Responsive Reading Requests
Anybody have any responsive reading resources that I might be able to get my hands on??
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Kinda tricky to navigate, but the Church of England has put up a bunch of liturgy online. We’re using some this weekend:
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/commonworship/texts/newpatterns/book/contents.html
I don’t have an online version, but the hymnal we have has 225 responsive readings. All from various Bible texts
http://www.adventistbookcenter.com/Detail.tpl?sku=0828003076
you can look at the worship guides for every sunday at Redeemer Church in Fort Worth. They always do responsive readings. http://www.redeemerfortworth.org
the back of old hymnals-methodist espcially have several…from what i remember:)
I’d love to hear some feedback from leaders who have really found this effective in helping their congregations to meet with God during the service. I think responsive readings can be awesome, but every time I think through using them with our congregation, I back off because I just feel it will come across completely wrong and just have the opposite effect.
The Psalms
I’m with Ryan, you really can’t beat the psalms. Use creativity andd variety in how they are done (leader/response, side to side, pregnant pauses between verses, do just part of them, sing them leader/response, use a sung response, etc.) to try and reclaim the power of psalms and keep from getting into a rote/routine approach. Praying the psalms puts us in touch with ancient prayer and the prayers of Jesus and articulates the soul’s deepest longings.
http://www.gbod.org/worship/default.asp?loc_id=962,1174&act=nav_loc
The United Methodist Church has some responsive readings online in a category called 21st Century Worship. Maybe you would find them useful?
we use responsive readings alot at the community I lead worship in. What we use the majority of the time is the Book of Common Prayer, and the United Methodist Book of Worship. Most “main-line” traditions have readings in their hymnals/prayer/worship books that are often steeped in the tradition of the Church. their is also some really good stuff in Eastern Orthodox liturgies.
http://fwbreadings.blogspot.com/2004/12/table-of-contents.html This link has been a good resource for me and is well organized by topics. It is from a Baptist Hymnal.
Excellent site, keep up the good work
I’m working on organizing responsive readings from througout church history.
The Psalter from the good old Book Of Common Prayer is a can’t miss…
So here is the website I mentioned working on up above. It is still in progress, but feedback is appreciated.
Dan