Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Preaching in the renewal of worship in the last thirty years / Marian Young Adell -- Altar-ing the world: community-forming word and wor ship / Heather Murray Elkins -- Worship amplifies the voice of the preach er / Robin L. Meyers -- Preaching and the Sacrament of Holy Communion / P aul Scott Wilson -- The Christian year and the revised common lectionary: helps and hindrances to worship planners and preachers / Shelley E. Coch ran -- The arts and thinking about change in worship / David M. Greenhaw -- Music, proclamation, and praise / Rochelle A. Stackhouse -- A school o f the prophets: teaching congregational members to preach / Douglas Gwyn -- Worship and preaching outside the major service / Ronald J. Allen -- P reaching in cultural context: a case study in preaching in a Korean conte xt / Koo Yong Na.