General Liturgical Resources

All of the following resources refer to books that are part of the TWU Chapel collection.

Liturgical Year

Thanksgiving

• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Thanksgiving Readings #69-75.

Christ the King/Advent

• Cloth for the Cradle. Wild Goose Worship Group. Dramas, Prayers, Litanies, etc. pp 19-78.
• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Advent Readings – #1 – 12.
  

Christmas

• Cloth for the Cradle. Wild Goose Worship Group. Dramas, Prayers, Litanies, etc. pp 81-132.
• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Christmas & Epiphany Readings #13-23.

New Year

• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. New Year’s Readings #65-68.

Ash Wednesday & Lent

• Stages on the Way. Wild Goose Worship Group. Prayers, Dramas, Litanies, etc. pp 19-77.
• Anderson, Richard. Living Lenten Portraits: Nine Dramatic Monologs. St. Louis : Concordia, 1971.
  (Isaiah, Bartimaeus, John the Baptist, Matthew, Caiaphas, Paul, Judas, Pilate, Cleopas.)
• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Lent Readings #24-37.
  

Palm Sunday

• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Palm Sunday Reading #38.

Holy Week

• Stages on the Way. Wild Goose Worship Group. Prayers, Dramas, Litanies, etc. pp 81-124.
• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Holy Week Readings #39-44.

Good Friday/Holy Saturday

• Stages on the Way. Wild Goose Worship Group. Prayers, Dramas, Litanies, etc. pp 125-178.

Easter Sunday

• Stages on the Way. Wild Goose Worship Group. Prayers, Dramas, Litanies, etc. pp 181-216.
• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Easter Readings #45-52.

Ascension

• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Ascension Readings #53-54.

Pentecost

• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Pentecost Readings #55-60.

Mission

• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Missions Readings #77-80.

General Themes

Celebrating Communion

• A Wee Worship Book. Wild Goose Worship Group.
• Liturgy for Holy Communion A, B. pp 80-102.
• Iona Abbey Worship Book. Iona Community. 
• Celebration of Communion, pp 30-56.
• Evening Service of Communion, pp 111-122.
  

Confession and Repentance

• Seerveld, Calvin. Voicing God’s Psalms. Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, 2005. Audio CD included.
• Part 4: Repentance and Forgiveness – Psalm 6, 32, 38, 51, 130
  

Healing

• A Wee Worship Book. Wild Goose Worship Group.
• Liturgy for a service of healing, pp 103-109.
• Iona Abbey Worship Book. Iona Community.
• Service of Prayer for Healing, pp 88-97.
  

Jesus: His Person

• Present on Earth. Wild Goose Worship Group. Prayers, Dramas, Litanies, etc. pp 17-65.

Jesus: His Disciples

• Present on Earth. Wild Goose Worship Group. Prayers, Dramas, Litanies, etc. pp 69-157.

Jesus: His Teaching

• Present on Earth. Wild Goose Worship Group. Prayers, Dramas, Litanies, etc. pp 161-237.

Justice

• Words for Worship. Ed. Arlene Mark. Herald Press, 1996. Peace and Justice Readings #81-87.
• Iona Abbey Worship Book. Iona Community.
• Service of Prayer for Justice and Peace, pp 71-87.
• Afternoon Prayers for Justice and Peace, pp 149-163.
  

Lament

• Seerveld, Calvin. Voicing God’s Psalms. Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, 2005. Audio CD included.
• Part 3: Enemies – Psalm 3, 5, 22, Job 19, Congregational Lament
• Part 5: Wrestling with the Lord – Psalm 13, 25, 39, 42-43, 86, 139

Psalms

• Seerveld, Calvin. Voicing God’s Psalms. Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, 2005. Audio CD included.
• Part 1: Torah – Psalm 1, 8, 19, Matthew 5, Galatians 5-6.
• Part 2: Melchizedek – Psalm 2, 110, 115, Ecclesiastes 3, James 3.
• Part 3: Enemies – Psalm 3, 5, 22, Job 19, Congregational Lament
• Part 4: Repentance and Forgiveness – Psalm 6, 32, 38, 51, 130
• Part 5: Wrestling with the Lord – Psalm 13, 25, 39, 42-43, 86, 139
• Part 6: Comfort – Psalm 23, 90, 91, John 3
• Part 7: Trusting God – Psalm 30, 56, 62, 92, 116, Jonah 2
• Part 8: God-Promises – 1 Sam 2, Hannah’s Song, Psalm 34, 81, 141, Judges 5, Isaiah 11
• Part 9: Hallelujah! – Psalm 103, 126, 148, 150
• Brandt, Leslie, F. Psalms/Now. St. Louis : Concordia, 1973. A personal and contemporary resetting of all 150 psalms.
  

Ten Commandments

• Seerveld, Calvin. Voicing God’s Psalms. Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, 2005. Audio CD included.
• Part 1: Torah – Psalm 1, 8, 19, Matthew 5, Galatians 5-6.
  

Other Sources