The indispensable guide to curating resources for worship in the Episcopal Church. Newly revised and reorganized, this guide to liturgical planning in the Episcopal Church is organized around the seasons of the church year and the cycle of Sunday readings in the revised common lectionary. Structured as a series of three volumes—one for each year in the lectionary cycle—Planning for Rites and Rituals includes guidance for making seasonal choices among the church’s authorized worship resources, brief commentary on each Sunday’s readings, guidance in approaching the Prayers of the People, and suggestions for observing commemorations from the church’s calendar. New introductory material suggests approaches to curating liturgical resources. New editor Andrew Wright has applied his years of experience in planning liturgy at parishes across the Episcopal Church and mentoring clergy to this revision. Including contributions from throughout the church, this volume offers clergy and lay liturgical planners a framework for planning throughout the church year.

A practical guidebook for creating and conducting public rituals that that unify, inspire and fulfil their intended purposes.

Fully revised and expanded, this new work is the first major revision of the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church in more than 40 years! It is the official revision of Lesser Feasts and Fasts and authorized by the 2009 General Convention. All commemorations in Lesser Feasts and Fasts have been retained, and many new ones added. Three scripture readings (instead of current two) are provided for all minor holy days. Additional new material includes a votive mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, many more ecumenical commemorations, plus a proper for space exploration. For years the oft revised volume, Lesser Feasts and Fasts (LFF), has served parishes and individuals mark part of the holiness of each day by providing Scripture readings, a collect, a Eucharistic preface, and a narrative about those remembered on the church's calendar that day whose lives have witnessed to the grace of God. Holy Women, Holy Men (HWHM) is a major effort to revise, but also to expand and enrich LFF. Where LFF provided two readings (gospel and other New Testament) plus a psalm, HWHM adds an Old Testament citation. Where LFF was limited to few non-Anglicans in the post-reformation period (and few non-Episcopalians after 1789), HWHM dramatically broadens appreciation for other Christians and their traditions. Over-emphasis on clergy is redressed by additional laity, males by females, and "in-church" activities by contributions well beyond the workings of institutional agendas. These almost daily commemorations occupy over 600 of the book's 785 pages, by far the lion's share of its content. Remaining sections address: principles of revision and guides for future revision; liturgical propers for seasons (Advent/Christmas, Lent, and Easter); and new propers for a miscellany of propers usable with individuals (or events) not officially listed in the formal calendar. Two cycles of propers for daily Eucharist are also included, one covering a six week period, the other a two year cycle.

- All-in-one liturgical season planner for worship - Advent 1 2018 through Christ the King Sunday 2019 Planning for Rites and Rituals is the indispensable companion for worship planning for the Episcopal Church, following the three-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle and the church calendar. Presiders and preachers, worship team leaders, musicians, Christian educators, sacristans, and altar guilds will find this to be the perfect resource, putting all the elements for planning worship and seasonal observances in one handy volume. SEASONAL HELPS for each season of the Christian year: - Introductions and approaches to preparing liturgies for the season - Ideas for creating an environment appropriate to the season - Rites, blessings, prayers, and litanies for the season - Pageants and festivals for notable days - Seasonal checklist WEEKLY HELPS for every Sunday and feast day of the church year: - Introductions to the day: overview, color, preface, collect - Summary of the readings and psalm, including both lectionary tracks - Inclusive intercessions for the Prayers of the People - Ideas for the day for worship and formation - Hymn suggestions for the day from The Hymnal 1982; Wonder, Love, and Praise; and Lift Every Voice and Sing II

- All-in-one liturgical season planner for worship - Advent 1 2017 through Christ the King Sunday 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

Lesser Feasts and Fasts had not been updated since 2006. This updated edition, adopted at the 79th General Convention (resolution A065), fills that need. Biographies and collects associated with those included within the volume have been updated; a deliberate effort has been made to more closely balance the men and women represented within its pages.

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