Keyed to the Revised Common Lectionary, Book of Common Prayer, and Roman Catholic Lectionary for Mass, this book provides historical background, textual exegesis, and guidance for preaching on forty-six festivals and solemnities of the church year, including specifically Roman Catholic solemnities, as well as guidance for preaching on national occasions and special congregational focus days where services and occasion- appropriate sermons are often offered.

New Proclamation Commentary on Feasts, Holy Days, and Other Celebrations

Religion & Spirituality

Lathrop, Gordon W.

Meyers, Ruth A.

Brosend, William F., II

Doggett, Bill

Christian Books & Bibles

Fortress Press

Missiology "A robust and practical theology that integrates worship and mission into a seamless whole." Anglican &amp; Episcopal History "A very useful and insightful text. . . . A remarkable synthesis of most of the best insights liturgical scholars and missiologists have gained regarding the relationship between mission and liturgy over the last decades." George R. Hunsberger — Western Theological Seminary "Ruth Meyers brings a deep grasp of what's at stake in the rediscovery of mission as the essence of the church, together with a generous mastery of liturgical traditions, to provide vision for seeing these two dimensions of the church's life as one. . . . This is the handbook that should accompany every Christian community on its worshiping, witnessing journey." Stephen B. Bevans, SVD — Catholic Theological Union "A wonderful, faith-filled meditation on the missional heart of worship. . . . A new classic in liturgical studies and in missiology as well." Todd E. Johnson — Brehm Center, Fuller Theological Seminary "Ruth Meyers's approach to the issues surrounding worship and mission is spot-on. Instead of approaching worship from a missional slant, or mission from a liturgical perspective, she takes both topics back to their biblical and historical roots — the nature of the church. . . . In practical and insightful ways Meyers demonstrates how a church's ministry in the world and its regular offering of worship reinforce one another. Her careful, direct, evenhanded approach is a breath of fresh air to much of the current theological discourse." Taylor W. Burton-Edwards — Worship Resources, Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church "Seminarians, pastors, deacons, and worship leaders seeking to understand, articulate, or imagine how the basic and most enduring structures of Christian worship `engage worshipers in the mission of God' will discover in these pages both Meyers's wise and challenging counsel and many wonderful companions for the journey." International Bulletin of Missionary Research "A helpful and timely new resource. . . . In Missional Worship Meyers does excellent work developing the notion that mission and worship are inseparably and integrally related." Anglican and Episcopal History "A very useful and insightful text, particularly for those just beginning to explore the field of liturgical studies. The book is a remarkable synthesis of most of the best insights liturgical scholars and missiologists have gained regarding the relationship between mission and liturgy over the last decades." Church Times "[Myers] deserves to be read, because we need to hear this message in all parts of the Church of England today."

Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission: Gathering as God's People, Going Out in God's Name (The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies (CICW))

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

This book documents the Episcopal Church's developing focus on baptism within the context of the liturgical movement, the emerging understanding of the eucharist, prayer book revision, and the confirmation dilemma. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, the author presents a credible case in support of her belief that a baptismal ecclesiology is emerging from these events that have enabled people to accept a radically different initiatory pattern in the church. This book exhibits clarity on the issues discussed with the support of solid scholarship and lucid writing. 
Contents: <ol>
<li>The Tradtional Anglican Pattern </li> <li>The Emergence of a Eucharistic Ecclesiology </li> <li>The Renewal of Baptism </li> <li>The Dilemma of Confirmation </li> <li>Admission to Communion </li> <li>Turning Points </li> <li>Toward a New Pattern of Christian Initiation: Communion of all the Baptized </li> <li>Redefining Confirmation </li> <li>The 1979 Baptismal Rite </li> <li>Enriching the Prayer Book </li> <li>Baptism and Reaffirmation of Faith </li> </ol>
Includes appendices, bibliography, and index.

Continuing the Reformation: Re-Visioning Baptism in the Episcopal Church

Church Publishing

Worship-Shaped Life

Canterbury Press Norwich

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