Resources for Parish Musicians and Liturgists
From this page you can access a variety of resources for musicians and others who prepare and lead worship.
Unless otherwise noted, they may be downloaded for personal use. To download any of these files,
you will need Adobe © Acrobat Reader.
In the Days to Come/Songs and prayers of peacemaking - a prayer service created by Tony Alonso, John Bell and Marty Haugen for the National Pastoral Musicians' (NPM) National Convention, held on July, 2007 at Indianapolis, Indiana.
A bibliography of world music resources - a short list of worship music resources that include music from many cultures and
peoples around the world. (If you know of other good resources that should be added to this list, let me know through e-mail).
A bibliography of resources for formation of worship leaders & worship preparation - a selected bibliography on the history and structure of liturgy, scripture and worship preparation and the formation of worship leaders.
The Living Body of Christian Worship - This article offers a model for examining and exploring faithful worship renewal.
Writing Well, Getting Published - This article was written to offer suggestions for anyone who writes or is interesting in writing music for worship.
A covenant for music ministers and other volunteers - This page provides a template for a parish music program
that is interested in beginning a covenanting program between the parish community and individual musicians.
This covenant may be adapted for use with other ministries (such as readers or eucharistic ministers).