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The Worship Sourcebook (Faith Alive Christian Resources, Baker Books, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, 2004)
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This is a joint publication with Baker Books, Faith Alive Christian Resources, and the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Read related story.
Description
This publication is what churches have been asking for! The Worship Sourcebook offers a collection of calls to worship, prayers of confession, and other spoken prayers and litanies for use on particular Sundays and during specific seasons of the Christian Year. The Worship Sourcebook is similar in purpose to the popular Book of Common Worship, but with more recent children's and global resources. Read more about the nature, organization and features of this publication. Download 
the prologue and sample chapter. Read eight foundational principles towards a theology of worship (from prologue).
The companion CD contains the entire 800-page text for easy cutting and pasting into bulletins, overheads, and orders of worship. The Worship Sourcebook is a perfect tool for exploring traditional worship in a classroom setting. Also available, Prayers of the People: Patterns & Models for Congregational Prayer (contents of this book are excerpted from The Worship Sourcebook). Download a sample chapter.
Editors
Emily R. Brink is the editor of Reformed Worship and a senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.
John D. Witvliet, author of Worship Seeking Understanding, is director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and serves as professor of worship, theology, and music at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary.