Church Publishing
- Print editions - Church Publishing offers a wide variety of books for individuals and congregations. Click the dropdown "Browse by Categories" and then browse under "Liturgical Resources".
- Electronic Common Prayer (eCP) app - Church Publishing offers a mobile app for iPhone, iPad, and Android that includes selections from the Book of Common Prayer and Enriching Our Worship.
- RitePlanning - Church Publishing (hosted by Augsburg Fortress) offers a comprehensive library of liturgical and music resources, fully customizable templates, content for special services and celebrations, and other resources.
- RiteSeries - Church Publishing offers digital versions of liturgies and hymnals so that congregations and worshiping communities can create bulletins/worship materials.
Guidelines
- Guidelines for Expansive and Inclusive Language / Directrices para un Lenguaje Expansivo e Inclusivo, adopted by the 80th General Convention (2022)
- Principles to Guide the Development of Liturgical Texts / Principios para Guiar la Elaboración de Textos Litúrgicos, adopted by the 80th General Convention (2022)
- Guidelines for developing and nurturing local commemorations, adopted by the 80th General Convention (2022) can be found in the Appendix of Lesser Feasts and Fasts (page 619)
- Lesser Feasts and Fasts Revision Principles, adopted by the 80th General Convention
Constitution and Canons
The updated Constitution and Canons is available on the General Convention website.
The updated Constitution and Canons is available on the General Convention website.
Acts / Archives of General Convention
- Archives of the Acts of General Convention
- English
- Español (availability unknown)
- Blue Book Reports from the Standing Commission(s) on Liturgy and Music (1976 to the Present) and related topics
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1976 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1976 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1979 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1979 General Convention
- Joint Committee on the Continued Use of the 1928 Prayer Book Report to the 1979 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1982 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1982 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1985 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1985 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1988 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1988 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1991 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1991 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1994 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1994 General Convention
- Standing Liturgical Commission Report to the 1997 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Church Music Report to the 1997 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2000 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2003 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2006 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2009 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2012 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2015 General Convention
- Task Force on the Study of Marriage Report to the 2015 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2018 General Convention
- Task Force on the Study of Marriage Report to the 2018 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Report to the 2022 General Convention
- Task Force on Liturgical and Prayer Book Revision Report to the 2022 General Convention
- Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music Reports to the 2024 General Convention
- Virtual Binder Acts of the General Convention - NOTE: The Virtual Binder displays every Resolution that was brought to the floor during the previous General Convention. Only acts that are noted with "Concur," "Concur as Amended," or "Concur with referral to Interim Body" were passed and became Acts of Convention. Older acts of General Convention can be found in the Archives of the Episcopal Church.
Asiamerica Liturgical Translations
Asiamerica lists several translations of Prayer Book liturgies on the Episcopal Church website.
Asiamerica lists several translations of Prayer Book liturgies on the Episcopal Church website.
Other Helpful Resources & Websites
- Forward Movement - "Forward Movement is best known for our popular daily devotional Forward Day by Day, which provides daily meditations based on Bible scripture readings appointed by the lectionary and Daily Office. Forward Day by Day is published in English, Spanish, large print, audio cassette, and Braille editions, and the daily meditation is available online and by podcast."
- Episcopal Liturgy: Documenting Worship in Congregations - Photos, field notes, and sound from liturgy in congregations across The Episcopal Church, by Jim Turrell
- BCP online - The Book of Common Prayer 1979
- The Book of Common Prayer - A resource page with numerous present and former Books of Common Prayer from around the Anglican Communion
- The Lectionary Page - Sunday and Holy Day Lectionary (RCL & NRSV)
- ELLC - English Language Liturgical Consultation - The ELLC texts were used or adapted in many of the post-BCP79 liturgical resources. ELLC is the followup to ICET (International Consultation on English Texts - many texts in the BCP79 were ICET texts or adapted from ICET texts)
- St. Bede's Breviary - A Daily Office resource
- Mission Saint Clare Daily Office - A Daily Office Resource
- Lectionary links for Daily Office / Daily Eucharist - Satucket
- Lectionary word files for Daily Office / Daily Eucharist - St. Mary's Times Square
- Project Canterbury Book of Common Prayer Texts - Project Canterbury compiles out of print texts from Anglican history.
- Venite App A customizable app that allows the user to put together liturgies from various authorized liturgical texts and create bulletins. The app was developed by the Rev. Greg Johnston.
- EpiscopalChant.com Provides interactive and downloadable chant settings of liturgical texts approved for use in The Episcopal Church.
