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New Patterns for Worship

The original and highly successful Patterns for Worship has been completely revised for a new era. New Patterns for Worship provides ideas and resources for designing services for any locality, age group, occasion, season or festival. New Patterns for Worship is entirely compatible with Common Worship and provides a wealth of supplementary material.

This comprehensive and easy-to-use hardback volume contains:

over 250 pages of prayers and other liturgical material, conveniently organized under headings such as 'Gathering and Greeting' and 'Praise and Thanksgiving';
22 easy-to-adapt sample services for eucharistic, non-eucharistic and all-age worship, and ideas for special days and occasions;
informative and helpful introductions and notes for each section.

Place an order with the Church House Publishing web site.

The contents are:

Introduction
- How to use this book
- Patterns of church life
Planning Worship
- A Service of the Word: Authorized Text and Notes
- Planning and Preparing a Service of the Word
- Planning and Preparing Holy COmmunion
- Planning and Preparing in General
- Music in Worship
- Children in Worship
- Space and Colour
- Common Prayer and the Law
Resources
- Gathering and Greeting
- Penitence
- Liturgy of the Word
- Psalms and Canticles
- Affirmations of Faith
- Prayers
- Praise
- The Peace
- Action and Movement
- Conclusion
Sample Services
- Standard Non-Eucharistic Services
- - Morning Praise
  - For all the Church Family
  - An Evening Service of the Word
- Communion Services
- - Christ is our Peace
  - The Lord is Here
  - This is our Story
  - Believe and trust: Holy Communion with Baptism
- Seasonal Services of the Word
- - Come, Lord Jesus: Holy Communion in Advent
  - Peace to God's People: Holy Communion during the Christmas Season
  - Light to the World: Holy Communion in Epiphany
  - In Penitence and Faith: a Service in Lent
  - Christ is Risen: a Service in Easter
- Special Days and Occasions
- - A Service for St Valentine's Day
  - A Service for Mothering Sunday
  - A Service for Fathers' Day
  - Harvest (outline)
  - A Saint's Day: a Celebration of St Luke
  - Facing Pain: a Service of Lament
  - A Penitential Service (outline)
  - A Service of Healing (outline)
  - Worship in a Small Group (outline)
- A Special Example
- - All Creation Worships (Holy Communion)

ISBN - 0 7151 2060 3
Format - 250mm high x 150mm wide
RRP - £22.50