Leading Worship for Workers: How to Design Liturgies for All of Life

Designing Worship Services That Speak to Our Daily Work Lives

People spend approximately one third of their lives at work. Whether paid or volunteer, blue collar or white collar, workers experience tremendous joys and significant challenges in their daily work. It should be no surprise that their spiritual questions, frustrations, and longings are often directly connected to their various careers and callings. But when they gather for corporate worship, services rarely acknowledge or mention their working lives.

In Leading Worship for Workers, two innovators in the global faith and work movement encourage church leaders to think critically about the congregations they serve. You’ll discover

● how to audit current worship practices and assess your congregation’s work-life realities to create more relevant, engaging Sunday services;
● step-by-step guidance for every element of worship--from gathering and singing to confession, testimony, communion, and sending--with specific applications for workers in all vocations;
● prayers, songs, liturgies, and blessing ceremonies for various callings, including students, parents, retirees, and workers transitioning between careers; and
● innovative worship ideas and resources to help ministry teams integrate faith-at-work themes into weekly services.

This comprehensive resource offers pastors, worship leaders, and ministry teams an array of creative ideas and practical methods to help them craft worship services that speak directly to workers and the realities they face throughout the week.

Matthew Kaemingk (PhD, Vrije Universiteit and Fuller Theological Seminary) is the Richard John Mouw Associate Professor of Faith and Public Life at Fuller Theological Seminary and the founder of the Worship for Workers Initiative. He lives in Ballwin, Missouri.

Katie Roelofs (MDiv, Calvin Theological Seminary) is the managing director of the Worship for Workers Initiative. She has decades of experience in worship leadership and design and provides worship resources and consulting services to congregations around the country. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.