Magazines

• Subscribe Now!

From the first strong Doum that she [Layne Redmond ] played, I was enthralled. Somewhere within me I was moved in a way that I had never been moved before. The story that tumbled out of her drum entranced me: I had to learn to drum like that!...

—Betty Lynn Schwab, The Worship and Music Desk

• Read the rest of "From the Worship Desk"

Sunday by Sunday Lectionary

• May 18 – Trinity Sunday through November 23 – Reign of Christ [RTF: 43 pp/412 KB]

Also in this Issue…

• From the Worship and Music Desk, “In the Pulse of the Drum” by Betty Lynn Schwab
• From the Editor, “Changes for the Better” by Susan Lukey

Reflections for the Season

• "School for Saints" by Edwin Searcy

I LECTIONARY

• Sunday by Sunday

II BEYOND LECTIONARY

• Worship Sparks, “Passports, Packing, and Journeys”
• Nourishing the Worship Leader’s Soul, “Desire to Serve Is All That’s Needed” by Kate Crawford

• Prayers for Worship
• Preaching Pointers, “The Word at Celebrations of Life” by Ross Bartlett
• Banner Bytes, “Visuals for After Pentecost” by Janet Saunders

Seasonal Ideas and Resources

• Celebrating the Spirit (seniors’ home)
• The Prayer of Jesus
• Four Ideas for Summer Services
• Real People, Real Faith (drama)
• Covenanting: Joint Needs Assessment

Stewardship Links

• The Offering—A High Point
• The Piggy bank Dilemma
• “We Have a Wondrous World”

For Future Reference

• Expanding Horizons
• Worship Words “Toward an Intercultural Church” by William Kervin
• Welcome the Stranger
• Moving Beyond Local Mind
• A Familiar Message in a New Way
• Gifts of the WCC Sixth Assembly
• Love to Share (copyright-free)

Book Review

• The Work of the People, reviewed by Maureen Ward

For Church Musicians

• Prelude: “Global Song in Worship” by Lloyd MacLean
• Hands Around the World
• Teaching the Congregational Choir

Score

• “Lamps in the Night”