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The 2012 Lenten Study Series is available now HERE.

Please click on labyrinth above to access Lenten Series

Please click on the links below for seasonal liturgical resources

• Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
• Anglican Cycle of Prayer 

Daily Offices

• A Shorter Evening Liturgy
• Daily Office online 
• El Oficio Diaria 
• See also Prayer, Daily Offices and Devotionals

Ecclesiastical Date Calculators

• http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html
• http://www.albion.edu/english/calendar//Ecclesiastical_dates_files/widget1_markup.html

Lectionaries and Propers

• The Lectionary Page
  Contains links to readings for Sundays (Book of Common Prayer (BCP and Revised Common Lectionary (RCL)), and Lesser Feasts and Fasts
  • Lesser Feasts and Fasts (LFF) is not available online but can be ordered from Church Publishing
• "The Lectionary" (Satucket)
  Includes links to daily office readings and "When will it be read" index
• Propers for Feast Day of the Martyrs of Sudan (May 16)
• Revised Common Lectionary
  as authorized by the Standing Commission for Liturgy and Music of the Episcopal Church
• See more at http://www.edecr.org/bibleresources.html

Music Resources

• Cyberhymnal 
• Oremus Hymnal 
• Lutheran Hymns 

Licensing

• Do you have a license? There are two licenses that all churches should consider having. One is for music and the other is for videos:
  • CCLI (Christian Copyright Licensing International)
    http://www.ccli.com/WhatWeOffer/ChurchCopyrightLicense.aspx
    With this license you are allowed to copy from over 150,000 songs for congregational use. It enables you to make overhead transparencies, song sheets and songbooks, input lyrics on a computer, record worship services, and make arrangements of the music (where no published version exists). The fee in for 2005 was $165.00.
  • CVLI (Christian Video Licensing International)
    http://www.cvli.com
    With this license you are allowed to use portions of movies to illustrate sermon points, Sunday schools and Youth Groups can view the latest videos, educational classes can use videos for teaching and training. It covers manufactured videocassettes and videodiscs purchased, rented or borrowed. It does not cover materials that have been copied from another source or recorded from TV. As of 2005, over 80 producers were participating in this license, including Disney. The fee for 2005 was $180.00 for up to 500 members.

Personal Devotion

• Back to Basics/Lo Essencial del Cristiano
  PDF format. At Session 1 of Diocesan Convention 2006, Deacon Brian Nordwick and Bishop Sylvestre Romero commended this form to be shared with members of congregations. A person can fill out the form and place it somewhere handy where it will remind him or her of the commitment to regular study, prayer and worship.
• Back to Basics/Lo Essencial del Cristiano
  MS-Word format. Browsers frequently "hang" when you try to open MS-Word files directly in the browser. It is recommended for the MS-Word format that you "right-click" the link and download the file, then open it from the location where you saved the file.

Publications

• The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) Online 
  • http://www.saintgabriels.org/bcp/contents.html
  • http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/
  • http://www.bcponline.org/
•  Church Publishing Inc. (CPI)
  Resource for hardcopies of BCP and other resources
  • The Book of Occasional Services (BOS) is not available online but can be ordered from Church Publishing (under copyright)
  • Lesser Feasts and Fasts (LFF) is not available online but can be ordered from Church Publishing (under copyright)
• Liturgy and Music on the Episcopal Church Website 

Any Season

• Oneida Thanksgiving Prayer
  For use at meetings of the councils of the church
• Episcopal Litany for Social Justice 

• Litany in Response to a Natural Disaster 
• Do Not Be Afraid Dismissal
  Dismissal litany from CREDO

Advent

• Mary and Elizabeth
  A dramatic reading of the Visitation for Advent
• Advent Links and Resources
  from Textweek
• Prayers for Lighting the Advent Wreath
  "Prayerbook", a Catholic Religious Site

Christmas Eve and Christmas Season

• Christmas Pageant Prayers
• Eucharistic Prayer from Children's Defense Fund
• Christmas Links and Resources
  from Textweek
• La Posada Mexican Christmas Traditions

Epiphany

• Eucharistic Prayer for Epiphany
  by The Rev. Karen Siegfried

Lent 2012

• Lent I Innovation  --                  MS Word     PDF
• Lent II Integrity --                      MS Word     PDF
• Lent III Reconciliation --           MS Word     PDF
• Lent IV Passion --                     MS Word     PDF
• Lent V Christ-Centeredness  --  MS Word     PDF
• Editable flyer/bulletin --            MS Word     PDF

Independence Day

• Litanies for a Nation
  • Litany for the Nation - Bulletin Insert
    Litany for the Nation, for Bulletin Insert - PDF format 100KB.
  • Litany for the Nation - for Intercessor
    Litany for the Nation, for the Intercessor, with General Intercessions at beginning - PDF format 79KB.

Back to School

• Blessing of the Backpacks

St. Francis Day

• Animal Blessing Ideas