Sundays and Seasons: Guide to Worship Planning, Year C
2016
Sheet Music

SKU: AU.9781451425772

2016. This edition: paperback. Worship planner. 336 pages. Published by Augsburg Fortress (AU.9781451425772).

8.5 x 11 inches.

Sundays and Seasons supports comprehensive week-by-week planning with content and ideas for liturgy and music, preaching and visuals, shaped by the Revised Common Lectionary, the church year, and the assembly gathered around word and sacrament.

Worship planners and leaders, preachers, presiding ministers, worship committees, musicians, visual artists, sacristans and altar guilds, and those who create congregational worship folders, will find an indispensable companion in Sundays and Seasons as they prepare for worship each week.

A diverse group of more than 50 contributors from across the church has provided:

WEEKLY HELPS

* Day and reading introductions
* Propers: prayer of the day, gospel acclamation, scripture texts, preface, color
* Examples of prayers of intercession for each Sunday and major festival
* Exploration of images in the readings
* Ideas for approaching the day and its texts in preaching and worship
* Ideas for deepening children's engagement with worship
* Assembly song suggestions from a variety of resources in a wide range of musical styles
* Choral, children's choir, keyboard/instrumental, and handbell recommendations
* Notes on commemorations


SEASONAL HELPS

* Seasonal introductions
* Reproducible worship texts for the seasons
* Reproducible rites for days and occasions


AND MORE

* Introduction to the year of Luke
* Reflections on an extended Advent
* The treasure of the Revised Common Lectionary
* Extensive bibliography.