WORSHIP THROUGH THE SEASONS Ideas for Celebration Mary Isabelle Hock Paper, $8.95 106 pages, 5½” x 8½” ISBN 0-89390-104-0 Quantity:

Make your assembly part of the action with Mary Isabelle Hock’s Worship through the Seasons. This book provides many creative ideas in several formats: choral readings, movements, songs, dances and drama. She has several celebration ideas for each liturgical season and other special events. By using her ideas, worship leaders can move their followers from observation to participation, and worship as a community effort will become more meaningful.

Reviews

“For those looking for a wonderful source of ideas for enhancing worship throughout the liturgical seasons and celebration of the church year, this book would be a great help. There are songs, dramatic sketches, pageants, choral readings, movement scripts, and symbolic actions presented here.”
— Church and Synagogue Association

“Contains a lot of creative and practical material that can be readily used in a church.”
— The Rev. Eugene Bacon

About the Author

Mary Isabelle Hock is a writer, editor, composer, speaker, vocal soloist and recording artist from Flushing, Mich. She leads workshops on subjects like interpretive movement and festivals of the church year. A graduate of the University of Michigan, she has taught elementary school for 14 years. She is especially gifted in communication with children and has authored a book titled Lullabies are Love Songs.