Preaching in Worship
Melinda A. Quivik
Fortress Press
Minneapolis
Preaching in Worship
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Quivik, Melinda A. (Melinda Ann)
Serving the Word: preaching in worship / Melinda A. Quivik.
p. cm.—(Elements of preaching)
Includes bibliographical references (p.).
ISBN 978-0-8006-6198-4 (alk. paper)
1. Liturgical preaching. 2. Lectionary preaching. I. Title.
BV4235.L58Q58 2009
251—dc22
2009026334
Liturgy, Pattern, and Practice
Chapter 1 • God’s Word Is Central in Worship
Finding Ecumenical Commonality
Renewing Time: The Church Calendar
Receiving the Texts: Lectionaries
Chapter 3 • Ash Wednesday: A Case Study
Chapter 4 • Gathering: The Disciples Were Walking: Together and Talking
God’s Word Engages the Assembly
Greeting and Singing in the Language of God’s Word
Praying in the Language of God’s Word
Chapter 5 • Word: He Explained the Scriptures to Them
Chapter 6 • Meal: Their Eyes Were Opened in the Breaking of the Bread
Chapter 7 • Sending: They Told How He Had Been Made Known to Them
Appendix 1: Order of Service for the Case Study
Appendix 2: Intercessions for Ash Wednesday
Preparing beginning preachers to stand before the body of Christ and proclaim the word of God faithfully, authentically, and effectively Sunday after Sunday is and always has been a daunting responsibility. As North American pastors face pews filled with citizens of a postmodern, post-Christendom culture, this teaching task becomes even more complex. The theological, exegetical, and homiletical skills that preachers need for the future are as much in flux today as they have ever been in Western Christianity. Thus providing seminary students with a solid ...
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About Serving the Word: Preaching in WorshipThis book invites the reader to see how God’s word can become the crux not only of the sermon but of the worship service as a whole. Over the past half-century, worship scholars have found a substantial ecumenical worship pattern in Luke’s story of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearance on the road and at the table in Emmaus. In that word-and-meal structure, the relationship between preaching and worship as distinct aspects of liturgical experience breaks down. The preached word and the liturgical event within which preaching is located become integral to each other. This book invites the reader to explore how—through God’s word—preaching informs and is, in turn, supported by the worship event as a whole. |
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