season planner for worship. Included are suggestions for each season: rites, blessings, prayers, litanies, pageants, and checklists. Readings, psalms, worship and formation, and hymn suggestions are compiled for each Sunday and Feast day. Presiders and preachers, worship team leaders, musicians, Christian educators, sacristans, and altar guilds will find this to be the perfect resource, putting all the elements for planning worship and seasonal observances in one handy volume.




Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018


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Lesser Feasts and Fasts had not been updated since 2006. This updated edition, adopted at the 79th General Convention (resolution A065), fills that need. Biographies and collects associated with those included within the volume have been updated; a deliberate effort has been made to more closely balance the men and women represented within its pages.




A Guide to Worship Ministry


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A Guide to Worship Ministry centers on four main areas of worship ministry: preparing for worship ministry, leading the worship ministry, preparing for Sunday, and discipling the generations through worship ministry. The book addresses topics such as discerning your call to ministry, working on a church staff, planning and leading worship services, and equipping your worship teams. A Guide to Worship Ministry looks at the day-to-day work of the worship minister, offering insights and personal stories. It is an important book for those getting started in worship ministry and a refresher for those who have years of experience in ministry.







Becoming REAL


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Follow the REAL rubric for success in starting new ministries If congregations were to look outside their doors, they may find that the people who need the good news don’t look like them and that the way to engage them is by having ministries that are REAL. REAL ministry is respectful relationships, excellence, authenticity, and love. This easy-to-understand perspective on relationships can be implemented in any setting with any group. To continue the mandate, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,” we have to have relationships with those whom God has put in our neighborhoods. Written both in English and Spanish, each chapter contains a study guide with Bible verses and reflection questions. The author also offers real anecdotes and examples of what to do—and what not to do—so that when using the REAL rubric with any group of people, you can emulate Jesus and bring the good news to them. Church leaders wanting to be more inclusive or trying to grow in their changing neighborhood will find this book a welcome resource.