King of Prussia, PA — Theodore Presser Company is happy to announce the distribution of the 2011 worship planners and workbooks from Abingdon Press; annual, essential tools beloved by choral directors, pastors, and musicians.

Created by David L. Bone and Mary J. Scifres, Prepare! (777-40107 • $22.00) is a weekly worship planbook specially designed for pastors and musicians. An all-in-one resource, it helps both the music director and pastor plan worship services for each Sunday and holy day of the year. Its calendar format makes it easy to plan the entire choir year from September through August. It also contains complete lectionary text of the Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle and Gospel readings, as well as reproducible worship planning forms. Finally, Prepare! suggests eight or more hymns for each service, appropriate for thirteen major denominations.

Abingdon Press also offers The United Methodist Music & Worship Planner (777-40108 • $22.00), a version of Prepare! tailored specifically to pastors and music directors in the United Methodist Church.

The Choir Director’s Organizer (777-40109 • $16.00) is an excellent tool for church music directors of many different worship styles, including a hymn usage chart, a 13-month planning calendar, and reproducible forms for rehearsal and record-keeping.

No choir director will want to be without these must-have planners for the upcoming year.

Abingdon Press is an imprint of The United Methodist Publishing House, in operation since 1789. In the early 1920s, Abingdon began publishing a wide array of high-caliber academic, professional, inspirational, and life-affirming religious literature to enrich church communities across the globe. Now beginning its ninth decade, Abingdon Press has a commitment to providing the best, most effective religious publications available. To learn more, visit www.abingdonpress.com.

Offering music by today’s greatest composers and teachers, Theodore Presser Company is the leader in publishing educational and recital music. Theodore Presser Company is a full-range music publisher and distributes the music of over 30 publishers from around the globe, with a combined sales catalog that features over 60,000 available works. For more information about new publications from Theodore Presser Company or to locate a dealer near you, log on to www.presser.com or e-mail us at sales@presser.com. For review copies of the publications listed in this release, please contact Heidi Vanderlee at (212) 777-0900, ext. 230 or send an e-mail to hvanderlee@presser.com.