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THREE choices for music & worship planners from Abingdon Press —

Choir Director's Organizer 2008-2009
Useful for Multiple Worship Styles

• Hymn Usage Chart
• 13-Month Planning Calendar
• Reproducible Forms
• Clip Art

Presser 777-40092 • $15.00

Theme: "Joyful Songs to God we sing!"

If you are like many choir directors, you can use some help organizing the many facets of your work. That's where Choir Director's Organizer 2008-2009 comes in. Here is what is included:

Worship Music Planners — one for traditional worship services and one for blended or contemporary worship services.

Calendars — one three-year-at-a-glance calendar on a single page plus thirteen two-page monthly calendars (August 2008 through August 2009) for more detailed planning.

Hymn Usage Chart — a list of hymns found in most major denominational and independent hymnals, in alphabetical order. There are blank lines at the end of the list, on which to add hymns, songs, choruses, and so on, that do not appear on the list (August 2008-August 2009).

Rehearsal Planning Worksheets — one for children's choirs, one for youth choirs, and one for adult choirs, which can also be used for instrumental ensembles.

Sample Letters — Recruitment, attendance, birthday greeting and "missed you" notes for adults, youth, children and handbell choir members.

Attendance Records — one for adult/youth choirs (also used by handbell and instrumental ensembles), and one for children's choirs.

Choir Robe and Folder Assignment Chart — one for choir robes, one for choir folders, and one for those who prefer to combine the robe and folder information on one chart.

Music Library Card — can be stored as separate sheets or duplicated onto 5" x 7" card stock.

Instrument and Equipment Form — inventory chart and maintenance chart.

Music Department Budget Summary — budget form and a budget summary.

Clip Art — scattered throughout the book.


PREPARE! 2008-20089
David L. Bone and Mary J. Scifres

Presser 777-40090 • $21.00

 

(Prepare! is multidenominational.
For The United Methodist worship service, see below
.)

An all-in-one resource that helps both the music director and pastor plan the worship service for each Sunday and holy day of the year, Prepare! is lectionary based and places at your fingertips:

• A calendar format that helps you plan the entire choir year, from September through August
• Eight or more suggested hymns for each service, appropriate to the service's scripture
Complete text for the Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle, and Gospel readings
Reproducible worship planning forms to help pastors and worship leaders plan all the
   elements of the worship service
Services for Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Thanksgiving
Suggestions for vocal solos, anthems, contemporary suggestions, visuals, and much more

This resource is keyed to several major denominational and ecumenical hymnals:

• The Faith We Sing
• Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship
• Hymns for the Family of God
• Lutheran Book of Worship
• Songs for Praise and Worship Singalong Edition
• The United Methodist Hymnal
• Worship III (Roman Catholic)
• The Presbyterian Hymnal
• The New Century Hymnal (United Church of Christ)
• The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
• The Baptist Hymnal
• The Chalice Hymnal (Disciples of Christ)
• Voices United

DAVID L. BONE is Administrator of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts.

MARY J. SCIFRES is author of Searching for Seekers: Ministry with a New Generation of the Unchurched. Along with her husband, B. J. Beu, Mary is co-editing The Abingdon Worship Annual 2008: Contemporary and Traditional Resources for Worship Leaders.


2008-2009 United Methodist
Music and Worship Planner

David L. Bone and Mary J. Scifres

Presser 777-40091 • $21.00

An all-in-one resource that helps both the music director and pastor plan the worship service for each Sunday and holy day of the year, the 2008-2009 United Methodist Music and Worship Planner is lectionary based and places at your fingertips:

• A calendar format that helps you plan the entire choir year, from September through August
• The Psalter selection from The United Methodist Hymnal, plus an appropriate response
• Eight or more suggested hymns for each service, appropriate to the service's scripture
   from The United Methodist Hymnal and The Faith We Sing
Complete text for the Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle, and Gospel readings
Reproducible worship planning forms to help pastors and worship leaders plan all the
   elements of the worship service
Services for Ash Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Thanksgiving
Suggestions for vocal solos, anthems, contemporary suggestions, visuals, and much more

DAVID L. BONE is Administrator of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts.

MARY J. SCIFRES is author of Searching for Seekers: Ministry with a New Generation of the Unchurched. Along with her husband, B. J. Beu, Mary is co-editing The Abingdon Worship Annual 2008: Contemporary and Traditional Resources for Worship Leaders