General guidelines on Reformed worship. The Office of Theology and Worship has put together resources for a mini-course on worship that can be used for Commissioned Ruling Elder education, study for worship ordination exams, elder education, and/or a Christian education course on worship. See the full collection of these resources.
Order of worship drawn from the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other sources.
Call to Worship, prayers and hymns to be used by congregations for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day worship service.
Use these resources to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day and to celebrate his life and work.
- Martin Luther Jr. King Day liturgy
- A Litany on the Tragedy of Gun Violence
- Excerpts from the 13th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Presbyterian Center, 2007
- Journeying Toward the Promised Land
- Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Reflections
The traditional period in the northern hemisphere for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is 18-25 January. Those dates were proposed in 1908 by Paul Wattson to cover the days between the feasts of St Peter and St Paul, and therefore have a symbolic significance. In the southern hemisphere where January is a vacation time churches often find other days to celebrate the week of prayer, for example around Pentecost (suggested by the Faith and Order movement in 1926), which is also a symbolic date for the unity of the church.
Mindful of the need for flexibility, we invite you to use this material …
A service for churches that celebrate Maundy Thursday and Good Friday; also includes instructions on preparing a Tenebrae service.
See related pages: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Presbyterian Worship
Download "Meditation: The Inclusive Body of Christ" by Sue Montgomery from the 2013 Disability Inclusion Sunday packet.
Men of the Church Sunday Men of the Church Sunday is designated as the Sunday usually recognized as Father’s Day. It was an intentional act of the General Assembly to recognize the contributions of men, but not limit it to those men who have children, and to be inclusive of single men, stepparents and men who are unable to be with their children on this day. Regardless of their family situation, all men of the church have been called by God to share their time, talents, spirit and energies, fulfilling their call to be disciples of Jesus Christ.
Methods of the Examination of Conscience
Download this ministry model by By Sherwood G. Lingenfelter and Marvin K. Mayers.