Abingdon Preaching Annual

Providing original sermon ideas, new insights on the Scripture, & unique illustrations from a wide range of preaching clergy, "The Abingdon Preaching Annual" is a comprehensive resource that offers everything busy preachers need for sermon & worship preparation. The 2001 edition includes an entire year's worth of weekly worship services, sermon briefs, & benedictions, & is especially useful to preachers who use "The Revised Common Lectionary" to design their sermons & Sunday morning worship. Each month begins with a devotional exercise, which includes prayer & journal assignment, specifically designed to nurture the preacher's own spiritual journey with Christ. "The Abingdon Preaching Annual" features: 156 sermon briefs - three sermon briefs for each Sunday of the year, each highlighting one of the featured lectionary texts; 52 complete Sunday services - weekly worship services that include worship themes, pastoral prayer, & call to worship; Seasonal & special occasion benedictions, a Scripture index, & a complete listing of readings for the lectionary year; Sermons for holidays & special days of the year; 12 devotions for preachers - monthly encouragement for the preacher's spiritual life.Bugg, Charles is the author of 'Abingdon Preaching Annual' with ISBN 9780687032303 and ISBN 068703230X.