ELCA Renewing Worship http://www.renewingworship.org Renewing Worship Liturgies (Congregation copy, accompaniment and CD)
Renewing Worship, Vol. 3: Holy Baptism and Related Rites
Renewing Worship, Vol. 5: New Hymns and Songs
Renewing Worship, Vol. 6: Holy Communion and Related Rites
Contemporary folk and popular styles
GIA Music: Gather (Second Edition), Gather Comprehensive, Ritual Song. Some of the best in contemporary folk music and blended resources available. http://www.giamusic.com/
Dakota Road Music: Blending of contemporary folk and pop music with radically inclusive lyrics. The Antholgy book contains their most popular pieces along with contemporary liturgy outlines. http://www.dakotaroadmusic.com/
OCP Publications: Spirit & Song, Spirit & Song 2.
Two hymnals dedicated to newer folk and contemporary music. OCP has a dedicated website for these resources: http://www.spiritandsong.com/. Includes recent liturgies, psalm settings and new music.
http://www.ocp.org/
WOW Worship: series of mutliple volumes by year
Published by Word Music, these collections feature the more popular contemporary Christian songs for a given year. Available on Amazon as both music CDs and printed music books. There are many volumes available in this series, beginning in the 1990s. Some of the printed music can also be purchased on Word Music's website.
Hispanic
Libro de Liturgia y Cantico: Developed by and recommended for use in the ELCA, a 1998 collection of Spanish language hymns, liturgical music and songs. (Augsburg Fortress)
Cánticos, Segunda Edición Flor y Canto, Segunda Edición One Faith, Una Voz Three udpated Spanish and bi-lingual songbooks developed by OCP Publications.
Taize and contemplative
Taize I and II: A collection of responses, litanies, acclamations and canons in basic Latin and English text, written by Jacques Berthier for use in the Taize ecumenical community in France. (GIA Music)
Psalms of Patience, Protest, and Praise: 24 metrical psalm settings, paraphrased and arranged by John Bell of the Iona Community in Scotland. (GIA Music)
Come All You People: Shorter Songs for Worship: A collection of brief chants, choruses, and responses from Wild Goose Worship Group. There is One Among Us is the sequel. (GIA Music)
African American
This Far By Faith: An African American Resource for Worship. A good, diverse collection, published in 1999, of resources from and for African American worship. (Augsburg Fortress)
Lead Me, Guide Me: GIA's African-American hymnal. (GIA Music)
Global songs
Freedom is Coming: Songs of protest and praise from South Africa. Tape and music book for mixed choir. Available from Lutheran Human Relations, 2703 N. Sherman Blvd. Milwaukee WI 53210. (GIA Music)
Bread for the Journey: Musical group that records and leads music for Global Mission Events and workshops; recommendations on their website - http://www.bfjmusic.com/
Global Songs/Local Voices and Pave the Way: Global Songs 3: Bread for the Journey's own song books, with songs and hymns from the church in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and North America. (Augsburg Fortress)
LivingLiturgy: a workshop group including Marty Haugen, Susan Briehl, Dan Erlander
and the Bread for the Journey musicians - http://www.livingliturgy.com/
Halle, Halle: We Sing the World Round: C. Michael Hawn has compiled this 1999 collection of 36 songs from the world church for children, youth, and congregation. Published by the Choristers Guild, and distributed by The Lorenz Corporation, 501 E. Third St., Box 802, Dayton
Global Praise - 1 and 2: A 1996 collection of 68 hymns and songs from the global Methodist connection and the ecumenical community. (Cokesbury)
Many and Great: Songs of the World Church and Volume Two - Sent By the Lord: Songs of the World Church: Volume One. 25 songs of the world church, from Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Caribbean, Czechoslovakia, China, Hungary, India, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, USA, USSR and Zimbabwe. (GIA Music)
