Worship Sourcebook, The

by Brink, Emily, and John Witvliet , eds.

• ISBN13: 9780801091728
• ISBN10: 0801091721
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Baker Books

Summary

It can be difficult to find fresh, new resources for the traditional church's worship-planning needs. Every new book and resource seems to have a contemporary spin on it. So what is a traditional church to do? The Worship Sourcebook is the newest and most substantial resource available for the traditional or liturgical church's worship service needs. Filled with beautiful prepared prayers, stirring liturgies, and useful service plans, The Worship Sourcebook is an essential tool for any church looking to freshen up its resources without changing its worship style. The companion CD contains the entire text of the 800-page book for easy cutting and pasting into bulletins, overheads, and orders of worship. The Worship Sourcebook is a global resource aimed at evangelical churches open to prepared prayers and service plans in their worship planning.

Author Biography

Emily R. Brink is the editor of Reformed Worship and a senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.John D, Witvliet is director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and associate professor of music and worship at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also teaches in the religion department at Calvin College.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 15
The practice of Christian worship	p. 15
The worship sourcebook : a contemporary experiment based on classical models	p. 28
Using the worship sourcebook	p. 36
Elements of the worship service	p. 43
Opening of worship	p. 45
Confession and assurance	p. 81
Proclaiming the word	p. 139
Prayers of the people	p. 173
Offering	p. 235
Baptism	p. 249
Profession of faith and remembrance of baptism	p. 283
The Lord's supper	p. 305
Closing of worship	p. 351
Central themes of the Christian faith	p. 369
Creation	p. 371
Providence	p. 389
Thanksgiving	p. 399
Advent	p. 421
Christmas	p. 465
Epiphany	p. 493
Baptism of our Lord	p. 519
Transfiguration	p. 531
Ash Wednesday	p. 541
Lent	p. 551
Passion/Palm Sunday	p. 581
Maundy Thursday	p. 593
Good Friday	p. 605
Easter	p. 625
Ascension of our Lord	p. 655
Christ the king	p. 673
Pentecost	p. 687
Trinity Sunday	p. 713
Unity of the church	p. 727
Communion of the saints	p. 747
Worship evaluation forms	p. 763
Index : central themes in statements of faith	p. 821
Index : the Revised common lectionary	p. 823
Index : dates in the liturgical calendar	p. 831
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