Liturgy and worship aids
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2013 OGHS Video Discussion Questions
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Special Offerings
Discussion questions to accompany the 2013 One Great Hour of Sharing video.
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2013 One Great Hour of Sharing Leader's Guide
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Special Offerings
Use this Leader's Guide for helping to plan for the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering.
Contents:
- Introductory Letter from Sara Lisherness
- What is One Great Hour of Sharing?
- Financial Summary
- Steps to a Successful Offering
- Minutes for Mission
- Worship Aid
- Resource Order Form
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2013 One Great Hour of Sharing Minutes for Mission
From Presbyterian Mission Agency
These three program-focused Minutes for Mission contain powerful stories of lives changed through your giving to One Great Hour of Sharing. The comprehensive Minute for Mission serves as a reminder of the history of this rich tradition. -
2013 One Great Hour of Sharing Sample Pastor's Letter
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Special Offerings
Sample letter from Pastor to congregation regarding the 2013 One Great Hour of Sharing.
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2013 Pentecost Offering Children's Calendar
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Special Offerings
This calendar, geared towards youth & children's ministry, provides daily reflections and activities for one whole month leading to the Day of Pentecost on May 19, 2013.
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2013 SDOP Sunday Worship Resource
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Self-Development of People (SDOP)
Once a year, Presbyterians across our country celebrate the ministry of Self-Development of People. This year, Self-Development of People Sunday is on March 17. This SDOP Sunday web resource provides materials to help pastors and others to interpret SDOP's ministry to their congregation. The web resource includes two stories about projects funded by SDOP, hymns with a Self-Development theme, liturgical aids and general background information.
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2014 Liturgical Colors | Presbyterian Planning Calendar
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Planning Calendar
2014 Liturgical Colors from the 2013-2014 Presbyterian Planning Calendar.
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A Candle Lighting Service for Children Living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
This candle-lighting litany is designed to remember the children of Sub-Saharan African who are living with HIV/AIDS and to note ways in which the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is responding. The litany could be used on Presbyterian AIDS Awareness Sunday (second Sunday in October), World AIDS Day (December 1), or an appropriate day in the life of your congregation.
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A Commentary on the Service for the Lord’s Day
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Theology and Worship
Excerpted from The Service for the Lord’s Day: Supplemental Liturgical Resources.
See related pages: Service for the Lord’s Day, Presbyterian Worship
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A Lenten Fast: From Insight to Action in the Gospel of John Presbyterian Church
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Presbyterian Hunger Program
In Lent this year, we are asking Presbyterians to sit with what global partners and some U.S. farmers are saying by reading meditations, study questions and analyses that illustrate one aspect of this crisis in five nations for the five Sundays of Lent. If you are able, you may fast for a 40-hour period from Friday afternoon to Sunday morning as we attempt together to discern a way out of the mess humanity has made of God’s world.