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New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are working for good in the world. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

"A Liturgy for Morning Prayer," Upper Room Worshipbook

Used by permission from the Book of Common Worship, © 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. All rights reserved. This prayer appears in “A Liturgy for Morning Prayer” in Upper Room Worshipbook.

The Africana Worship Book (Year B)

Valerie Bridgeman Davis, Safiyah Fosua • September 2007

BUY Print $20.00

The second volume of this compilation includes all new Africana worship references and great new features—including a worship plan for young adults, articles on the Africana worship praxis, short dramatic monologues and sound files.

Like the first volume, Volume 2 offers new, specially written…

  • calls to worship
  • liturgies
  • prayers
  • litanies
  • offertory prayers
  • doxologies
  • choral readings
  • creeds
  • chants and benedictions

Contributors include: Dr. Eugene Blair, Vonzella Bryant, Carolyn Dandridge, T. Anne Daniel, Rev. Joseph Daniels Jr., Rev. Junius Dotson, Rev. Sherrie Dobbs Johnson, Rev. Bryan Fleet, Dr. Cynthia Hopson, Theon Johnson III, Rev. Kwasi Kena, Rev. Darlene Moore, Toni Payne, Tony Peterson, Rev. Vance P. Ross, Ciona Rouse, Rev. Kelvin Sauls, Rev. B. Kevin Smalls, Rev. Lillian Smith, Rev. Marilyn Thornton, Stephen Williams, Brian Wilson, Rev. Stacey Coles Wilson.

CD-ROM included! Easily copy and paste excerpts from the many creative prayers and meditations of The Africana Worship Book for use in your own congregation’s printed orders of worship.


Categories: Clergy & Laity
The Rev. Dr. Valerie Bridgeman Davis PhD, bliblical studies (Hebrew Bible - Baylor University), teaches preaching and worship at Memphis Theological Seminary. She is assistant professor of homiletics and worship, and Hebrew Bible at Memphis Theological Seminary. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

Safiyah Fosua, DMin, is the Director of Preaching Ministries at General Board of Discipleship in Nashville, Tennessee, and a clergy member of the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. She is the author of several books and is associate editor of the 3-volume Africana Worship Book series. Dr. Fosua is a poet, a preacher and a devotional writer who writes weekly preaching and liturgical resources for the GBOD Worship.

ISBN: 978-0-88177-514-3

Imprint: Discipleship Resources

Pub Date: September 2007

Trim Size: 7.3125 in (w) x 9.25 in (h) x in (d)

Page Count: 256

BISAC Categories: RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy

BISAC1: REL055020

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“A liturgical delight rooted in the souls of Black folk. Read with joy and sorrow and a spirit of devotion; your soul will be blessed.” —Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton Resident Bishop, Michigan Area United Methodist Church “Finally! A worship book that reaches across the entire Kingdom. From the chapter on ‘Meditations for Gathering’ to the section on ‘Benedictions,’ this book is filled with resources designed to encourage, empower and inspire.” —Rudy Rasmus St. John's United Methodist Church Houston, Texas