Resources

These monthly study guides for worship committees deal with issues and Scripture passages that are relevant to your work as a worship leader, planner, or evaluator. We aim to provide some thoughts to spark your study and discussion, to point you to other resources that will be helpful, and to provide some questions for discussion. They are intended for approximately half-hour at the beginning of each meeting and are posted by the 1st of each month.

Season 2
With this lesson we begin the second twelve-month cycle of these lessons.

Season 1 included a series of twelve lessons that dealt with issues and topics of worship planning.

During this year we aim to provide lessons that focus specifically on each of the actions within the worship service. With the Scriptural pattern as our starting point, we will explore each part of the liturgy.

• Lesson 13 "Preparation for Worship" Psalm 15 and John 4:21-24
• Lesson 14 "The Opening of Worship" Psalm 95 and Acts 2:42-47
• Lesson 15 "The Service of Renewal in Grace" Psalm 32:1-11 and 1 John 1:8-10
• Lesson 16 "The Reading of Scripture" Nehemiah 8:1-6 and Luke 4:14-21
• Lesson 17 "Proclaiming the Word" Romans 10:14-18 and 2 Timothy 4:1-5
• Lesson 18 "Congregational Song" Psalm 96 and Colossians 3:15-17
• Lesson 19 "The Prayers of the People" 1 Chronicles 29:10-19 and 1 Timothy 2:1-8
• Lesson 20 "Affirmations and Professions" Psalm 116 and Philippians 2:5-11
• Lesson 21 "Responding in Praise and Thanks" Exodus 15:1-21 and Revelation 5:6-14
• Lesson 22 "The Service of Baptism" Matthew 28:16-20 and Romans 6:1-7
• Lesson 23 "The Service of the Lord's Supper" Matthew 26:17-30 and 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
• Lesson 24 "The Closing of Worship" Numbers 6:22-27 and 2 Corinthians 13:14