Words For Worship

by Arlene M. Mark (Editor)

Overview

This collection is a ready resource for pastors and leaders to enrich and deepen worship together. Certain emphases, while churchwide in nature, clearly represent Anabaptist heritage: community, peace and justice, reconciliation, service and obedience, along with themes of adoration, atonement, and assurance.

Responsive readings come from all ages of the church—our common Christian legacy. Some focus on specific times of the church year; others are for general use. All can serve to build up the faithful Christian community. As God speaks through these words, the Spirit changes and energizes worshipers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780836190373
Publisher:	MennoMedia
Publication date:	01/12/1996
Edition description:	SPIRAL
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.37(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Arlene M. Mark has been a writer from childhood and became a seminary student after her children were in school. Worship and liturgy became her focus when she was asked to serve on her congregation's worship commission. That led to preparing worship materials for use in her congregation. In 1982, Faith & Life Press and Mennonite Publishing House released Worship Resources, which Mark edited. In the Mennonite church, she has led workshops on many facets of worship.

What People are Saying About This

Endorsement

"Here indeed is God's plenty! Arlene Mark has edited a marvelous collection of worship resources from out of the Anabaptist tradition for the benefit of the larger Christian fellowship. Liturgical renewal has become a two-way street, from the larger churches to the smaller and back again. This collection can be used in any part of the North American Christian community. It is a wonderful gift to us all." —James F. White, professor of Liturgical Studies, University of Notre Dame

"This excellent collection offers graceful, fresh, and inclusive resources that will be useful to church leaders. Adoration and a vivid sense of God as peaceful refuge are balanced with a vigorous commitment to all the 'works of love.' Words for Worship expresses faith for the body of Christ at prayer."

--Diane Karay Tripp, minister, Presbyterian Church (USA)