Imagine a place where Episcopalians could share their best, freshest resources for innovative liturgy and music and collaborate to create even more.
 
Imagine a gathering of diverse voices reflecting on how to worship well in a multicultural, multigenerational, ever-changing church.
 
Now imagine that it’s all only a click away.
 
The Worship Well, launched December 1 as a collaboration among several organizations in the Episcopal Church, serves as the online home for conversation, collaboration, education, and the copyright-protected sharing of liturgies, images, music, multimedia resources, scripture tools, wisdom, and more.
 
The site features sections devoted to various aspects of liturgy and liturgical planning – Word, Image, Sound, Wisdom – and highlights particular resources for the current liturgical season. The Worship Well’s premiere coincides with the beginning of Advent, so materials in the “This Season” section focus on Advent and Christmas.
 
In addition to gathering conveniently into one repository many examples of creative liturgies already published or in use in churches throughout the world, the Worship Well actively seeks contributions from congregations, writers, artists, musicians, and liturgists that can enrich the worship experience of others in the church. In the Word section, submissions might include:

• liturgical texts, including collects, blessings, Eucharistic prayers, other prayers and worship materials 
• ecumenical worship resources and worship resources for non-English speakers 
• liturgies for home and civic life 
• tools for scripture interpretation and sermon preparation (including links) 
• suggestions for dramatic and/or creative use of scripture and other texts in liturgy

In Image, contributions might include:

• pictures suitable for use in children’s chapel services 
• graphics for service bulletins and leaflets 
• Powerpoint or multi-media presentations for use with sanctuary projection systems

Sound might include:

• hymns and worship songs in any language 
• music selections relevant to particular cultures, communities, or events 
• hymns and worship songs you’ve written or have permission to share (actual sheet music and/or sound files) 
• music selections relevant to particular cultures, communities, seasons or events (provide a list of songs and publishers)
  Wisdom is the section in which to share brief reflections on worship-related issues, such as:
• basic principles for designing lively, relevant liturgy well for your context 
• forming a worship-planning team 
• introducing and incorporating new materials and voices 
• worship and evangelism; worship and congregational development; worship and social transformation 
• liturgical history, theology, and politics 
• general thoughts on increasing liturgical literacy and engagement

All materials submitted will be reviewed by an editorial team. Submitting materials does not guarantee that they will be posted to the Worship Well site.
 
The Worship Well is a collaboration of Church Publishing Incorporated, the Office of Liturgy and Music, Episcopal Church and Visual Arts, and the All Saints Company (affiliated with St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco). Questions about the Worship Well or submissions of material may be sent to theworshipwell@cpg.org.