Blessing of the Animals

Blessing of the Animals 
The Presbyterian Earthcare website has links to a Blessing of the Animals service, along with articles and a hymn which churches are free to use. 

Blessing of the Animals/St. Francis Day 
This order of service comes from the Season of Creation website. 

St. Francis Day Resources 
These come from the Episcopal Church. 

A Service for the Blessing of Animals 
This order of service comes from Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church. 

Tips for Holding a Blessing of the Animals Service 
This blog post discusses practical considerations and promotion, as well as liturgy and theology, related to holding a Blessing of the Animals service. 

Children’s Bulletins

Children’s Worship Bulletins 
This site offers reproducible children’s bulletins with Bible-based activities. There are two age levels with a monthly, quarterly, or annual fee. 

Sermons 4 kids 
Free downloadable children’s worship bulletins for each week in Word format are available on this site. There are also additional children’s activity sheets for each week. 

Children’s Sermons

Children’s Messages 
This document provides advice for those giving children’s messages. 

Childrens Sermons 
This site offers free children’s sermons in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. 

Dollar Store Childrens Sermons 
The children’s sermons on this website follow both the RCL and the Narrative Lectionary and use simple objects. 

Sermons4Kids 
This website offers free children’s sermons in English and Spanish for each Sunday in the RCL. 

Sunday Childrens Focus 
This is another site which offers free children’s sermons. 

Worshiping with Children 
There are many ways to involve children in the worship service here; they can be adapted for use as children’s sermons. 

Father’s Day

Father’s Day 
The Centre for Mennonite Brethren studies lists prayers and resources for worship on Father’s Day. 

Father’s Day Worship Guide 
The Pastor’s Workshop has Calls to Worship, Prayers of Confessions, Illustrations, and Quotes for Father’s Day. 

re:Worship 
This site offers a large selection of worship prayers, hymns and songs, and other resources for Father’s Day. 

Liturgical Dance 

Liturgical Dance as a Form of Worship 
This article covers the basics of liturgical dance, dance attire, and the past and future of liturgical dance. 

Moved by the Spirit to Dance With the Lord 
This article from The New York Times is about Praise Dance, a form of worship that seeks to articulate the word and spirit of God through the body. 

Music Videos

Igniter Media
They offer a free one-month subscription. 

Worship House Media
They sell videos individually. This is the streaming information for WorshipHouse Media. 

Worship Lyric Videos
Videos are sold individually; they are less expensive than Worship House, but just the lyrics are shown. They also offer bundles at a reasonable price. 

Here is how to check if a song is covered by your CCLI license. 

• CCLI’s SongSelect makes it easy to confirm if a song is authorized under your license. 

• Simply visit SongSelect.ccli.com and enter the song title in the search box. If your initial search results don’t include the song you are looking for, check the box next to “Expand search to show all songs” for more results. Find a match and you’re good to go. If you don’t find a match, it’s likely the song is not covered by the license. 

• To confirm if a publisher catalog is authorized under your license, search the Copyright License – Covered Catalogs list at https://ccli.com/us/en/copyright-owners-lists

• When in doubt, CCLI’s Customer Service is ready to help. 

Mother’s Day 

Mother’s Day
The Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies has a variety of worship resources suitable for use on Mother’s Day. 

Mother’s Day Resources
Prayers, poems, stories, humor, sermons, skits, and a children’s sermon are on The Desperate Preacher’s website. 

re:Worship
This site has numerous prayers, hymns and songs, and other resources for Mother’s Day worship. 

Today We Celebrate Our Mothers
Discipleship Ministries has a Call to Worship, Opening Prayer, and Offering Prayer for Mother’s Day. 

Narrative Lectionary

Narrative Lectionary
This closed Facebook group discusses sermon texts, shares resources, and offers mutual support around the shared experience of using the Narrative Lectionary. 

Spirit & Truth Publishing
Along with their downloadable Narrative Lectionary curriculum, they also sell resources for intergenerational worship based on the Narrative Lectionary. 

The Text This Week
This worship planning website has a section with resources for the Narrative Lectionary. 

Working Preacher
This site has worship resources as well as a weekly podcast based on the Narrative Lectionary. 

Paraments 

Autom
Autom serves the Catholic community by selling church supplies, including paraments. 

Christian Book
Although known primarily as a bookseller, Christian Book also sells paraments. 

Cokesbury 
Cokesbury is connected with the United Methodist Church and sells paraments as well as books and other church supplies. 

Concordia Supply
This church supplier sells paraments in sets as well as individually. 

PRC Booklets 

Celebrating Advent with Children in Worship booklet 

Worship Notes for Kids booklet 
When printing, select “booklet” under “Page Sizing & Handling.” 

PRC Pinterest Boards

• Banner Ideas
  
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• Children and Worship
  
• Communion
  
• Church Year
  
• Intergenerational Worship
  
• Liturgical Stoles
  
• Summer and Outdoor Worship
  
• Thanksgiving Banner Ideas
  
• Votive Candle Holders
  
• Worship Visuals 

Sermon Preparation – Free Resources 

DesperatePreacher.com
Sermons here follow the Revised Common Lectionary. There are also other worship resources. The content is geared toward an ecumenical audience. 

Discipleship Ministries
This worship planning website of the United Methodist Church includes sample sermons for each Sunday of the Revised Common Lectionary. 

How to Preach a Justice Sermon
This booklet, although it was written for those preaching on Long Island, NY, has information which would be useful for anyone who wants to preach a sermon on justice. 

Ministry Matters
This site from the United Methodist Church offers resources for topical preaching, lectionary preaching, sermon series, and Bible & theology. 

Sermon Seeds
The United Church of Christ offers this sermon preparation resource designed for use with the Revised Common Lectionary. Besides the lectionary texts for each week, there is a reflection on the focus text. 

The Text This Week
This is a worship planning website which offers links to sermon resources for the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary. You can also search for resources based on a scripture passage. 

Working Preacher
Luther Seminary offers this website with resources for sermons based on the Revised Common Lectionary and the Narrative Lectionary, along with other resources about the craft of preaching. 

Zeteo
This website is a collaborative project of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, and Hymnary.org to provide access to a thought-provoking mosaic of content from over 100 online resources through a search engine. Zeteo helps you seek out resources for whatever you’re doing—preparing a sermon, planning worship, teaching a class, or studying to deepen your faith—and find inspiration that spans a range of Christian church traditions.