Planning for Rites and Rituals: A Resource for Episcopal Worship: Year B, 2017-2018

Planning for Rites and Rituals: A Resource for Episcopal Worship: Year B, 2017-2018

Planning for Rites and Rituals supports comprehensive week-by-week planning with content and ideas for liturgy and music, preaching, visuals, and liturgy as formation, all shaped by the Revised Common Lectionary, the Book of Common Prayer, and the church year for the assembly gathered around word and sacrament. A diverse group of close to 40 contributors from across the church has provided: WEEKLY HELPS Day and reading introductions Propers: Collect of the day, Scripture overviews (including both Track 1 and 2), Eucharistic preface, color of the season/day Prayers of the people for each Sunday and major feast day Exploration of images in the readings Ideas for approaching the day and its texts in preaching and worship Ideas for engaging all ages and making connections to faith in daily life Hymn suggestions Notes on commemorations of saints for midweek worship or study SEASONAL HELPS Seasonal introductions Ideas for deepening children, youth, and adults' engagement with worship and themes for the season Supplemental seasonal rites Audience: Worship planners and leaders, preachers, presiding ministers, worship committees, musicians, visual artists, sacristans and altar guilds, educators, and those who create congregational worship will find an indispensable companion.