Worship

Worship Resources

Live Streaming Parishes (updated 03.01.2021)

Resources for Holy Week and Easter

• Holy Week booklet from St. Aidan's Episcopal Church and Campus Ministry, Boulder, CO
• Tenebrae Service
• Holy Week and Easter Resources from the Liturgical Commission
• Stations of the Cross Anywhere from St. John's, West Hartford

Litany and Prayers

• • Ash Wednesday 2021: Recommendations and Guidance from ECCT's Liturgical Commission
  • A Note on Ash Wednesday and the Imposition of Ashes in a Time of Pandemic by The Rt Rev’d J. Neil Alexander
  • Bishop Laura Ahrens' Sermon from Holy Spirit, West Haven on June 7, 2020 (PDF)
  • A Liturgy Affirming Our Commitment to Racial Justice and the Black Lives Matter Movement (July 4, 2020)
  • Alternate Prayer for Spiritual Communion
  • An Act of Spiritual Communion
  • A Service for a Time of Healing (This service may be adapted as needed for use in a variety of settings)
  • A Litany in the face of Coronavirus
  • A Litany of Healing
  • Book of Common Prayer - online .pdf
  • Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet 
  • Morning at the Office - a daily prayer podcast
  • Prayer for a Pandemic
  • Prayers for these difficult times - from Valley Interfaith Council
  • Resources and reflections from Bethany House of Prayer
  • Ritual at home after death
• Stations of the Cross booklet and audio
• The Daily Office from The Mission of St. Clare
• The Daily Office app

Music Resources

• Bishops Coordination Call (links to worship music studies and timelines) (June 29, 2020)
• American Choir Directors Association - COVID-19 RESPONSE COMMITTEE REPORT (June 15, 2020)
• CHURCH MUSIC IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 - Wisconsin Council of Churches
• CT Office of the Arts (May 27, 2020)

• NATS Panel of Experts Lays Out Sobering Future for Singers: "No Vaccine, No Safe Public Singing" (link to presentation) (May 6)

•  U.S. Copyright Issues Related to Live Streaming Music
• OneLicense Copyright Music
• Public Domain Hymns

Resources for Home Worship

• Bible Study Tools
• Book of Occasional Services - Stations of the Cross (ECCT Holy Week Services)
• An Act of Spiritual Communion (when you can't go to church)
• Day 1 (Sermons, blogs, video and audio resources)
• Forward Movement Prayer and Worship in Our Homes
• Prayer and Worship in Our Homes - Free Course from ChurchNext 
• Prayer service on Alexa
• Pray-as-you-go
• The Way of Love - Resources for a Jesus-Centered Life
• Ways to pray when you can't go to church

Social media worship gatherings:

• • From The Episcopal Church
    • Habits of Grace - a weekly meditation from The Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
  • Facebook pages and groups:
    • Katie Churchwell and Pop-up Prayer
    • Canon Williams prays the Daily Office