Episcopal Liturgical Resources

For planning liturgies and services in the Episcopal Church, there are several comprehensive resources available:

• Church Publishing Incorporated: Offers a variety of liturgical resources, including online learning from Episcopal experts on liturgy, evangelism, and discipleship​​.

• RitePlanning: An online worship planning tool that includes resources for planning worship every week with ease and flexibility. It is a product of Church Publishing Incorporated and includes a 14-day free trial​​.

• Planning for Rites and Rituals: This is a guide to liturgical planning in the Episcopal Church, organized around the church year and the cycle of Sunday readings in the revised common lectionary. It is structured as a series of three volumes, one for each year in the lectionary​​.

• Episcopal Church Music & Liturgy: Provides an understanding of liturgy as the church’s sacramental rites and texts used in public worship​​.

• Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music: Offers Trial Use liturgies for use in the Episcopal Church, including marriage rites and downloadable resources in various formats​​.

The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana: Offers a range of liturgy resources including an RSS Revised Common Lectionary Feed, the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, and Prayers of the People for the RCL​​.

Church Publishing’s All Things Necessary: A compilation of service music and canticles for the Daily Offices, Holy Eucharist, and Sacraments, along with suggestions for singing Psalms and planning liturgies throughout the liturgical year​​.

These resources should serve as a solid foundation for anyone involved in planning and conducting liturgical services within the Episcopal Church.

Resources for Liturgy and Worship

• The Book Of Common Prayer

• A New Zealand Prayer Book

• The Revised Common Lectionary

• Planning for Rites and Rituals: A Resource for Episcopal Worship (updated annually, all-in-one liturgical season planner for worship)

• Venite.app (Free app to make and share worship bulletins on your browser or smartphone)

• Satucket Lectionary Resource

• Lectionary Page

• Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2022

• Book of Occasional Services – revised 2022

• Text Of Expansive Language Liturgies From Resolution 2018-D078

• Great Cloud Of Witnesses

• RitePlanning is an easy bulletin creation tool that incorporates music and text.

Marriage Liturgy Resources

• Liturgical Resources 2

• I Will Bless You, and You Will Be a Blessing (Marriage Liturgy)

• Marriage Liturgies as approved by General Convention 2015

Additional Resources

• Daily Prayer for All Seasons

• Prayers Suitable for Use in Church or Other Gatherings for Beloved Animals

• Service at the Loss of a Beloved Animal

• There are six volumes of Enriching Our Worship:

  • Enriching Our Worship 1 Morning and Evening Prayer, The Great Litany, The Holy Eucharist

  • Enriching Our Worship 2 Ministry with the Sick or Dying, Burial of a Child​

  • Enriching Our Worship 3 Burial Rites for Adults together with a Rite for the Burial of a Child​

  • Enriching Our Worship 4 The Renewal of Ministry with the Welcoming of a New Rector or Other Pastor

  • Enriching Our Worship 5 Liturgies and Prayers Related to Childbearing, Childbirth, and Loss

  • ​Enriching Our Worship 6 The Witnessing and Blessing of a Lifelong Covenant​

Find all liturgical resources at the Task Force for Liturgical and Prayer Book Revision’s website.

PARISH COMMUNICATORS MEETING ON WORSHIP PLANNING

• See copyright resources

• Example bulletins, announcements, and planning resources:

  • St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Colorado Springs, CO | Bulletin

  • St. James Episcopal Church, Monkton, MD Bulletin | Insert

  • Christ Episcopal Church, Temple, TX | Insert

  • Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, PA | Bulletin Planning Resource