How are you holding up through the bread weeks of year B? Whether you’re in need of a little sustenance for yet another John 6 week, or something a little different, here are a few pieces for worship you are welcome to use, adapt, or simply be inspired by. If you use them, please credit… Read More
Worship Words for 1 August, 2021
Have you been caught up in the race for Gold, Silver and Bronze at the Olympics-a little distracted this week by the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat? Are you in the U.S. watching hearings that are like tearing the scabs off of barely healing wounds from last January 6th? Our texts this… Read More
Worship Words for 25 July 2021
I live in the western part of the United States- the part that feels like it is all on fire right now and not in a good way. It’s so hot that the thought of creativity is exhausting. And I’ve got funeral three Saturdays in a row, which is hard on a whole congregation, not… Read More
Worship Words: Wedding Edition
One of the great joys of ministry is to participate in life’s milestone moments with people. A wedding can be a beautiful occasion and we are always striving to make the language we use both consistent with our faith traditions and personal for each couple. Sometimes it can be a challenge! Here are some words… Read More
Worship Words for 4 July 2021
Have you been tasked with speaking to a people who are impudent and stubborn? Do you know exactly who is going to ask about being caught up into the third heaven? Here are a few worship words to help you on your way this week. Use them as they have been written, or let them… Read More
Worship Words for 20 June
If you need some liturgical inspiration for this season, here’s some from your fellow RevGals — feel free to use or adapt or simply be inspired to write your own (and if that happens, we hope you’ll share!). Please give credit in print and video descriptions, but verbal attribution is not necessary. Call to Worship… Read More
Worship Words for 13 June, Ordinary 11B
There’s something about Ordinary Time this year, isn’t there? Last year it was Ordinary Time during incredibly Extraordinary times. This year we’re somewhere between extraordinary and ordinary, where actually the ordinary that we long for is also anxiety-producing when we experience it, particularly since it comes alongside the strange. Which makes liturgy written for “normal”… Read More
Worship Words for 6 June 2021
How is it June? Time during a pandemic is so strange. As different parts of the world are having very different experiences just now, it becomes ever more complex to figure out what to do, liturgically. Responses? Singing? Prerecorded online only? hybrid? zooming from the sanctuary with a live-in-person congregation at the same time? live… Read More
Worship Words for Pentecost 2021
Many of us are still looking for new ways of celebrating the Holy Spirit doing a new thing this year…and some of us are tired, and others burned out from navigating ever-changing guidelines and infection/vaccination rates and rules and safety and public opinion and technology, and some are inspired with new ideas! Here are some… Read More
Worship Words for 2 May, Easter 5
Are you in need of some inspiration for worship? Many of us are in a hybrid worship situation now, with both in-person and online worship happening in one form or another. That can make liturgy an extra challenge as we seek things that can work both for one voice and responsively, as well as meeting… Read More
