A weekly worship planning book for pastors and musicians.An all-in-one resource that helps both the music director and pastor plan the worship services for each Sunday and holy day of the church year, the 2023-2024 edition Prepare! is lectionary based and places
everything at your fingertips:
- New theme index! Includes themes like: assurance, doubt, family, justice, prayer, temptation, and many more.
- Scripture Index.
- Calendar format that helps you plan the entire choir year, from September through August.
- Eight or more suggested hymns for each service keyed to 16 hymnals from at least 7 different denominations, including:
Africana Hymnal,
The Baptist Hymnal,
Chalice Hymnal (Disciples of Christ),
The Faith We Sing,
Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal,
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal),
Hymns for the Family of God,
Lutheran Book of Worship,
The Presbyterian Hymnal,
The New Century Hymnal (United Church of Christ),
Renew! Songs & Hymns for Blended Worship,
Songs for Praise and Worship Singalong Edition,
The United Methodist Hymnal,
Voices United,
Worship & Song, and
Worship III (Roman Catholic).
- Complete lectionary text of the Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle, and Gospel readings, using the Common English Bible translation.
- Reproducible worship planning forms.
- Resources for holidays and special days.
- Suggestions for prayers, solos, anthems, visuals, and much more.
Also available with New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) texts