Based on the scripture readings from the Revised Common Lectionary, Prayers To Share offers church leaders an entire year's worth of responsive prayers for use in worship, and other church group settings. This first volume is for year B. Includes Call to Worship, Opening Prayer, Prayer of Confession, Words of Assurance, Offertory Prayer and Commissioning Prayer for each Sunday of the church year, including all the propers. A thematic index allows leaders to pick prayers by subject, for use in a variety church settings.

David Sparks has served as a minister for 38 years in The United Church of Canada and the United Reformed Church of England and Wales. He has written six books of lectionary-based prayers in the Prayers to Share and Pastoral Prayers to Share series (Wood Lake Books) and his hymns have been published in hymn books in Canada and USA. Sparks has led workshops on various aspects of public prayer. Now retired, he lives with his wife in British Columbia.

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Is eminently useful collection of worship resources tailored for the lectionary year.

It is written in inclusive and contemporary language without being overly simplified, familiar while remaining reverent.

Susan Clarke, Glad Tidings