Book of Worship for Church and Home (1965)
The Book of Worship for Church and Home (1965) was the second liturgical book of
The 1945 book, whose use was considered optional and completely voluntary, was ordered revised by the 1956
The book is divided into five parts, the first titled The General Services, and consists of both a brief and full orders of worship, and the rituals of baptism, confirmation, the Lord's Supper (including a brief form), marriage, burial and the ordination services. Until this book was published the service of confirmation was referred to as The Reception of Members, with the term confirmation first appearing in Methodist ritual in this book. The ordination services were replaced in 1981 with a new Ordinal. The second section is Aids for the Ordering of Worship, which was divided into two parts. The first part is The Christian Year and consists of a one-year
Most of the scripture quoted in this volume is given in the
References
- ^ Methodists hear Catholic bishop: a prayer for Pope is asked by Pittsburgh prelate. New York Times, 7 May 1964, pg. 33.
- ^ The word United was added to the title in 1968
Further reading
- Tucker, Karen B. Westfield, American Methodist Worship (Oxford University Press, 2001)
- The Book of Worship for Church and Home (Nashville, Tennessee: The Methodist Publishing House, 1965)