Lighting The Advent Wreath (Years A, B, and C)
Richard J. Hull II
If you’re looking for a fresh way to make lighting the Advent wreath a meaningful and relevant part of the worship service, this is just what you need. Richard Hull has written brief conversational dialogues that relate the wisdom of the prophets fou...

Series VI, Cycle A
H. Burnham Kirkland
Preparing to lead a congregation in worship Sunday after Sunday can be a formidable and pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy worship planners will love this all-new edition of a favorite CSS reference. It's a handy, easy-to-use resource with several prayers and a worship theme relating to the assigned scriptural passages for every Sunday and major observance in Cycle A of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text there's a call to worship, an

Drama And Worship For Christmas Eve
Dennis M. Maurer
Six characters share their innermost thoughts about the nativity in a series of brief soliloquies that comes complete with an order of service for your worship planning. Characters are Caesar, Mary, Joseph, an angel, a shepherd, and God. This adaptab

Prayers And Worship Aids For The Church Year
H. Burnham Kirkland
Arranged according to the seasons of the church year, this volume presents several worship aids for every Sunday: a call to worship, and invocation, a ritual of friendship, an offertory sentence and prayer, a benediction, and a pastoral prayer. Each

Series VI, Cycle B
H. Burnham Kirkland
Preparing to lead a congregation in worship Sunday after Sunday is a formidable and pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy worship planners will love this all-new edition of a favorite CSS reference. It's a handy, easy-to-use resource...

Based On The Revised Common Lectionary For Years A, B, and C
Robert S. Jarboe
Just as the Lenten season reminds the Christian of Christ’s journey to the cross, the seven candles and the weekly extinguishing of each one enhances that long, soon-to-be dark journey. When the last candle is extinguished and the darkness seems to b...

Christmas Eve Candlelight And Holy Communion Service
Mary Lu Warstler
If you’re looking for a fresh new approach to telling the old, old story -- what better way to celebrate the Christmas message than to do it from the viewpoint of the angels? From the promise to Abraham to its fulfillment in Bethlehem, angels are a v...

A Midweek Lenten Series
Beth Huener
Five characters bear witness to a world-changing event that forces them right to the edge of faith in this series of midweek worship services for Lent, which also includes services for Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday. Each service con

A Resource For Pastors
Rolland R. Reece
Here is a resource for pastors, Sunday school teachers, or any church or worship leaders who need to pray on behalf of a congregation, class, or group, yet realize as the time draws near that they can't quite find the right words.

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Three Programs For The Season
Cynthia E. Cowen
Popular CSS author Cynthia Cowen returns with three more imaginative programs that will spice up the Advent/Christmas season for any size congregation. Prepare Your Heart For Christmas is a service of carols and reflections that's perfect for a midwe