Worship Resources

Books About Worship:
Ancient, Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enacting God’s Narrative. Robert E. Webber (Baker Books, 2008)
A More Profound Alleluia: Theology and Worship in Harmony. Leanne Van Dyk, editor (Eerdmans, 2005)
Worship At the Next Level: Insight from Contemporary Voices. Tim A. Dearborn and Scott Coil, editors (Baker Books, 2004)
The Art of Worship: A Musician’s Guide to Leading Modern Worship. Greg Scheer, (Baker Books, 2006)
The Praise and Worship Team Instant Tune-up. Doug and Tami Flather (Zondervan, 2002)

Readings, Liturgies, Prayers, and Drama Books:
The Worship Sourcebook. Emily R. Brink & John D. Witvliet (Faith Alive Christian Resources, Baker Books, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, 2004)
Holy Ground: Liturgies and worship resources for an engaged spirituality. Neil Paynter and Helen Boothroyd. (Wild Goose Publications, 2005)
Prayers for the Gathered Community: Resources for the Liturgical Year. Don C. Skinner (United Church Press, 1997)
Searching For Shalom: Resources for Creative Worship. Ann Weems (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991)
Present on Earth: Worship Resources on the Life of Jesus. Iona Community (Wild Goose Resource Group/GIA, 2000)

The Campus Ministries Office and the Library have several hymnals and songbooks, including music from Taize and Iona. The Campus Ministries Office also has files of music, available for worship leaders to use.

Websites:
The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Here you can find podcasts and articles on worship, tools for planning worship, and sample worship services.

Reformed Worship Magazine
This online journal has a searchable database of articles on worship and worship planning.

Worship Together
A great place to search out contemporary worship songs. Includes Bible Study resources, a blog on leading worship, music resources, and articles on contemporary worship.

Alternative Worship
A site linking several online resources focussed on alternative and emergent worship.

Contemporary Worship Music
This website has guitar chord charts for several contemporary songs. Worship team leaders can also access Song Select (www.songselect.com), which has lead sheets and chord sheets for most songs with a CCLI license. To do so, get the login and password information from the campus minister.

Learning Opportunities
Worship Course: King’s offers a class on the theology of worship, THEO 376/ MUSC 376

Break Forth Canada, a conference held in Edmonton in January each year, offers several workshops specifically on leading worship.