Episcopal Church Resources

The most recent revision of the prayerbook for use in the United States.

Provides additional resources to expand upon worship services that are found in the Book of Common Prayer.

Contains optional material for special services throughout the church year.

It is the official revision of Lesser Feasts and Fasts and authorized by the 2009 General Convention. All commemorations in Lesser Feasts and Fasts have been retained, and many new ones added.

The service music and hymns used in the worship services of the Episcopal Church.

A continuation of the current hymnal to be used to supplement and to enrich the 1982 hymnal.

A collection of hymns drawn from African American culture to commemorate African American saints in the liturgical calendar.

Brings together "the public services and pastoral offices" of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer in columns parallel to their predecessors. This set compares the 1662, 1786, 1789 - 1871, 1892, 1928, and 1979 Books of Common Prayer.

Findings of the Standing Liturgical Commission. Currently 30 studies in 12 volumes.

A study of the sources of the liturgical formularies in the 1979 Prayer Book. Text from the prayer book is not included but page references are.

First section is a concordance of all of the spoken text in the BCP. The second section contains all word references for the rubrics, notes, and historical documents.

Comes out annually and lists readings, suggested hymns and liturgical information for every Sunday and major holy day of the current church year.

In 3 volumes, volume one contains introductory essays, essays on the liturgies of the BCP, service music, hymn forms, and historical survey of Christian hymnody in the U.S. and Britain. Volume 2 contains essays on service music and biographies of composers. Volume 3 contains essays on hymns 1 - 720 that are found in the 1982 hymnal.