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¡Consideren bien esto! (Fil 4:8)

El segundo timpo ordinario (julio y agosto) del año Cristiano y el calendario litúrgico.

Article | July 30, 2024

Robert Feduccia on the CCLI Song Select Liturgy Section

Churches around the world seek permission to use contemporary worship music from Christian Copyright Licensing, Inc., or CCLI. Late in 2018, CCLI Song Select quietly introduced a liturgical section to help churches select contemporary music that fits the classic ordo, the four-fold pattern of worship. Robert Feduccia explains why.

Conversation | May 21, 2024

Epiphany Resource Guide

An index of resources and tips for planning worship for Epiphany.

Resource Guide | December 01, 2023

Advent and Christmas Resource Guide

This is a guide to Advent and Christmas worship planning resources from our website and our ministry partners' websites.

Resource Guide | November 13, 2023

Ascension Resource Guide

This list of Ascension Day resources, including songs, reflections, visual arts, and readings, will help you plan worship for Ascension Day, traditionally celebrated 40 days after Easter. Ascension Day worship services celebrate Jesus Christ ascending into heaven after giving his disciples the Great Commission.

Resource Guide | May 03, 2023

Pentecost Resource Guide

This list of Pentecost resources, including hymns, songs, visual arts, books, and sermon ideas, will help you plan worship for Pentecost Sunday, traditionally celebrated 50 days after Easter. Pentecost celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit on Jesus’ disciples, marked by a strong wind, tongues of fire, and manifested in the disciples’ speaking in foreign languages.

Resource Guide | April 28, 2023

Holy Week Resource Guide

This list of Holy Week resources—art, music, devotions, liturgies, books, and sermons—will help you plan worship for Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday and ending with Triduum, the three days that mark Jesus’ trial, death, and resurrection, from the evening of Maundy Thursday through Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter morning.

Resource Guide | March 14, 2023

Jonathan A. Powers on Teaching Hymns Appropriate to Context

If your congregation experiences hymn singing as dull and lifeless, then try Jonathan A. Powers’ advice on finding, introducing, and teaching hymns that will resonate with your worshiping community.

Conversation | March 06, 2023

Christ the King Sunday Worship Planning

Marking the kingship of Christ makes a healthy transition that leads directly from Ordinary Time into Advent, the Christmas cycle, and the remainder of the Christian year.

Article | November 17, 2021

Top Songs for Pentecost

Six pastors and church musicians list their top songs for Pentecost. You can find most of these songs on Hymnary.org or YouTube.

Article | May 20, 2021

Introducing Lent: A Season of Preparation and Repentance

Through deliberate forms of self-denial, Christians in Lent open their hearts to the self-giving grace of Jesus Christ and their own union with Christ.

Reflection | March 06, 2017

Church Year Visual Art: A Q&A with Deborah Sokolove

Artist, writer and teacher Deborah Sokolove shares images of liturgical visual arts that don’t need words to help worshipers experience the Christian church’s calendar cycle.

Conversation | May 27, 2016

How Churches Link Art, Faith and Life

People who know how to make beautiful things with their hands are being welcomed to use their God-given gifts in worship and congregational life.

Feature Story | October 02, 2014

Taka Ashida on Worshiping with the Christian Year

Taka Ashida describes why he recommends worshiping with the Christian Year.

Conversation | October 04, 2013

Kevin Soodsma on Worshiping with the Christian Year

Kevin Soodsma describes why he recommends worshiping with the Christian Year.

Conversation | October 03, 2013

Worshiping with the Christian Year: A Primer

This material helps people who know something of the Christian Year, yet have questions about it, and wonder what the benefits might be of considering it more seriously.

Article | October 03, 2013

Howard Vanderwell on Worshiping with the Christian Year

In this edited conversation, Howard Vanderwell describes experiences that led him to create a primer on worshiping with the Christian Year.

Conversation | October 03, 2013

Lift Up Your Hearts: Revised Common Lectionary Index

Lectionary-based hymn suggestions

Article | August 08, 2013

Thanksgiving Resource Guide

Thanksgiving celebrations were an important part of the people's worship before God. Throughout history, worshiping communities have set aside certain times and days as events of special thanksgiving to God.

Resource Guide | September 14, 2012

Easter Resource Guide

This list of Eastertide resources—including art, music, drama, devotions, liturgies, books, and sermons for the "Great Fifty Days" from Easter Sunday to Pentecost—will help you plan worship to celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection.

Resource Guide | April 05, 2011