Liturgy and worship aids
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Worship Guide on Trade and Globalization (Color Version)
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Enough for Everyone
Everything you need to raise critical issues and encourage Christian discipleship in a globalized world, including a complete order of worship, Bible readings, theological reflection, sermon ideas, children's activities, prayers and songs, stories of people affected by economic globalization and more.
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Worship Guide on Trade and Globalization (Black and White Version)
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Enough for Everyone
Everything you need to raise critical issues and encourage Christian discipleship in a globalized world, including a complete order of worship, Bible readings, theological reflection, sermon ideas, children's activities, prayers and songs, stories of people affected by economic globalization and more.
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Commissioning of a Lay Pastor service of worship
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Commissioned Ruling Elders
Description on how to perform the service for commissioning a lay pastor.
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Worship Guide on Trade and Globalization
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Presbyterian Hunger Program
This worship guide includes a complete order of service about trade justice, which can be used in full or in part. Originally designed for the 2005 Global Week of Action but can be used any time.
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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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The Christian Year coloring chart
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Call to Worship
The Christian year is shaped by the life of Christ. In keeping the Sundays, festivals, and seasons of the liturgical calendar, we seek to live Christ-shaped lives, marking our time by the measure of his grace and patterning our days after his faithfulness and love. This coloring chart — especially engaging for children and youth, but appropriate for people of all ages — is offered as a resource for teaching about the shape and seasons of the Christian year.
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Liturgical Index of Commonly Used Praise Songs
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Call to Worship
The index by Kati Salmons was compiled from information supplied by Church Copyright License International (CCLI) from church reports of copy activity during 2008–2009. We hope this list will supply you with many new songs, though it is not intended to be a resource for the newest songs for “contemporary worship.” This list does demonstrate, however, what praise songs have been sung in the past year in cross-denominational congregations. The index supplies suggestions for how we, as Reformed worshipers, might successfully use praise songs as a part of our liturgy.
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Sample of lectionary aids for the First Sunday of Advent, Year B
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Call to Worship
The electronic Lectionary Aids, 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 ...
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Prayers for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Interfaith Relations
Helpful prayers from Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders of the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East.
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Liturgy for Presbytery Celebrations of the Lord's Supper
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Shared Celebration
This eucharistic liturgy is commended for use in presbytery celebrations of the Lord’s Supper.