Worship Planning Resources for the New Year

November - December 2008

 

The new cycle of worship planning resources for the church year 2008-2009 is now available from Augsburg Fortress at www.augsburgfortress.org.

  • Worship Planning for the New YearSundays and Seasons 2009, Year B, follows the readings from the Revised Common Lectionary to enrich worship preparation with a variety of seasonal and weekly reflections, prayers of intercession, music suggestions and more. (ISBN 9780806671239, $29-35)
     
  • SundaysandSeasons.com is a subscription-based online resource that offers a wide variety of electronic worship planning resources.
     
  • The Worship Planning Calendar 2009, Year B, serves as a planning guide, appointment calendar and guide to daily prayer. (ISBN 9780806671246, $20)
     
  • Words for Worship 2009, Year B, CD-ROM edition, contains texts and graphics with content from Evangelical Lutheran Worship. It also includes week-to-week elements from Lectionary for Worship Year B, Revised Common Lectionary; Sundays and Seasons 2009; and the Psalter for Worship Year B. (ISBN 9780806671291, $199)
     
  • Psalm Settings for the Church Year includes newly composed settings of all the psalms used in the Revised Common Lectionary in a variety of styles. This resource supplements the more standard psalm refrains and tones found in the Psalter for Worship. Styles represented include responsorial, hymnic, Anglican chant and through-composed (not repetitive).  This volume includes a CD-ROM with congregational parts. Choral parts for Psalm Settings for the Church Year are available on the Web at www.augsburgfortress.org (ISBN 9780800678562, $45).