Getting Started
Are you ready to get started? Here is a quick overview of some of the main things you need to know to take the next step.
Liturgies: At the center of this site is a growing world of fully designed liturgies. You'll find detailed service plans for each week of the year including Advent, Epiphany, Christmas, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost, and ordinary time; sacred actions such as baptisms, weddings, funerals, confirmations, and ordinations; special services in the life of the church including home blessings, solemn assemblies, anointing of the sick, and reconciliations; and other commemorations in the Christian calendar such as All Saints' Day and Thanksgiving.
Service Builder: Create your own worship services by either adapting, editing, and customizing available liturgies, or start with a blank slate and tap into our vast catalog of music, media, and readings. Add items from our catalog, write your own, and then drag and drop them into the perfect order. Then, share your creation with the world. Welcome to the world of social worship design.
We have some great articles on our help page to allow you make the most of our service builder. As well, here are some step-by-step videos to to get you familiar with all the resources and how they work together.
Library: Expand your knowledge of theology, history and church ministry as you delve into a vast and growing library featuring thousands of print, audio, and video resources for worship planning, sermon preparation, and general research.
Daily Office: Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer and organized on a two year cycle, the Liturgies' Daily Office provides an Old Testament lesson, an Epistle, a Gospel, and a psalm; a brief lesson; and the Collect of the Day. Together this biblically based devotional is designed to reinforce the regular practice of engagement with the Scriptures and communion with God.
Blog: Featuring useful and informative articles on worship, doctrinal issues, current events, church growth, church history, and other pertinent topics, the Liturgies' blogs are written by leading scholars, writers, clergy, and musicians.