Edited by: Robert A. Ratcliff
You know how important it is to plan meaningful, engaging worship services—especially during this season. What you don’t know is how you’re going to find the time to research dozens of websites and pull together all the prayers, music, sermon ideas, projection images, and everything else you need for an authentic encounter with God in worship. What if all these elements were together for you in one place?
What if all that help fit easily in your pocket or your purse? Welcome to Worship in a Flash. Drawing on a vast library of worship resources, Abingdon Press provides everything you need to plan worship throughout Advent and Christmas, all on a convenient USB drive with room to store your notes as you plan worship each week.
The Worship in a Flash USB drive is compatible with Windows and Macintosh formats. It includes prayers, calls to worship, litanies, benedictions, sermons, music, projection images, and more. Liturgies, prayers, sermon outlines, and other text materials are in PDF format. Images are in JPEG format.
Ready-Set-Plan
Included on this flash drive you will find the following resources:
Preaching Materials 1: Thematic Preaching
- Advent Sermon Series 1: Wise Men Still Seek Him
- Advent Sermon Series 2: The Arrival
- Christmas Eve Sermon 1: When God Shows Up
- Christmas Eve Sermon 2: Poor Mary
- Christmas Day/Christmas Sunday Sermon 1: An Unlikely Christmas Card
- Christmas Day/Christmas Sunday Sermon 2: Life Interrupted...Or?
- Epiphany Sunday/Baptism of the Lord Sermon 1: Not Your Stnadard Wise Men
- Epiphany Sunday/Baptism of the Lord Sermon 2: Praying to an Absent God
Preaching Materials 2: Lectionary Preaching
Old Testament, Epistle, and Gospel Readings for Years A, B, and C from the New Revised Common Lectionary for each Sunday of Advent, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day/Christmas Sunday, and Epiphany Sunday/Baptism of the Lord
The following prayers and litanies with multiple options to choose from for each service:
- Gathering Word litanies
- Calls to Worship
- Opening Prayers
- Prayers of Confession
- Assurances of Pardon
- Benedictions
The following musical resources, with multiple options to choose from for each service:
- Suggested Traditional Hymns
- Suggested Contemporary Hymns and Songs
- Suggested Solos and Anthems
Projection Images:
Keyed to particular scriptures, sermons, or music
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