For many years, Christian Aid has produced worship resources on a wide range of themes related to its work. Here is a collection of the best, along with completely new material, to offer a resource for creating services that will both challenge and inspire. Part One follows the Churchs year and offe... (more)

This second title by outstanding authors in the field, will provide a major new study of Eucharistic spirituality and liturgical formation. With many new rites recently introduced or in development, the time is opportune for a fresh look at Eucharistic theology and practice. It provides invaluable g... (more)

Common Worship Times and Seasons has greatly enriched the language of our seasonal celebrations and in this complementary volume, Richard Giles offers simple yet powerful ideas for bringing that language to life, drawing on ancient customs that originate in the earliest Christian centuries and on co... (more)

This first volume focuses on the basic order of service - the classic fourfold shape of gathering, word, sacrament and sending. In simple, non technical language leading writers in the field get to the heart of the matter and provide invaluable guidance to clergy, ordinands, Eucharistic ministers, s... (more)

A resource for use wherever weekday celebrations of the Eucharist take place. It includes scripture readings from the NRSV and psalms from the Common Worship Psalter, and provides all the readings for the two year cycle of the weekday lectionary in one place.

Alongside their pursuit of common lectionary readings, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians, paralleling Roman Catholics, have all recently made attempts at reforming and updating their respective calendars to reflect their present understanding of saints and their celebrations. G... (more)

In the common practice of Christian churches, across many traditions, a call to worship is typically a few lines of Scripture (or a combination of Scripture texts) expressed at the beginning of a church service. The call to worship exhorts God’s people to turn from worldly distractions and to focus ... (more)

This final publication in the Common Worship series contains everything a vicar needs for: Saints' days All principal holy days Festivals While other Common Worship resources are organized by season, Festivals is organized by day - making it easy to find your way around. It includes the trad... (more)

Clear instructions and more than 100 illustrations, make this how-to-book vital for churches preparing and maintaining items for service.

"Preaching God's Word on Sunday" is a collection of short straight-forward homilies for Cycle B which are easily understood by a regular Sunday congregation. The companion volume for Year A was published in 2004. Every homily in this book has been preached by the author. A single theme has been chos... (more)