Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany: Liturgies and Prayers for Public Worship » (New Edition)

"Preeminent hymn writer and liturgist Brian Wren offers a new collection of theologically sound, carefully crafted, and creative worship resources suitable for use in a variety of worship traditions and in congregations or groups of all sizes." These resources are Scripture based and Scripture oriented. All are compatible with the Revised Common Lectionary, but they can be used both in churches that use the RCL and in those that do not. Additional features include a Scripture index, a topical index listing items that can be used on other occasions during the church year, and a searchable PDF copy of the book with hot links for the contents and indexes on a CD-ROM.

Hymnal Abbreviations

1 Liturgies and Worship Elements for Advent in Any Year 1

2 Advent Liturgies and Worship Elements (Year A) 32

3 Advent Liturgies and Worship Elements (Year B) 48

4 Advent Liturgies and Worship Elements (Year C) 68

5 What Child Is This? A Christmas Service of Scripture and Song (Year A) 85

6 Show Us Who You Are: A Christmas Service of Scripture and Song (Year B) 101

7 What If God Was One of Us? A Christmas Service of Scripture and Song (Year C) 118

8 Worship Resources for Christmastide (Years A, B, and C) 136

9 Worship Elements for the First Two Sundays after Christmas (Years A, B, and C) Including a Short Communion Service 157

10 Worship Resources for the New Year and Epiphany (Years A, B, and C) 183

App "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (original text) 201

Index of Scripture Sources 203

Index of Topics and Themes 207