Links

The Worship staff has compiled this list of links that point to a number of useful worship-related resources on the Web. The list is by no means comprehensive. Links to sites, products, and services on this page do not indicate official endorsement by the Worship staff or the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 

Many of these links were found at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada's list of worship links. To access their rich collection of links and worship resources, visit Lift Up Your Hearts: Worship and Spirituality Site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

If there are links for any of these categories that you strongly recommend, send them to the Worship staff.

Worship and Liturgy | Music | The Church Year | Visual Arts | Full Communion Partners

Worship and Liturgy

1. Institutes
2. Associations
3. Journals
4. Rites and Texts
5. Revised Common Lectionary Preaching Resources
6. Bible Resources
7. General Resources
8. Booksellers
9. Publishers
10. Liturgical Supply Houses

Institutes

• Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI)
• Institute of Liturgical Studies (Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN)
• Notre Dame Center for Pastoral Liturgy

Associations

• American Academy of Religion (AAR)
• Consultation on Common Texts (CCT) Developers of the Revised Common Lectionary.
• The Liturgical Conference
• Liturgy Network (Notre Dame Center for Pastoral Liturgy)
• North American Academy of Liturgy (NAAL)
• North American Association for the Catechumenate
• North American Forum on the Catechumenate
• Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)

Journals

• The Liturgical Conference Publishers of Liturgy.
• Reformed Worship

Rites & Texts

• Book of Common Prayer (Anglican Resource Collection, Society of Archbishop Justus)
• Calvin Institute of Christian Worship: Worship Services
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library (Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI)
• Common Worship (The Church of England)
• Daily Prayer (The Church of England)
• Gathering (The United Church of Canada)
• General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada: Worship
• Litanies (Reformed Church in America)
• Worship and Spirituality Resource Archive (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada)
• Orders of Worship (Reformed Church in America)
• Project Wittenberg
• United Church of Christ: S.A.M.U.E.L., Worship Ways, and liturgies from the New Century Hymnal and Book of Worship.
• The United Methodist Church: Worship

Revised Common Lectionary Preaching Resources

• Comments: Commentaries on the Revised Common Lectionary
• Homiletics and Liturgics (Divinity Library, Vanderbilt University)
• Lectionary.org
• Sermon Starters (from the ELCA Stewardship staff)

Bible Resources

• Bible Word Pronunciation 
• Crosswalk.com (includes full-text search of NRSV)
• oremus Bible Browser

General Resources

• Biographical Sketches of Memorable Christians of the Past
• Calculation of the Ecclesiastical Calendar
• The Episcopal Church, USA: The Office for Liturgy and Music [ELCA full communion partner] 
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC): Program Committee for Worship
• General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada: Faith, Worship & Ministry
• Internet Theology Resources: Liturgical Studies and Liturgical Music (College of St. Benedict, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN)
• Lutheran Church of Australia: Worship Commission
• Lutheran Resource Center (sponsored by four ELCA synods)
• Lutheran World Federation: Worship and Congregational Life
• Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Office of Theology and Worship [ELCA full communion partner]
• Reformed Church in America: Worship [ELCA full communion partner] 
• Taizé
• United Church of Christ: Worship and Music [ELCA full communion partner] 

Booksellers

• Alibris
• Amazon.com
• Church House Bookshop

Publishers

• Augsburg Fortress (publishing house of the ELCA)
• Church House Publishing (publishing house of the Church of England)
• Church Publishing Incorporated (publishing house of the Episcopal Church, USA)
• Cokesbury
• Concordia Publishing House (publishing house of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod)
• Liturgical Press
• Liturgy Training Publications (LTP)
• MediaCom
• Oregon Catholic Press (OCP)
• Oxford University Press
• Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (publishing house of the Presbyterian Church, USA)
• United Methodist Publishing House (includes Cokesbury and Abingdon Press; publishing house of the United Methodist Church)
• Wild Goose Publications (The Iona Community, Scotland)

Liturgical Supply Houses

• CM Almy
• Augsburg Fortress
• Abbott
• Mount Sinai Orthodox Church Products
• Murphy Robes
• Robert Gaspard Company
• Slabbinck

• St. Jude's Shop, Inc.

• Tally's Church Supplies and Religious Goods
• Timothy J. Bergren Design
• Wippell's
• WomenSpirit: Vestments for Women

1. Associations, Guilds, and Societies
2. Music Studies and Scholarship
3. Hymns and Liturgical Music
4. Bells
5. Organ
6. Voice/Choir
7. Copyrights and Licensing
8. Music Publishers

Associations, Guilds, and Societies

• American Choral Directors Association
• American Guild of English Handbell Ringers
• The American Guild of Organists
• Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America
• Association of Lutheran Church Musicians
• Association of Young Organists
• Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
• Choral Conductors Guild
• Choristers Guild
• The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
• The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
• International Federation for Choral Music
• Organ Historical Society
• Presbyterian Association of Musicians

Music Studies and Scholarship

• Leadership Program for Musicians Serving Small Congregations (ELCA and the Episcopal Church)
• Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival

Hymns and Liturgical Music

• The Cyber Hymnal (MIDI)
• The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
• Hymn Tune Index (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Hymnquest
• Hymnuts Homepage (Gracia Grindahl, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN)
• Liturgical Guitarist Guitar accompaniments for hymns.
• Lutheran-Hymnal.com
• The Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts (Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Calvin College)
• Singing the Faith Worship Programs (Gracia Grindahl, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN)
• Southern Harmony (Christan Classics Ethereal Library, Calvin College)

Bells

• American Guild of English Handbell Ringers
• The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
• John Taylor Bellfounders
• McShane Bell Foundry
• Schulmerich Carillons
• The Verdin Company
• Whitechapel Bell Foundry
• World Carillon Federation

Organ

• The American Guild of Organists
• Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America
• Association of Young Organists
• Organ Historical Society

Voice/Choir

• American Choral Directors Association
• Choral Conductors Guild
• Choristers Guild

Copyrights and Licensing

• Augsburg Fortress Copyrights

• Christian Copyright License International (CCLI)

• GIA Publications, Inc. Select Sacred Music and choose Reprint/Copyright Information.

• LicenSing: Copyight Cleared Music for Congregations Choose Church Music and select About LicenSing.

• Music Publishers' Association of the the United States.

• OCP Publications: Licensing

• U.S. Copyright Office (Library of Congress)

Music Publishers

• Augsburg Fortress
• Boosey & Hawkes
• Choristers Guild
• Concordia Publishing House (publishing house of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod)
• GIA Music
• Hinshaw Music
• Hope Publishing
• LutheranMusic.com Sells collections of simplified melodies and piano chords as supplements to common Lutheran hymnals.
• MorningStar Music Publishers
• Neil A. Kjos Music Company

• Oregon Catholic Press (OCP)

• Oxford University Press

• G. Schirmer and Associated Music Publishers
• Sacred Music Press
• Selah Publishing Co.
• Walton Music
• Wild Goose Publications (The Iona Community, Scotland)

The Church Year

1. Lectionaries
2. Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

Lectionaries

• Church Year Calendars and Revised Common Lectionary Readings (ELCA)
• Consultation on Common Texts (CCT): The homepage of the ecumenical consultation that prepared the Revised Common Lectionary.

• Lectionary resources available at Augsburg Fortress.

• Liturgical Calendar for Palm OS. Distributed by the Church Pension Group (the Episcopal Church, U.S.A.).

• Pericope Partners

• Revised Common Lectionary (Divinity Library, Vanderbilt University)

• Revised Common Lectionary for PDAs (Palm OS and Pocket PC/WinCE handheld devices). Produced by Olive Tree Bible Software.

• United Church of Christ: S.A.M.U.E.L. and Worship Ways.

Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

• Augsburg Fortress: Fall, Advent & Christmas

• Lutheran Hour Ministries (The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod): Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany Devotions

• Reformed Church in America: Resources for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

• A Religious Christmas (St. John's Lutheran Church, Brookfield, Wisconsin)

• United Church of Christ: Worship Ways and S.A.M.U.E.L.

• Women of the ELCA: An Advent Journey

1. Associations, Guilds, and Societies
2. Journals
3. Architecture and Space
4. Fabric and Vesture
5. Miscellaneous

Associations, Guilds, and Societies

• Asian Christian Art Association
• Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA)
• The Episcopal Church and Visual Arts (ECVA)
• National Quilting Association
• Sacred Dance Guild
• Stained Glass Association of America

Journals

• Faith & Form
• Image: A Journal of the Arts & Religion
• Religion and the Arts (a journal from Boston College)

Architecture and Space

• Ecclesiastical Arts (Augsburg Fortress)
• Church Architecture: A Resource Network
• Worship Interiors (Augsburg Fortress)

Fabric and Vesture

• Abbott Church Supplies
• Chagall Design Limited
• CM Almy
• Hamel-LeSage Studio
• Friar Tuck (Augsburg Fortress)
• Jeff Wunrow Designs
• The Holy Rood Guild
• Renzetti-Magnarelli Clergy Apparel
• Slabbinck
• WomenSpirit: Vestments for Women

Miscellaneous

• The Art of John August Swanson
• Bridge Building Images (icons)
• Caerdroia - The Journal of Mazes and Labyrinths
• The Labyrinth Company
• Liturgical Art: Nancy Chinn
• PAXworks (Labyrinths)
• St. Isaac of Syria Skete Orthodox Christian Icons

Full Communion Partners

• The Episcopal Church, USA
  • The Office for Liturgy and Music
• Moravian Church in America

• Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) [PCUSA]

  • Office of Theology and Worship
• Reformed Church in America [RCA]
  • Worship
• United Church of Christ [UCC]
  • Worship and Music