{"product_id":"9781596273634-sunday-prayer-for-the-whole-assembly","title":"Sunday Prayer for the Whole Assembly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if liturgical preparation began not with what presiders do, but with how the whole assembly prays—with voices, bodies, movement, and space? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Prayer for the Whole Assembly\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical and theologically grounded manual for liturgical preparation and celebration, written for clergy and liturgy planners in Episcopal and ELCA congregations. Drawing on core denominational resources—including the \u003ci\u003e1979 Book of Common Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnriching Our Worship\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvangelical Lutheran Worship\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAll Creation Sings\u003c\/i\u003e—this book invites readers to rethink how worship is prepared, enacted, and embodied by the whole assembly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentered on the four-fold ordo—Gathering, Word, Table, and Sending—and focused especially on the Sunday celebration of the Eucharist, \u003ci\u003eSunday Prayer for the Whole Assembly\u003c\/i\u003e shifts attention away from presider-centered preparation toward an assembly-shaped vision of worship. Rather than concentrating on what ordained and appointed ministers do on behalf of others, this volume explores how those ministers prepare the conditions that enable the full, active, and bodily participation of everyone gathered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn conversation with James Farwell’s \u003ci\u003eRitual Excellence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Prayer for the Whole Assembly\u003c\/i\u003e equips worship leaders to plan celebrations that are coherent, participatory, and deeply rooted in embodied communal prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryan Cones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527026741503,"sku":"9781596273634","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/9424\/5887\/files\/9781596273634.jpg?v=1790140447","url":"https:\/\/churchpublishing.org\/products\/9781596273634-sunday-prayer-for-the-whole-assembly","provider":"Church Publishing Incorporated","version":"1.0","type":"link"}