Additional Lectionary Planning Help Resources



The Africana Worship Book, Year B 
This is especially keyed for year B, and it is also arranged topically. It provides outstanding interactive worship resources for any congregation. See also The Africana Worship Book, Year C and The Africana Worship Book, Year A

 

And Also With You (Year B) on DVD, contains prayers, litanies, artwork, Psalm responses based on familiar hymn tunes.

Lift Up Your Hearts (Year B) is a new and expanded resource containing Great Thanksgivings for every Sunday and major feast day of the Christian Year keyed to the Revised Common Lectionary.  

Living into the Mystery: A United Methodist Guide for Celebrating Holy Communion
a guidebook and a study guide for worship leaders and congregations to deepen the integrity and enrich the practices of celebrating Holy Communion in their setting.

The Worship Workshop. Marcia McFee's guidebook for worship planning teams committed to creating worship with deep integrity and creativity.

The United Methodist Music & Worship Planner, 2011-2012
by David Bone and Mary Scifres is a very helpful resource for worship planners.

Abingdon Preaching Annual 2012
contains preaching helps, calls to worship, and prayer helps.

Abingdon Worship Annual 2012

Revised Common Lectionary Prayers proposed by the Consultation on Common Texts (Augsburg Fortress, 2002).

The Faith We Sing

Gathering: Resources for Worship Planners
comprehensive, lectionary-based worship publication of the United Church of Canada, published three times per year.

Intercessions for the Christian People
provides a set of bidding prayers (Prayers of the People) for each Sunday of the Christian Year, keyed to the lectionary as used by the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and Lutheran (ELCA) churches which are usually identical to the "generic" version of the lectionary used in The United Methodist Church. This resource allows the congregation not only to hear the Scriptures, but to pray with them. It can also be viewed prior to purchase via Google Book Search by typing in "Intercessions for the Christian People."

Liturgy
quarterly journal from The Liturgical Conference, is a collection of essays and artwork exploring fundamental issues in worship planning and design and providing resources for worship from all over the Christian world, Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox.

If you and your church make frequent use of The United Methodist Book of Worship, particularly if you put texts in the bulletin or project them, consider purchasing it on CDRom.

 

Sample Planning Sheets

Contemporary (Mosaic) Worship Planning Worksheet (PDF)

Word and Table Worship Planning Worksheet (PDF)

 

Preaching and Worship Quarterly Planning Worksheet (PDF)

 

Preaching and Worship Quarterly Planning Worksheet (Word)

 

 

 

 

 

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