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A trusted planning resource for traditional and contemporary worship! Now includes interactive CD!The Abingdon Worship Annual 2010 offers fresh worship planning resources for pastors and worship leaders. Let this resource be the starting point for your worship planning. As the Spirit guides you and God's word flows through you, we pray that your worship planning may be meaningful and fulfilling, for both you and your congregants. Trust God's guidance, and enjoy a wonderful year of worship and praise with your congregations! (From the Introduction)Using a Theme Idea based on the lectionary readings, each week's offering of prayers and litanies follows a basic pattern of Christian worship: Gathering and PraiseProclamation and ResponseThanksgiving and CommunionSending ForthAlternative ideas for Praise Sentences and Contemporary Gathering Words are offered for those who work in contemporary worship settings.We have again included a number of Communion liturgies in response to reader requests.Searchable CD-ROM Now Included with Every Book!PDF format provides ease of navigation and useFull text of the print edition with a hyperlinked table of contentsSong suggestions for each week, hyperlinked to the textAnnotated Resource List with links to helpful worship planning Web sites(NEW!) Prayers and liturgies for Communion and footwashing Now more than ever, The Abingdon Worship Annual is a must-have sourcebook offering countless opportunities for planning meaningful and insightful worship.

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Mary Scifres is a United Methodist pastor, teacher, and consultant who inspires and equips twenty-first-century leaders in creative worship, church growth, visioning, and strategic planning. She is co-author of The United Methodist Music and Worship Planner and its ecumenical counterpart, Prepare!, and author of the worship evangelism book Searching for Seekers. A graduate of Boston University, she holds both the Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Music degrees. Mary lives in Laguna Beach, California.

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