Chalice Praise

This incomparable selection of 190 original and popular contemporary songs will lift the hearts and voices of your congregation in praise and devotion. Whether your congregation is engaged in contemporary or blended worship, the variety of music styles and themes of Christian faith and life that Chalice Praise offers provides a core repertoire of music that will add new richness to the worship experience and will save worship and music planners many hours in their search and selection process.

A most valuable resource, Chalice Worship provides 132 complete services and parts of services and more than 900 individual worship resources, both original and from around the world, to assist worship leaders in preparing for various worship occasions.

These beloved Christmas songs are easy to sing, easy to hold, and will delight carolers and choir directors alike. Carols included: Angels, from the Realms of Glory; Angels We Have Heard on High; As with Gladness; Away in a Manger; Down to Earth; Go, Tell It on the Mountain; God's Love Made Visible! Good Christian Friends, Rejoice; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing; How Great Our Joy!; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; It Came upon the Midnight Clear; Joy to the World; Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Little Town of Bethlehem; O Thou Joyful; Oh Santisimo!; Once in Royal David's City; People, Look East; Silent Night, Holy Night; The First Noel; There's a Song in the Air!; 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime; We Three Kings; What Child is This; While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks; The Birth of Jesus (Luke 2: 4-14).

Worship A down-to-earth guide to planning and implementing meaningful worship experiences for pastors, written especially for those new to the job. This practical book is for new pastors as they move into the role of worship leader and planner. When faced with the weekly rhythm of planning and leading worship, new pastors sometimes find themselves overwhelmed with the tasks. The book centers on the pastor and his/her identity as worship leader, on guidelines for leadership, and on the 'why' and 'how' of worship services. Contents include: The Pastor as Leader; Leading on Your First Sunday; Rituals: "The way we do it here"; Leading in the Worship Service; Leading Prayer; Leading Communion; Leading Baptism; Leading through the Christian Year; Leading with Musicians; Leading the People into Leadership. To read chapter oneclick here "I heartily commend this book to new pastors. Get it and read it before you show up at your first appointment. Barbara Day Miller will save you from many a heartache and embarrassment. Though tagged as a new pastor's guide, most pastors I know will benefit by reading the New Pastor's Guide, especially the latter chapters about leading with musicians and guiding members of the congregation into worship leadership." Reverend Daniel T. Benedict, Jr., Director of Worship Resources, General Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church "In the past couple of years, I have worshipped in about a hundred congregations. After that experience, I can tell you, HERE IS THE BOOK WE NEED! Barbara Day Miller packs this little book with a lifetime of the creative worship leadership and the inspired preparation of pastors to lead worship. Combining practical help with a deep theological understanding of, and heartfelt love of Christian worship, she gives pastors everything they need to lead God's people in prayer and praise." William H. Willimon, Bishop, the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church. Barbara Day Miller is the Assistant Dean of Worship at Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia. Church & Ministry/Church Life/Worship/Liturgy

And Still We Rise is a six-week study to help congregations begin to develop a scriptural understanding of transformation. The study moves people through anxieties about change, the need to trust in God's power, what one has to give up in order to open oneself to God's transforming plans, and how to become transformers in a congregation and in the community. This congregational Bible study is designed to be flexible to a congregation's needs-it can be adapted to a group of four or 400, and it can be facilitated by people of any background, pastors and laypersons alike.

Every Sunday, thousands of Christians lift their voices in song and their spirits in worship using the acclaimed Chalice Hymnal-join them and sing from a brilliant blend of 620 easy-to-sing traditional and contemporary hymns.

This reference work incorporates the insights and expertise of leading liturgists and scholars of liturgy at work today, comprising 200 entries on important topics in the field, from vestments and offertories to ordination and divine unction. It is systematically organized and alphabetically arranged for ease of use. It also includes comprehensive bibliographies and reading lists, to bring the work fully up to date and to encourage further reading and research.