The Church Is You and I is a simple but significant Confirmation service and message. The service...

Sampson's First Christmas is a charming play that's perfect for a holiday children's program in s...

This play is presented as a reading with the actors silently acting out their parts as the narrat...

Mary of Nazareth lived a dangerously demanding, yet holy life, She knew loneliness and poverty an...

This flexible worship planner can be used as a supplement to your regularly scheduled services or...

As women claim the scriptures as a basis for their faith, resources such as Maxine Dudley's The P...

Here is a resource that will dramatize the lighting of the Advent candles during your worship ser...

Organs, choirs, hand bells, trumpets -- even a brass quartet -- are all possibilities with this v...

Miriam had awaited all her life for the spectacular arrival of God's Messiah. She had dreamed of ...

How recently have you shared with your congregation and its children the story of the 'Christian'...

Two Tenebrae Readings and Services provides pastors and congregations with dramatic ways to remem...

Five monologues, in the form of short letters, take you into the thoughts and reflections of the ...

Jan Spence created this short Christmas Eve children's program for her small, rural church. It in...

Requiring no memorization, this drama can be performed by any size congregation. Most of the read...

It is Christmas Eve. All over town people are preparing for Christmas. Amid the hustle and bustle...

The Revised Common Lectionary is not just to provide a guide to scripture reading during the chur...

The Revised Common Lectionary is not just to provide a guide to scripture reading during the chur...

If you have ever wondered about prayer and what prayer can mean to you this book can be a guide. ...

Begin your celebration of the Advent season with this meaningful program that weaves together inf...

Children are the future of the church -- and pastors are always on the lookout for creative ideas...

This Christmas Eve Candlelight Service takes your congregation to the hills and homes of Bethlehe...

'The Pilgrim Road: Signposts On Faith's Journey. Within the psalms, there is a collection of fift...

No one truly knows how vital prayers can be to mental, physical, and spiritual health until they ...

Be Different: Cycle A Sermons for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany Based on the Gospel Texts

Every congregation should consider incorporating this welcome addition to Christmas resources int...

Lectionary Reflections provides preachers and teachers of the Bible with accessible, carefully re...

This colorful booklet will help fifth graders and other new communicants recognize the mystery an...

This 25-minute Christmas Nativity pageant tells the story of Jesus Christ from creation to presen...

Light Triumphant is an Easter Vigil service, which may be used as an entity in itself or with the...

These prayers for worship, sometimes called The Prayer of the Church or as Intercessions and Pray...

Adaptable to any number of children, this delightful Christmas story-play focuses on the attribut...

The familiar music and scripture of the Christmas season is interwoven with prayers and responses...

'Tis the night before Jesus when all through the earth, Every creature is stirring for a new baby...

Here is a creative way to introduce ADVENT to your congregation. The program involves youth of ...

All of us have lost family members, friends, and people who influenced our lives. Although we can...

On the Way with Jesus: Cycle A Sermons for Lent and Easter Based on the Gospel Texts

We approach the worship of God this evening with a hushed awareness of Christ's presence in our m...

'The Christian life is a life of continuing conversion. Baptism may claim us as God's own beloved...

The story of Good Friday and Easter Day is dramatized through the device of 'man-on-the-street' i...

The centerpiece of this Good Friday worship service is the monologue, 'The Ghost of Judas.' Desig...

Trying to prepare a holiday children's program is often a stressful affair for both the youngster...

Unable to find a Christmas play for their congregation that would be appropriate for all age grou...

With The Last Supper, you won't just hear about this familiar story, you'll see it and feel it! I...

Versatile -- 'ready-to-use' -- no memorization required. Just what the volunteer ordered. This ...

It's Jesus' Birthday! incorporates all the elements that help to create a beautiful and inspiring...

Setting up a new home is an important experience in the life of all families and individuals. Thi...

Lose the Cape: Cycle A Sermons Based on Second Lessons for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

Faith, Hope, Love, Joy, and The Light Of The World are themes in this candlelighting service for ...