Tag: liturgy

The Acolyte: Lighting The Fires Of Worship

When I was an acolyte as a child in my small United Methodist church in Pennsylvania, I had the privilege of lighting the altar candles that begin the worship service. Our cherubic faces would gleam as our pastor lit the wicks of our acolyte rods

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New Year Community Prayer Free PDF

Blog friends, Looking through the lens of Advent and Christmas worship, we see the coming of the New Year. We’ve prepared a “turning of the times” gift for our e-resource and blog friends, and their worshipping communities. It is a prayer meant to be read

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Incarnation: An Advent And Christmas Responsive Reading

Here is a sample from our Advent/Christmas responsive reading for worshipping communities, called Incarnation. The full version, and fully designed PDF can be purchased here for printing (small fee), but this is a sample below. Hope my friends don’t mind if I ask for the

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