The Joyful Feast

Liturgical Elements for Reformed Worship is a series of four liturgical resources: three consisting of liturgical elements for Years A, B, and C, and a fourth, the first such resource to support the implementation of Year D: A Quadrennial Supplement to the Revised Common Lectionary (Cascade, 2012). Each volume consists of a Call to Worship, Opening Prayer, Call to Confession, Prayer of Confession, and Words of Assurance, with Years A-C including additional elements (A Prayer in Preparation for Worship, The Offering, Prayer of Dedication, and a Blessing) suitable for Presbyterian, Reformed, and other Protestant worship. Each of these practical volumes is intended for use by pastors, liturgists, and other planners and leaders of worship.




""Slemmons boldly leads Christian worshipers where few others, in recent times, have dared--to our knees. Only here, Slemmons contends, in the acknowledgment of our sin, can we truly embrace with exuberant joy the good news of God's forgiveness and grace. Artfully poetic, warmly authentic, and theologically rich, pastors and worship leaders will want to keep this resource close at hand if they desire to lead their congregations in genuinely joyful worship.""
--Amanda W. Benckhuysen, Associate Professor of Old Testament Studies, Calvin Theological Seminary

""In words that powerfully connect the eternal message of Scripture with the desperate needs of people in the twenty-first century, Slemmons has given an immensely valuable resource to all of us who regularly need help in planning and leading meaningful and faithful services of worship--for the glory of the triune God.""
--Rev. D. Scott Weimer, Senior Pastor, North Avenue Presbyterian Church


Timothy Matthew Slemmons is Associate Professor of Homiletics and Worship at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. He is the author of Groans of the Spirit: Homiletical Dialectics in an Age of Confusion (2010) and Year D: A Quadrennial Supplement to the Revised Common Lectionary (2012).