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This choral reading on Revelation 4 is adapted for 1 speaker and 3-4 singers.
This reading on Luke 24:13-35 is for 4 voices.
This readers' theatre on Matthew 18:21-35 is for 3 voices.
This choral reading on Matthew 13:1-23 is adapted for 3 voices, with percussion.
This choral reading on 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 is for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass, with spoken solos.
A showcase featuring some thoughtful resources that can help all who participate in worship through public speaking do so hospitably, succinctly, wisely, and with imagination.
Assigning different voices to different phrases can be an effective way to convey meaning in public scripture reading. This is known variously as choral reading, scripted scripture and enacted scripture.
This choral reading on 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2 is adapted for 4 voices.
This choral reading prayer is based on Psalm 87. It is arranged for SAB readers and has 4 solos.
This choral reading on 2 Corinthians 4:1-12 is adapted for 3 voices.
This is a tableaux script in 4 images for John 20:1-10.
On Good Friday, as congregations meditate on the betrayal, suffering, and death of Jesus, some liturgies call the Church to identify with those who judged, persecuted, mocked, and killed our Lord. This is a sobering reality, and appropriate. But, like many stories in the Bible, there are multiple implications within this narrative.
