Last revised in 1993, new edition focuses on God’s movement in the world
by Paul Seebeck | Presbyterian News Service
LOUISVILLE — Five years in the making, the 2018 Book of Common Worship(BCW) for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be in the hands of customers in the coming weeks. There are three new sections in the BCW — on creation and ecology, justice and reconciliation, and interreligious events. Included in these sections are services for:
- Blessings of the Animals
- Resources for prayer and worship after a violent event
- Guidelines for gathering neighbors of other faiths or no faith for times of celebrations, or when there is conflict or crisis
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This latest edition of the Book of Common Worship (BCW) provides 18 models for the Great Thanksgiving in the service for the Lord’s Day and 28 options for the Christian year; still more Eucharistic prayers are provided for the reaffirmation of baptism, ordination, marriage, constituting a congregation, care of creation, world communion, marriage, ministry with the sick and the funeral. This volume includes eight thanksgivings for baptism for the Lord’s Day, five for seasons and festivals of the Christian year and eight for use in daily prayer. — David Gambrell co-editor BCW in the Presbyterian Outlook
