Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching, and the Arts
Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching, and the Arts offers insight and inspiration for pastors, church musicians, artists and other worship leaders. This quarterly journal is published by the Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
In celebration of the Calvin Jubilee, the Office of Theology and Worship is offering free copies of Brian Gerrish’s classic book Grace and Gratitude: The Eucharistic Theology of John Calvin to the first 100 new subscribers to Call to Worship. To subscribe, contact Tammy Lloyd at (888) 728-7228, x 5331.
Call to Worship subscribers: the Lectionary Aids are now online.
The new and improved electronic Lectionary Aids service, available online to Call to Worship subscribers, provides worship planning materials for the church year. For every Sunday and festival in the liturgical calendar, you’ll find calls to worship and prayers of confession, along with suggestions for hymns, psalms, global music, praise and worship songs, choral anthems, organ selections and handbell music. Based on the Revised Common Lectionary, suggestions related to both complementary and semi-continuous readings are included. You'll also find new prayers for illumination and eucharistic prayers for particular seasons of the Christian year, as well as resources for leading parts of worship from the font and table. See a sample of lectionary aids for the First Sunday of Advent, Year B. 
Four print issues per year explore current topics in liturgical theology and practice, such as John Calvin (August 2009); Healing (November 2009); Living the Christian Year (February 2010); and Hymnody (May 2010). Each issue includes original artwork as well as full-color features on liturgical arts.
Read the featured article
Kelly Rider, “The Work of Our Hands, Reframing the Reformer: A New Portrait of John Calvin,” Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching, and the Arts 43.1 (2000-10). In this full-color section, artist Kelly Rider describes the process of designing a new portrait of John Calvin.
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Are you a "friend" of Call to Worship? Our Facebook group provides a way for pastors and other worship leades to share ideas and resources and to join online discussions of articles in the journal. Join the group!
Find events of interest
Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM) sponsors three Worship and Music Conferences each summer which seek to model a high standard of worship through the promotion of worthy church music and other arts and through the sharpening and refining of the tools of worship. They provide opportunities for intensive work in many areas and stimulate the imagination through exposure to new possibilities for worship. Learn more about PAM events.
Download indices
Use these indices to search the Call to Worship (2000 to present) and Reformed Liturgy and Music (1971 to 2000) archives. The indices are arranged by volume/issue, by subject and by author. To inquire about back issues contact Tammy Lloyd at (888) 728-7228 x 5331. Single copies of past issues from Volume 42 (August 2008) to the present are $34.95 for Lectionary aids and $8.75 for other issues. Older volumes are $29.95 for Lectionary aids and $7.50 for other issues.
Contact the editor
To offer feedback on the journal, to make suggestions for upcoming issues or articles, or to submit a manuscript, contact Kimberly Long. |
