COMMITTEE
Worship Committee
The Worship Committee works with local congregations, especially those with limited resources, to help resource, vision, and engage a more robust, experiential, transformational, and enlivened local church worship experience.
Staff Representative
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Leah Wiebe-Smith
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Events
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4 in 1: Preparing Meaningful Funeral and Grief Ministries
Edenton Street UMC 228 W Edenton St, RaleighThe NC Conference Worship Committee and the Center for Leadership Excellence present four workshops in one day, 4 in 1, to equip you in your funeral and grief ministries…
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The Wonder Summit: Reimagining Congregational Worship & Prayer with Children
Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center 91 N Lakeshore Dr, Lake Junaluska, North CarolinaThe Wonder Summit invites clergy and laity to explore new and meaningful ways to include children in worship as active participants in the life of the church. This work is a shared calling […]
$155
📚 Resources
The Worship Committee recommends the following resources.
Preaching and Sermon Preparation
- Working Preacher – lectionary-based commentaries from Luther Seminary
- Discipleship Ministries Lectionary Sermon Series – UMC lectionary planning notes and series
- Backstory Preaching – online preaching formation and coaching
- Pulpit Fiction Podcast – weekly lectionary talk through the four readings
- A Sermon for Every Sunday – short video sermons on Revised Common Lectionary texts
- Same Old Song podcast – Mockingbird’s weekly Gospel-focused lectionary podcast
- Synaxis podcast – archived, covers most 3-year lectionary cycle
- Breakthrough Series from Greater NJ UMC – free themed worship series, graphics included
- The Pulpit Project – preaching resource from the Florida Conference
- Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church – Gafney’s lectionary centering women’s stories
- Feasting on the Word – 12-volume RCL preaching commentary with Exegetical, Pastoral, Theological, and Homiletical perspectives on each reading
- Connections – RCL commentary linking scripture to culture
- Interpretation – unit-by-unit commentary for teaching/preaching
- Lectionary Books from WJK Press
- A Preacher’s Guide to the Lectionary Sermon Series, vol 1
- A Preacher’s Guide to the Lectionary Sermon Series, vol 2
Worship Planning and Worship Arts
- Breakthrough Series from Greater NJ UMC – free themed worship series, graphics included
- Discipleship Ministries Lectionary Resources – UMC sermon series with graphics and liturgy
- Ministry Matters – resources include worship planning under the Preaching & Worship menu
- Barn Geese Worship – free, playful ELCA worship series
- Illustrated Ministry – progressive graphics and worship resources
- The Worship Workshop and others by Marcia McFee
- Black Liturgies, authored by Cole Arthur Riley – prayers centering Black spiritual experience
- A Sanctified Art — seasonal art and liturgy bundles
- The Fellowship of Worship Artists – formerly The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts
Sacraments
- Belong Series – lesson plans, videos, and articles from UM Discipleship
- Belong Series – booklets about the sacraments in Spanish and English, UM Discipleship
- Eucharistic prayers – Lectionary-focused communion prayers tied to RCL
- Living into the Mystery: A United Methodist Guide for Celebrating Holy Communion
- This Holy Mystery and By Water and the Spirit by Gayle Carlton Felton