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Worship
United Methodist servant-leaders often need references and need to know where to find information about their area of service. This page contains links to resources related to Worship.
On this page:
Worship - General
- Advent worship planning and resources
- Altar decorations - photos of past altars at APUMC
- The Arts in Worship
- Call to Worship
- Celebrating our United Methodist History
- Children in Worship
- Children's Sabbath resources (GBOD)
- The Christian year
- Contemporary Worship forum
- The "Emerging Church"
- No two "emergent" congregations are alike
- Contemplative services
- Epiphany resources (GBOD)
- Ethnic resources
- Golden Cross Sunday materials (some free)
- Holy days and holidays
- How to lead a lousy Worship service
- Lectionary Planning Helps (GBOD) - new 8/18/2011
- Multimedia worship
- One Great Hour of Sharing
- Other technology & online resources
- Prolonged adulthood impacting religious attendance among youngest adults
- Ready Resources (GBOD)
- Revised common lectionary - with links to worship planning and preaching resources - GBOD
- Service Builder
- Sites devoted to Worship and liturgy
- Special Sundays
- Special Sundays - Talking Points
- Symbols in Worship
- UMCOR Worship resources
- Worship Builder (at WorshipConnection, a Cokesbury resource)
- Worship (GBOD) - updated new 8/18/2011
- Worship Planning - Contemporary (GBOD) - new 8/18/2011
- Worship Planning - Emerging (GBOD) - new 8/18/2011
- Worship Planning - Taize (GBOD) - new 8/18/2011
- Worship Resources online
- "You shall not worship me in this way" (Christianity Today)
- Youth in Worship
Music
- Free music for worship
- Global Praise (GBOD)
- Lectionary Hymns, 2008
- Music Leader resources (GBOD) - new 8/18/2011
- Music resources (GBOD)
- Worship and Song (hymnal supplement) (PDF) - new 8/18/2011
- Worship Planning - music (GBOD)
- Worship Songs -- Shawnee Press
- Expressivo (Shawnee Press monthly newsletter for musicians)
- Word Music
For Pastors
- Advent Resources
- Circuit Rider magazine
- DesperatePreacher.com
- Earth Day sample sermons
- iPreach (available from Cokesbury.com)
- Lumicon - Lectionary Resources and ideas
- Ministry Toolbox
- Pastor Resources (GBOD) - new 8/18/2011
- Preaching (GBOD)
- PreachingToday.com
- Revised Common Lectionary - commentaries (Anglican)
- SermonConnection.com (subscription from Cokesbury)
- Sermon Illustrations
- Sermons (Lectionary.org)
- Sermon Search - free email newsletters
- The [Lectionary] Text This Week - study aids
- Worship Builder (at Worship Connection, Cokesbury)
- Worship Services (free, from Cokesbury)
