Worship Workbook For The Epistles - Softcover

Every church, whatever its size, can be more creative and effective in proclaiming, celebrating, and responding to the scripture readings. Here is a remarkably inventive library of liturgical resources that's guaranteed to spark the creativity of anyone planning worship services. Robert Ingram's fertile imagination overflows with inspired ideas for presenting the lectionary epistle lesson, reinforced by visual imagery and recurring references throughout worship.

For each Sunday and major occasion during the Christian year, Worship Workbook For The Epistles includes greetings, prayers, suggested hymns and choruses, and possibilities for decorating the worship space (including ideas for projected visuals). There's also a wealth of approaches for creative reading and dramatic presentation of the scripture, including movement, skits, short stories, and puppet plays.

Like Ingram's acclaimed Worship Workbook For The Gospels series, this is a must-have volume for pastors, lay readers, musicians, artists, and drama groups -- anyone who contributes to worshipers hearing and responding to the living Word of God.

Praise for Robert Ingram's other worship resources:

It is a joy to see something that offers a fresh and unique approach. Worship Workbook For The Gospels is a ""pump priming"" resource for all who plan and lead worship. It is not only a resource for the preacher; it is a veritable tool chest for the whole worship team -- musicians, artists, dancers, actors, and readers. It moves beyond lectionary-based resources for preaching to lectionary-based engagement of the senses in prayer and praise, hearing and response. Ingram stimulates the user to see the visual, kinetic, and auditory dimensions of the gospel texts... and the user is inspired to modify, adapt, or even discover other ways of engaging the congregation with the text.
Daniel T. Benedict Jr.
Worship Resources Director, The General Board of Discipleship
The United Methodist Church

Worship Workbook For The Gospels is the most comprehensive resource I have yet seen for planning lectionary-based worship that uses not only liturgy and music but all the other liturgical arts. I strongly recommend it.
Hoyt L. Hickman
The General Board of Discipleship
The United Methodist Church

Robert D. Ingram is pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, Gallipolis, Ohio. He earned his M.Div., M.A.C.E. and D.Min. degrees from The Methodist Theological School in Ohio. He is the author of the three-volume series Worship Workbook For The Gospels (CSS), as well as Scriptural and Seasonal Index for the United Methodist Hymnal and Who Taught Frogs to Hop?