Liturgy and worship aids
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Sing to the Lord a New Psalm: An Essay with Four New Settings for Congregational Singing,'Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching and the Arts 41.4
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Call to Worship
Readers of Call to Worship are surely convinced of the merits of psalmsinging and perhaps even sing the lectionary psalm each week in their churches. However, even those of us who are intentional about singing the psalms may benefit from a revival of our repertoire. Many of us take a “one size fits all” approach to psalmody, remaining squarely in the favored style of our tradition— metrical or responsorial.
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Spiritual Leadership for Multicultural Transformation
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Multicultural Congregational Support
Download this presentation by Robert A. Chesnut.
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Spiritual Practices and Perspectives of Negotiation - Prayer
From Office of the General Assembly—Constitutional Services
Spiritual Practices and Perspectives of Negotiation - Prayer
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Spiritual Practices and Perspectives of Negotiation - Scripture, Confessions and Polity
From Office of the General Assembly—Constitutional Services
Some passages from Scripture and PCUSA’s Constitution you may want to consider and study as you encounter divisive conflict in the church. It may be helpful to study and reflect on these passages or portions of these passages individually or as group through the process of Lectio Divina. Additionally, you may want to consider if certain passages would be helpful to be read as part of the negotiation process. For example, you may choose to begin and end each negotiation session with certain passages.
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Spiritual preparations
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Theology and Worship
A prayerful reading of Scripture is a way of entering into a conversation with God, and allowing God to be the first speaker. So often our prayers are a conversation in which we are the only speakers and God does all the listening. This can be our default mode of conversation with God even during a worship service. The next time you attend a worship service pay attention to the “Prayers of Confession” or “Prayers of the People,” or even the “Proclamation of the Word,” and compare the amount of time spent we do the talking compared to the amount ...
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St. Patrick's Day Morning Prayer Service
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Theology and Worship
A brief service of daily prayer in Lent that includes Celtic music and prayers of St. Patrick.
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Stations of the Cross service
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Theology and Worship
This multisensory, peripatetic service in the tradition of the stations of the cross includes scriptures appropriate for a Reformed church.
See related pages: Good Friday, Presbyterian Worship
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Statistics about the status of children
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Child Advocacy
Use these statistics on the status of children in your congregation's prayer station to recognize the Decade of the Child (2001-2011) as it concludes.
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Stop Torture, Protect Human Rights
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
An Order of Worship for Human Rights Day.
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Strategies for Pastors Concerning Children’s Messages For the Sunday after a Shooting
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Presbyterian Peacemaking Program
Use this document as a guide for responding to children on the Sunday after a shooting.
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