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Within these pages you will find tools and resources to enliven the music, liturgy, and preaching in your parish. We subscribe to the belief that worship is the first priority of the Church, and that imaginative, transforming worship leads a congregation toward effective discipleship and into mission, whether across the street or across the world. So, whether you are looking for an answer to a particular question, need a consultant to come to your parish or diocese, or want to take an online course in liturgy, this is the place for you.
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Recent Posts
The Liturgy Explained – New Edition
The Rev. Dr. James Farwell, Professor of Liturgy and Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary, has updated his laudable book, The Liturgy Explained. Frequent contributor to Music, Liturgy and the Arts, Michael Smith, offers a review of this notable text. I love to cook, it’s my therapy, and I’m quite serious about cooking. Many years ago,…
Designing Dynamic Liturgies
Designing Dynamic Liturgies: A Ten Week Course for Clergy and Musicians Are you a musician who is working in the Episcopal Church for the first time? Are you a vocational deacon who desires to know more about the Church’s liturgy? Have you been working in the Episcopal Churchfor some time but want a refresher course? Or…
Ask Ambrose
Dear Ambrose: I am planning ahead and looking at the Feast of the Epiphany. January 6 falls on a Wednesday and our parish won’t be able to observe the feast on a weekday. What are my options. They love the Wisemen! Signed, A Wise Guy Dear Wise Guy, Sorry to tell you, but you can’t…
It’s Christmas Already, Though Not yet
The Rev. Dr. Juan M.C. Oliver, Custodian of the Book of Common Prayer and member of the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, contributes this article to Music, Liturgy, and the Arts. I’ve been thinking about ritual and time, or ritual time. Anthropologists will tell us that ritual almost always takes place in a special…
Ask Ambrose
Dear Ambrose: We are now in a new Liturgical Year. What resources can you recommend for Prayers of the People besides Formsd I-VI in the Book of Common Prayer? Signed, Tired of Form VI Dear Tired: One resource we really like is Planning for Rites and Rituals available from Church Publishing, Inc. (https://www.churchpublishing.org/planningforritesandrituals2020-21) In addition…