The Service for the Lord's Day
Get the inside story on the new hymnal liturgy. The 2013 Presbyterian Hymnal, Glory to God, will include a full order of worship for the Service for the Lord's Day, adapted from the 1993 Book of Common Worship. This issue will examine the theological and liturgical foundations of the order of worship, asking what we do in Sunday worship and why, and what difference it makes for the mission and ministry of the church. February 2013.
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In this issue
Articles
The Service for the Lord's Day from Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal
Questions about the Liturgy in Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal
The Shape of Worship Shapes Faith, Teresa Lockhart Stricklen
Reforming the Eucharist, Barbara Hedges-Goettl
Reforming the Sending, Jonathan Hehn
The Work of Our Hands: The Service for the Lord's Day: An Illuminated Commentary
The Book of Confessions on Liturgical Ordo, Tom M. Trinidad
Lex Credendi: Teaching Theology through Worship, Charles A. Wiley III
The Service for the Lord's Day Is for Kids Too, Carolyn C. Brown
Celebrating the Book of Common Worship: A Twentieth Anniversary Tribute
Toward a Common Liturgy: Envisioning the Future Direction of Worship, Harold M. Daniels
Columns
Glimpsing Heaven on Sunday, John W. Wurster
Worshiping and Singing Together, Amanda Powell
A Disciplined Experiment on Changing Worship, Theresa Eungyong Cho
Glory to God: From a Different Perspective, William McConnell
Ideas
Worshiping God Together: A Guide for Children and Their Parents [guide]
Leading Worship from the Font and Table [liturgy]
To Be Crucified and Then to Live [sermon], Neal Presa
Reviews
Daily Feast: Meditations from Feasting on the Word, reviewed by Charles A Hardwick
Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship, reviewed by David Gambrell
Art
Martha Kelly
Featured articles
Read "The Book of Confessions on Liturgical Ordo" by Tom M. Trinidad.
Read "The Service for the Lord's Day Is for Kids Too" by Carolyn C. Brown.
Learn more
Learn more about the Service for the Lord's Day.
Visit Carolyn Brown's website, Worshiping with Children.
Learn about Glory to God, the 2013 Presbyterian Hymnal.
Further reading
Marlea Gilbert, Christopher Grundy, Eric T. Myers, and Stephanie Perdew, The Work of the People: What We Do in Worship and Why (Alban Institute, 2007)
