Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching, and the Arts
Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching, and the Arts offers insight and inspiration for pastors, church musicians, artists and other worship leaders. This quarterly journal is published by the Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Learn how to subscribe.
Call to Worship subscribers: the Lectionary Aids are now online.
The Lectionary Aids issue, available in print and online to Call to Worship subscribers, provides worship planning materials for the church year. For every Sunday and festival in the liturgical calendar, you’ll find calls to worship and prayers of confession, along with suggestions for hymns, psalms, global music, praise and worship songs, choral anthems, organ selections and handbell music. Based on the Revised Common Lectionary, suggestions related to both complementary and semi-continuous readings are included.
Three other print issues per year explore current topics in liturgical theology and practice, such as Markings (November 2011), The Holy Spirit (February 2012), and The Body (May 2012). Each issue includes original artwork as well as a full-color feature on liturgical arts.
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Are you a friend of Call to Worship? Our Facebook group provides a way for pastors and other worship leades to share ideas and resources and to join online discussions of articles in the journal. Join the group!
Find events of interest
Presbyterian Association of Musicians (PAM) sponsors three Worship and Music Conferences each summer which seek to model a high standard of worship through the promotion of worthy church music and other arts and through the sharpening and refining of the tools of worship. They provide opportunities for intensive work in many areas and stimulate the imagination through exposure to new possibilities for worship. Learn more about PAM events.
Download indices
Use these indices to search the Call to Worship (2000 to present) and Reformed Liturgy and Music (1971 to 2000) archives. The indices are arranged by volume/issue, by subject and by author. To inquire about back issues contact us or call (800) 728-7228 x5306. Single copies of past issues from Volume 42 (August 2008) to the present are $34.95 for Lectionary aids and $8.75 for other issues. Older volumes are $29.95 for Lectionary aids and $7.50 for other issues.
Chronological index
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Subject index
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Author index
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Contact the editor
To offer feedback on the journal, to make suggestions for upcoming issues or articles, or to submit a manuscript, contact David Gambrell.
Lectionary Resources
The PC(USA) Devotions and Readings Web site offers the lectionary in several formats, including RSS and podcast. You can also download lists of lectionary readings (citations only, not full texts) from The Consultation on Common Texts.