Worship & Liturgy

Plan and lead meaningful worship experiences, incorporating creative elements and local context to engage diverse congregations.

Prayers for Southern People: Poems and Prayers for Christian Worship and Devotions

About the Book

Lay preachers, clergy and worship leaders, are you looking for new prayers and liturgy to refresh your worship and engage your congregations?

Do you want worship-tested liturgy that honours southern hemisphere seasons?

Does your congregation enjoy responsive prayers?

Then this extensive collection of new material by a longstanding New Zealand Lay Preacher is just what you need.  Many types of liturgy are included:

  • Opening / Gathering
  • Candle lighting
  • Praise / Thanksgiving
  • Intercession
  • Confession
  • Illumination
  • Offering dedication
  • Blessing
  • Commissioning
  • Meditation

The 326 entries are divided into three parts:

  • The Liturgical Year
  • The Season of Creation
  • Social Themes

To help you easily find the best liturgy for your next service, the book includes a comprehensive Table of Contents and a full Scripture Index.

 

Worship Outside the Box blog

A weekly blog of Creative Ideas for Leading Worship

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 About the Blog

For me, creativity is the key to leading satisfying, effective services.

I’m a Methodist Lay Preacher. Our denomination does not have a set liturgy that worship leaders must follow for ordinary services, so I have a lot of freedom to design the content of services I lead.

Other churches will have approved liturgy from which worship leaders make selections.

Even if the rest of the service follows a standard format, the Children’s Talk / Story time, our Sermon / Reflection / Homily and our choice of hymns, songs and music offer worship leaders opportunities to be creative and try something new.

Each week in Worship Outside the Box I will share a creative idea for a worship activity or ideas about worship and preaching. 

I’ll include links to free online resources and, where appropriate, recommend related books and digital titles that you can order from us.

 

Nga mihi
Philip

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