Gifts in Open Hands

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More Worship Resources for the Global Community

Maren C. Tirabassi Kathy Wonson Eddy

240 PP | 7" x 10"
Paper
ISBN: 978-0-8298-1839-0

Gifts in Open Hands was inspired by the bestselling Gifts of Many Cultures: Worship Resources for the Global Community, also by Tirabassi and Eddy (1995, United Church Press). This fresh new edition, like the previous, contains a wealth of multicultural liturgies, prayers, affirmations, blessings, and poetry by people from the global community. These beautifully written pieces can be used in worship and celebration of sacraments, sacred seasons, and all other occasions in the life of the church. The inclusion of black-and-white images for reproduction in church bulletins is included again in this volume, and an important new feature is the arrangement of translations so that materials in other languages are available to English-speaking as well as bilingual worship planners. There is also a thorough appendix with additional graphics and musical resources.

Maren C. Tirabassi, Author

Maren C. Tirabassi, a United Church of Christ local church pastor, is a bestselling author of The Pilgrim Press. She has written or edited twelve books, including: co-editor of Gifts of Many Cultures: Worship Resources for the Global Community (1995); Before the Amen: Creative Resources for Worship (2007); and Caring for Ourselves While Caring for Our Elders (2007).

Kathy Wonson Eddy, Author

Kathryn Wonson Eddy is an ordained United Church of Christ minister and pastor of Bethany United Church of Christ in Randolph, Vermont. She is co-editor of Gifts of Many Cultures.

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Pastor of HOPE United Church of Christ, Naperville, Illinois

Timoth Sylvia

There is great beauty in the way that Maren and Kathy have orchestrated Gifts in Open Hands. It is rich in culture, diverse in voices, and bursting with true life and emotion.

Pastor, Old First Reformed United Church of Christ, Philadelphia

Michael W. Caine

In our shrinking world, diversity has become a confessional issue for progressive churches, crucial to both our welcome and our witness. Through Gifts in Open Hands, Maren and Kathy help import diversity: the words and ideas for worship they have gathered remind us that God's whole world is our neighbourhood. A real treasure of resources for pastors, worship planners, and Christians called to live in the fullness of God's world!

Pastor and president of the Reformed Churches in Argentina

Gerard Oberman

This book is a real gift! A gift for those developing liturgies, looking for new prayers, resources, songs, and ideas to make a lively worship possible. It's also a gift to the ecumenical movement worldwide, because it contains resources from different places and experiences and denominations around the world.

Senior pastor, First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, United Church of Christ

David Howell

This book is a blessing for everyone who prepares worship services and for anyone seeking to deepen their own prayer life. We are offered a wealth of resources that is diverse, easy-to-use, and profoundly moving.

Former coordinator of the UCC's God Is Still Speaking campaign

Ron Buford

Brilliant. Elegant. Inclusive. In Gifts of Open Hands you will find arresting phrases that are like a 'pause button' for the busy, racing, and cynical mind. Not just for public worship, these liturgical gems include prayers for the start of church meetings, prayer in interfaith settings, and for intimate spiritual journeys when alone, with a lover, friends, or family. Keep this resource handy—it's a winner!

First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ and co-author of This Odd and Wondrous Calling

Lillian Daniel

Two great wordsmiths of worship have collected the treasures of other wordsmiths from all over the world and created a beautiful bouquet for the Church.