Resource Library

Recovering the “Lost Art of Lament” in Worship

Worship that is faithful to the whole Bible must include lament. A worship renewal grant on making lament a normal part of worship brought together eight churches in metro Birmingham, Alabama. It yielded ideas and practices that can be adapted to any church tradition and context.

Karen Campbell on Considering Lament: Psalms of Protest, Pain and Hope

Technically, the Troubles in Northern Ireland ended in 1998. But just as trauma didn’t end after the passage of the US Civil Rights Act or the work of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, pain still lingers in Northern Ireland. Karen and David Campbell composed a new set of lament songs to help Christians voice protest, pain, and hope during worship.

Epiphany Resource Guide

Experiencing God’s Presence Within Our Work

Mission Chattanooga, an Anglican church in Tennessee, did a grant project that helped workers narrate their experiences in prayers and liturgy. Gathering with people from their vocational fields helped them tune their hearts to experience God in the workplace. You can use and adapt their curriculum to your context.

Customizable Template for a Vocational Commissioning Service

Most of us spend more time at work than in corporate worship services. Imagine how meaningful it might be to attend a worship service that blesses your vocational field! It would commission you to renew before God and one another your commitment to serve and love neighbors through your work. 

Kathryn Roelofs on Leading Worship for Workers

God cares about workers. But even though work takes up so much of our lives, most church services rarely talk about it. Leading Worship for Workers gives practical ideas to help churches connect Sunday worship to the everyday work lives of their people.

The Geography of Worship

An annotated research guide from the field of geography, exploring the relevance of place, space, and human/environment interactions for the study of worship practices.

Temporada de Resurrección: El bien triunfa sobre el mal

Este mes presentamos una serie de reflexiones sobre los Salmos en el calendario litúrgico cristiano para mayo de 2026, destacando el tema de la temporada de Resurrección bajo el lema: "El bien triunfa sobre el mal". La vida es más poderosa que la muerte. Cada uno de los salmos para este mes, manifiesta que la presencia de Dios en nuestra vida es la clave de la victoria ante los poderes del mal y de la muerte.

Easter Season 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.

HyeRan Kim-Cragg and Mona Tokarek LaFosse on Trauma-Informed Worship

Christians often talk about being one body in Christ, but migrants often struggle to feel that oneness in the Spirit. Some international doctoral students, all migrants to Canada, created liturgies that help recognize and heal trauma. 

Isaac Wardell on Bringing Work into Worship

Daily work, paid and unpaid, consumes our lives, energy, and minds—even when we are in church. Here are ways to plan worship so people see themselves and their work as instruments of God.

Temporada de Resurrección: Nueva vida para otro mundo posible

El documento analiza el significado de los Salmos en el calendario litúrgico cristiano, centrándose en su significado durante la temporada de Resurrección. Se destaca cómo estos salmos celebran nuestro éxodo de Egipto y así simbolizan la victoria de Dios ante las fuerzas del mal y la muerte, con la resurrección de Jesús.