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Worship

Webinars, Podcasts

  • A Year With Matthew (4 webinars), Purpose is to help worship planners prepare worship Advent through Transfiguration; focus is on Matthew, connection to church’s Matthew 25 vision: Webinar #1

  • A Messy Church for a Messy World, PRC webinar, 3/2022 recorded webinar – Messy Church is a global movement that focuses on a way to be church for all-ages together to engage in faith formative activities celebrating the centrality of the love of Jesus Christ.

  • Metamorphosis Moment, a free webinar on worship design for these times, Dr. Marcia Mcfee & Worship Design Studio

Articles, Resource Pages

  • New PC(USA) resources on presiding at the: 

Opportunities

  • Spirit-Led Teamwork: The Art of Worship Planning, March 14–15, 2025, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis – Join the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ North Central Region for an inspiring workshop focused on collaborative worship planning in preparation for Pentecost, designed for clergy, musicians and church leaders. Attendees will engage in interactive sessions, connect with others, and participate in prayer and worship, all aimed at rejuvenating you before the busy Holy Week and Easter. Leave with fresh ideas and practical tools for enhancing collaboration and communication in your worship planning process, $

Children in Worship

  • Word to Worship, find contemporary worship songs based on scripture using the revised common lectionary

Suggested Resources

  • The Art of Neighboring, A Six-Week Series Exploring the Greatest Commandment, book by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon, 2012 – they have also created a six-week sermon series with music and artwork to go with it

  • com, free worship resources from PC(USA) pastor, Carol Holbrook Prickett

  • How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon ($13.49) by Frank A. Thomas, introduction by William J. Barber II: This book is laid out to be helpful for preachers working on sermons during difficult times. Mainly the author explores the idea of “moral imagination and diabolic imagination” and lays the groundwork for prophetic preaching. In addition, the author explores several speeches and sermons by Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Prathia L. Hall. The goal is to help a preacher or leader develop their own voice in this area.

  • Finding Words for Worship: A Guide for Leaders ($25) by Ruth C. Duck – If you are working on writing your own liturgy, this book would be very helpful. Instead of liturgy already written out, this book teaches how to find your voice in designing liturgy for worship services. Though published in 1995, the information is not outdated and can be adapted to the times we live in. The author takes a leader seeking to write their own liturgy through the process including the process itself, finding images to help, and the different forms of prayers. The final chapter focuses on “Bringing It All Together.” This work could be used by individuals seeking to write their own liturgy or read separately and then used by a worship team to craft a service together.

  • Reinventing Worship: Prayers, Readings, Special Services and More ($15) by Brad Berglund – This book starts with laying out the importance of leading worship and working as a team. The author explains how working together to lead worship develops less into a committee and more into a connected team (p. 2). The author takes time to explore each part of worship, including praying, lamenting, responding, and going forth. Then there are several good examples for a worship team to explore and figure out what may work best for their congregation. In the back of the book, the multiple contributors are listed, which would be helpful for team building and continuing to find new resources

  • Touch Holiness: Resources for Worship ($18) edited by Ruth C. Duck and Maren C. Tirabassi – The editors of Touch Holiness are both well known in the field of liturgical resources. Although this book was written a while ago, the resources are still quite helpful.

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