STANDARDS FOR USAGE

FOR USERS:

Files are in pdf format and may be viewed in your browser or downloaded to your hard drive.

The authors give permission for the use of these resources in public worship and for the distribution of their writing in bulletins and other worship documents. You must cite the author's name in your bulletin or program when you use their work. There are many ways to do this but here are the two most common:

1. In the main text of your bulletin:

Call to Worship..................written by Jane B. Doe
Leader: Praise God!
People: Praise God....

This is especially good if you're using materials from more than one person in your worship.

2. In the 'credits' section:

Pastor: Ima Yourpastor
Organist: Ida Playforyounow
Call To Worship & Invocation: Jane B. Doe


FOR AUTHORS:

Inclusive worship resources will use inclusive language for God and people.

Please include the Scripture reference(s), if appropriate, and the Lectionary day and season (ex. First Sunday in Lent) if keyed to the Revised Common Lectionary.

Submit your resources in pdf, MS Word, rich text, or text file online. As a last resort, send the text in the body of an email.

PLEASE NOTE: We cannot guarantee that we will post your resources online. If we have concerns, we will contact you about them and hopefully reach a satisfactory conclusion.

Every author will be contacted by email and updated on whether the work has been posted online or whether edits are requested.

We are Creating Church together!

What you see here is just a beginning.
We need YOUR creativity and your help in creating a great resource for pastors, worship committees, worship leaders, and devotional readers!

Submit your Inclusive Language Resources (or contact us)

You will be able to attach files --
pdf or MS Word preferred.

See more information for authors below.

Inclusive Language Worship Resources for:
(all resources are in pdf format)

New! Worship service and sermon on women's menstrual flow. Elizabeth Keller gave this as her senior sermon at Bethany Theological Seminary and it is awesome!

New! Straight Privilege Reminder Wedding Vows -- funny wedding vows written by Audrey deCoursey that remind us of the unfair privileges heterosexual couples are offered in our society.

New! On a more serious note, the UCC has an awesome inclusive language wedding liturgy you can download in pdf format. Click here to open a new page to the UCC Marriage Equality page. The wedding liturgy is titled Order for Marriage - an inclusive version and can be found about halfway down the page under Resources. Check it out!

Feminist Hymns in Hymnal: A Worship Book

Advent and Epiphany:

Lent:


Easter:


Ordinary Time:

Special Days: (Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, All Saints Day, etc.)

Stewardship/Offering/Doxologies

Special Topics: