MUSIC & WORSHIP PLANNERS NEW Prepare! 2017–2018: An Ecumenical Music & Worship Planner,* by David L. Bone and Mary J. Scifres. An all-in-one resource that helps both the music director and pastor plan the worship services for each Sunday and holy day of the year, the 20172018 edition of Prepare! is lectionary-based and places everything at your fingertips. Features a calendar format that helps you plan the entire choir year, from September through August, with eight or more suggested hymns for each service keyed to 16 hymnals from at least 7 different denominations. Contains the complete lectionary text of the Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle, and Gospel readings. Includes reproducible worship planning forms, resources for holidays and special days, and suggestions for prayers, solos, anthems, visuals, and much more. Abingdon Press. Coming in April. 9781501834288 9781501839092
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NEW The Abingdon Worship Annual 2017: Worship Planning Resources for Every Sunday of the Year,* by Mary J. Scifres and B. J. Beu, editors. Offers fresh worship planning resources for pastors and worship leaders. Using a theme idea based on the lectionary readings, each week’s offering of prayers and litanies follows a basic pattern of Christian worship: Invitation and Gathering, Proclamation and Response, Thanksgiving and Communion, and Sending Forth. Alternative ideas for Praise Sentences and Contemporary Gathering Words are offered for those who work in contemporary worship settings. Searchable online extras, along with the entire print text in PDF format for ease of navigation and use, are available with the purchase of the print resource. Abingdon Press. 9781501810930
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Meditations for Choir Members, by Nancy Roth. Explores how music can become part of one’s spiritual journey. Created to meet the needs of pastors and church staff seeking gifts of appreciation for church members such as LEMs, lay members, choir and vestry members, and others. Offers support, guidance, and education. Meditations are based on quotations from the Bible, The Book of Common Prayer, and hymns from the 1982 Hymnal. Designed with the church budget in mind, this affordable book acknowledges important passages and ministries in the life of the people of God. Morehouse Publishing. 9780819217790
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