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Worship Resources

Supplements to the resources printed in Leader (password required)

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Free Resources

• Guidelines for using video clips in worship

Summer 2012—Gather 'Round worship resources 2012

The Leader Summer worship resources supplement is one WORD document with three sermons and one prayer for congregational use.

Spring 2012—Pentecost 2012

Pentecost Bible Study
This is a Bible study of Pentecost, mentioned on page 33.

Winter 2011-12—Lent 2012

Here are some additional resources from Mennonite Church Canada for Lent-Easter 2012 that coordinate with the Leader worship resources found in Winter 2011-2012 issue: * Connect home devotionals and personal prayers with your congregational worship this coming Lenten season: Mennonite Church Canada At-Home family devotionals. A free downloadable resource that includes simple worship ideas, prayers and activities based on the lectionary texts and Leader worship themes. Mennonite Spiritual Directors of Eastern Canada Guided Prayer resource. An opportunity for individuals to pray at home with the Gospel and Psalm readings for the upcoming Sunday, then share their experience in a weekly small group led by a group leader from their church. Click here for more information. Registration ($40) is due by January 29, 2011. Re-visit the website in February for online video instruction.

Lent 2012 Dramas
Ash Wednesday Service
Good Friday Service
Lent Retreat
Organ Music
Children's Signs 1
Children's Signs 2

Fall 2011—Advent 2011

AMBS hosts an all-day Advent planning workshop and often additional materials are provided. These include four documents: Communion service for the first Sunday of Advent; Service for New Years; Additional Visual options; and Additional options for Children's Time. Also, see photos from the workshop here:

   

This is the link for the Advent liturgical dance: vimeo.com/27124607. For tips and ideas for bringing liturgical dance to your congregation, see the following video: vimeo.com/29895248. Click here for an accompanying word document.

From Mennonite Church Canada, Advent at Home devotional book with coloring pages for children and a poster. This devotional is designed to be used with the worship resources in Leader.

• "Surprised by Awesome Deeds" booklet
• "Surprised by Awesome Deeds" coloring pages
• Advent poster template

"Awesome things we do not expect" illustrations: illustration 1; illustration 2; illustration 3.

• Communion Service: Word / PDF
• Candle Lighting Ritual: Word / PDF

For past resources, please click here.

Note: if you would prefer to download any of these files to your computer rather than open them in your browser, you may do so by following these instructions:

Internet Explorer, right-click on the link; click on "Save Target As".
Mozilla Firefox, right-click on the link; click on "Save Link As"
Apple Safari, command-click on the link; click on "Download Linked File".

ZIP files: After saving a ZIP file to your computer, double click on the .zip folder to access its contents; then click and drag the contained files to the desired location on your computer.

Mennonite Bulletin Series

Bulletin covers:
Click here for information on Worship Bulletins.