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NELSON’S ANNUAL PRE ACHER’S SOURCEBOOK
ABOUT THE 2012 WORSHIP SERVICES This section of the 2012 Preacher’s Sourcebook includes fifty-six separate orders of worship: one for each of the fifty-three calendar Sundays for 2012, two Christmas Eve services, and a service for baby dedication. Included are suggestions of choice songs for worship, an order of worship, time for greeting, time for prayer, and appropriate scriptures for almost every week of the year.
Format The format varies for each service order. Each service can be used independently according to need or in its entirety as one service. Six elements are included with each worship service: (1) each worship service has an opening song, Scripture, or call to worship; (2) included with each service is a song or worship set to be used during a welcome or time of greeting; (3) each service includes a time for intercessional prayer, followed by a song or worship set; (4) an invitation or call for response is included with each service; (5) each service includes a song or worship set to be used during the time of offering or worship through giving; and (6) each order includes an optional concluding song to be sung after the benediction.
Song Selections Song selections for the worship services do not follow any particular stylistic preference, be it either contemporary or traditional. Rather, worship services are designed according to the Scriptural idea, theme, or subject. Most songs selected for use are taken from a list of well known hymns and gospel songs, and these songs are songs of encouragement, theology, invitation, dedication, or faith. Stylistically, every effort is taken to make the services practical and broad enough for use by the entire evangelical community.
Scripture Readings Scripture readings are written for use by small reader’s theatre teams or the congregation with the worship pastor. A variety of Biblical translations and paraphrases are identified as follows: kjv (King James Version); ncv (New Century Version); nlt (New Living Translation); nasb (New American Stan-
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