The United Methodist Music & Worship Planner 2016-2017
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The United Methodist Music & Worship Planner 2016-2017
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| ISBN-13: | 9781501810978 |
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| Publisher: | Abingdon Press |
| Publication date: | 04/05/2016 |
| Pages: | 144 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Mary Scifres is a United Methodist pastor and church growth consultant. She is the author of The Gospel According to Beauty and the Beast, and co-author of both The Abingdon Worship Annual and Is It Communion Sunday Already?! Find out more at www.maryscifres.com.
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The United Methodist Music and Worship Planner 2016â"2017
By David L. Bone, Mary J. Scifres
Abingdon Press
Copyright © 2016 Abingdon PressAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-5018-1097-8
CHAPTER 1
VISUALS IN WORSHIP
Ashley M. Calhoun
The suggestions for visuals in this planner are meant to help worship leaders use objects and images to increase the impact of the gospel on a people who are increasingly visually oriented. These suggestions can be incorporated into many visual elements: hanging and processional banners, worship settings (whether on the altar or in the chancel or narthex), worship folder covers, and bulletin boards. The ideas can also be used to suggest ways to use classical and contemporary works of art, sculpture, needlework, and photography in worship services
With more churches incorporating screens and video walls into their worship spaces, there is tremendous potential for the use of still or moving imagery. Also, interpretive movement and drama can be very strong in visual impact.
The visual suggestions in this Planner have several characteristics:
• The suggestions are not meant to give detailed plans, but to spark your imagination and creativity.
• Some are drawn literally from the lessons; others are thematic.
• The suggestions are organized by reference to the lectionary passages:
O Old Testament or Easter season, Acts reading
P Psalm reading or Canticle
E Epistle or New Testament reading
G Gospel reading
Chapter and verse numbers are sometimes given to indicate actual phrases in the scripture passage that can serve as visual elements.
Themes such as "forgiveness," "love," or "rejoicing" are offered to encourage creative use of video and photographic images of people engaged in demonstrating those themes.
So much about worship is visual and intended to strengthen the proclamation of the gospel. The worship space is filled with visual elements that send a message. The church year is a treasure trove of color, texture, symbolism, and visual imagery. Special Sundays and special days in the cultural and denominational calendars also offer opportunities for visual expression. Evaluate the visual aspects of your worship services and find ways to enhance the worship experience with thoughtful, intentional use of visual elements and images.
CHAPTER 2CAN THE LECTIONARY STILL LIBERATE?
Reasons to Keep Using the Revised Common Lectionary in Worship Planning
Mary J. Scifres
The question arises for worship leaders and ordained ministers, "How does one prepare worship services that allow the flexibility necessary for the work of the Holy Spirit while also ordering the life of prayer and meditation to encourage disciplined growth?" Even in a world enamored with theme-based planning, new lectionaries like Seasons of Creation and the Narrative Lectionary, the Revised Common Lectionary can be one of the best liberators for organizing and designing creative, meaningful worship. Although my writing partner David Bone and I use many resources in our creative planning and respect the diversity of resources available, we still see the lectionary as a helpful tool on which to base inspired worship planning to encourage growth in the life of the church.
Attempting to coordinate the message of the musical selections, the visual images, and the words of worship with the message of the pulpit is a time-consuming and important task for church staff and worship leaders. Time and again, we hear from worship leaders who find lectionary use frees them for creative design time that otherwise would need to be spent in coordination meetings and individualized research. Church musicians, artists, laypersons, worship coordinators, and pastors give many hours each week to plan worship services that proclaim the Word, strengthen and challenge the community, and deepen the participants' faith. Ordained and diaconal ministers face the challenge of writing and choosing texts, prayers, and sermons for worship each week; musicians select, plan, and rehearse a variety of vocal and instrumental music to enhance and facilitate the worship experience of the churches they serve; and, church artists and lay worship leaders pursue means of leading worship, preparing the sanctuary for worship, designing additional creative elements, and devising other aspects of the worshiping experience.
The preacher can ease this task significantly by using the Revised Common Lectionary and communicating on a regular basis with other worship leaders regarding worship service needs. A church can find both freedom and unity when the pastoral leadership uses this lectionary as the basis for planning worship and its individual aspects (sermon, hymns, anthems, prayers) without exalting it to a level of sole importance. First, lectionary use prevents the abusive appeal to a limited number of scriptures and topics, toward which some preachers are tempted. Regarding the concern for local needs, the lectionary need not be used to ignore specific spiritual, emotional, or physical needs of a congregation. Rather, the lectionary can provide a means for integrating such needs into the worship service by relating scriptural messages to the current needs and situation of the community. While interpreting the lections for worship, both planners and preachers can find ways of exploring the historical meanings of the texts and bringing such historical understandings into the present.
Second, the pedagogical advantage of using the lectionary to acquaint Christians with the broad tradition of which we are a part can deepen worship and learning experiences of the community of faith. As pastors in the twenty-first century face growing concern regarding the types of "burn out" that result from remaining static in a setting that has become routine instead of a challenge, following the lectionary cycle can open up opportunities for growth and support in a number of ways. Being forced to grapple with difficult texts in addition to familiar passages enlivens the mind and encourages the preacher to look to new exegetical resources and homiletic aids. Support can also come from an ecumenical community of pastors in one's city or county who are studying the same text during the cycle. Study groups within the local church can wrestle with the lectionary scriptures, growing their biblical and theological knowledge in the process.
Likewise, church musicians who wade through piles of contemporary and classical music every season to choose the anthems, organ selections, hymns, responsive psalms, and other musical contributions to the worship service can find a common guide to that selection when the lectionary is used. In the local church, the musician finds the opportunity to be a minister of music and Word when the lections provide the core of the worship service. In a time when the shortage of church musicians affects many churches, a church musician may be able to serve several churches and use the same musical selections in each setting. If a church musician, called to full-time ministry of music, can be employed by two or three local congregations who agree to use the same anthems and hymns each week and to schedule worship services at different times, both musician and congregation can benefit from this new approach to music ministry, which supports full-time service and receives music of high quality. The possibilities for providing equitable salaries for ministers of music as well as nurturing several local church communities through Spirit-filled, well-performed music are enhanced when the unifying elements of ecumenical cooperation and common lections are available.
In terms of teaching, the lectionary can provide a helpful method of coordinating the community worship experience with church school, weekly Bible study groups, prayer and devotional groups, music rehearsals, singing and praise gatherings, and other small groups in the life of the church. Small groups, which sometimes seem to go off in their own directions, away from the Sunday morning community, would more easily feel a part of the fold with the integrative element of the lectionary. And the educational system of the church, which so often leaves teachers and students feeling excluded and separated from the worshiping body, can find inclusion in the integrative element of the lectionary. How much more easily a child would sit through a sermon and find meaning in mysterious hymns when the basic scriptural text has been heard and discussed in church school prior to worship or explored in church school after worship!
Overall, lectionary use can provide an integrative and unifying element to the entire life of the church, when used in its various dimensions through curriculum, worship resources, music selections, and local cooperative church events. Where proclamation of the Word is central, that Word can and should be the integrative element of a holistic worship service. In churches that seek to reach people with a message that is unified thematically, lectionary use provides a scriptural base that all planners know well in advance and can use when choosing and developing the themes or topics for the Sundays of any given season. When the lectionary is used in this way, choirs or music teams have adequate time to rehearse appropriate music, liturgists or worship facilitators have sufficient time to write or find liturgy and prayers for the service, and other church artists (actors, dancers, composers, visual artists, banner makers, arts guilds, and screen programmers) may plan and prepare their contributions to the service and the season.
Frequent lectionary use need not limit other options during the year. When preaching pastors are called to address a pressing congregational or community issue, lectionary scriptures can provide a starting point to keep the conversation biblically based in worship. When the Spirit calls a preacher or worship team to focus in a different direction, taking a short or even seasonal break from lectionary use is another option. When a sermon series or a church theme pulls worship designers toward different scriptures, the vast indices in lectionary resources can help you reference scriptures even when used on non-lectionary schedules. Even as a preacher who is led by the Spirit, I find myself returning to the Revised Common Lectionary to ease the burden on my staff and create a cohesive conversation as we plan not only worship but also the focused life and ministry of the churches we serve.
With this book, we invite your congregation and its worship leaders to begin the process of integrating your various aspects of worship planning by means of the Revised Common Lectionary. As thematic ideas begin to emerge in each week's worship service and as the various scriptures provide diverse bases for worship planning, we hope that you will find worship becoming an increasingly growth-filled and exciting aspect of your congregation's life.
CHAPTER 3RESOURCE KEY
UM
Young, Carlton R., ed. The United Methodist Hymnal. Nashville: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1989. ISBN #9780687431328.
2000 or S2000
Hickman, Hoyt L., ed. The Faith We Sing. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2000. Cokesbury Ord. #090547 (Pew Edition). NOTE: All hymn numbers 2000 and higher are from this hymnal.
3000 or WS3000
Smith, Gary Alan, ed. Worship & Song. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2011. Accompaniment, singer, guitar, and planning editions available. Cokesbury Ord. #090547 (Pew edition). NOTE: All hymn numbers 3000 and higher are from this hymnal.
4000 or AH4000
The Africana Hymnal. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2015. ISBN #9781426776441. NOTE: All hymn numbers 4000 and higher are from this hymnal.
WSL
Smith, Gary Alan, ed. Worship & Song Leader's Edition. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2011. ISBN #9781426709944 (Leader's edition). These resources WSL1–WSL222 refer to the written words for worship (prayers, litanies, benedictions) available in worship resource editions of Worship & Song.
BOW
Langford, Andy, ed. The United Methodist Book of Worship. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992. Leader and accompaniment editions available. ISBN #9780687035724.
HYMN RESOURCES
S-1
Smith, Gary Alan, ed. The United Methodist Hymnal: Music Supplement. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1991. Cokesbury Ord. #431476.
S-2
Bennett, Robert C., ed. The United Methodist Hymnal: Music Supplement II. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993. Cokesbury Ord. #430135.
H-3
Hopson, Hal H. The Creative Church Musician Series. Carol Stream, IL: Hope Publishing Co.
Hbl Vol. 1. The Creative Use of Handbells in Worship. 1997. Cokesbury Ord. #921992.
Chr Vol. 2. The Creative Use of Choirs in Worship. 1999. Cokesbury Ord. #732807.
DescThe Creative Use of Descants in Worship. 1999. Cokesbury Item #732864.
OrgThe Creative Use of the Organ in Worship. 1997. Cokesbury Ord. #323904.
VOCAL SUGGESTION RESOURCES
V-1
Kimbrough, Steven, ed. Sweet Singer: Hymns of Charles Wesley. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, 1987. Catalogue #CV-1 Cokesbury Ord. #811712
V-2
Handel, George Frederick. Messiah. Various editions available.
V-3 Hayes, Mark. The Mark Hayes Vocal Solo Collection
V-3 (1)Ten Spirituals for Solo Voice. Alfred Music Publishing, 2007. ISBN #9780882848808.
V-3 (2)Seven Praise and Worship Songs for Solo Voice. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Music Publishing, 2010. ISBN #9780739037249.
V-3 (3)Ten Hymns and Gospel Songs for Solo Voice. ISBN #9780739006979.
V-4
Scott, K. Lee. Sing a Song of Joy. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 1989. ISBN #9780800647889 (Medium High Voice) (Medium Low Voice) ISBN #9780800652821.
V-5
Various Editors. With All My Heart: Contemporary Vocal Solos. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2004.
V-5 (1) Volume 1: Autumn and Winter. ISBN #9780800676841
V-5 (2) Volume 2: Spring and Summer. ISBN #9780800676858
V-5 (3) Volume 3: Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals. ISBN #9780800679460
V-6
Walters, Richard, arr. Hymn Classics: Concert Arrangements of Traditional Hymns for Voice and Piano. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Publishing, 1993. ISBN #9780793560080. High Voice: Cokesbury Ord. #811290. Low Voice: Cokesbury Item #811233.
V-7
Johnson, Hall, arr. Thirty (30) Spirituals. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1949. ISBN #9780793548033.
V-8
Wilson, John F., Don Doig, and Jack Schrader, eds. Everything for the Church Soloist. Carol Stream, IL: Hope Publishing Company, 1980. Cokesbury Ord. #810103.
V-9
Scott, K. Lee. Rejoice Now My Spirit: Vocal Solos for the Church Year. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 1992. ISBN #9780800651084.
V-10
Hayes, Mark, et al. From the Manger to the Cross — Seasonal Solos for Medium Voice. Dayton, OH: The Lorenz Corporation, 2006. Cokesbury Ord. #526369.
V-11
Pote, Allen. A Song of Joy. Carol Stream, IL: Hope Publishing, 2003. Cokesbury Ord. #505068.
ANTHEM RESOURCE
SOCM
Aspaas, Christopher, ed. St. Olaf Choirbook for Men. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2015. ISBN #9781451499032.
CONTEMPORARY RESOURCES
SP
Various. Songs for Praise and Worship Singalong Edition. Waco, TX: Word Music, 1992. ISBN #9783010203494.
M1-M55
Barker, Ken, ed. More Songs for Praise and Worship Choir/Worship Team Edition. Waco, TX: Word Music, 2000. Cokesbury Ord. #509802 (Keyboard Edition: Cokesbury Ord. #509776. Piano/Guitar/Vocal Edition: Cokesbury Ord. #509764).
M56-M115
Barker, Ken, ed. More Songs for Praise and Worship 2 Choir/Worship Team Edition. Waco, TX: Word Music, 2002. Cokesbury Ord. #512053 (Keyboard Edition: Cokesbury Ord. #512075. Piano/Guitar/Vocal Edition: Cokesbury Ord. #080689314186).
M116-M168
Barker, Ken, ed. More Songs for Praise and Worship 3 Choir/Worship Team Edition. Waco, TX: Word Music, 2005. Cokesbury Ord. #523357 (Keyboard Edition: Cokesbury Ord. # 523418. Piano/Guitar/Vocal Edition: Cokesbury Ord. #523369).
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