<p>A planning guide for church musicians and clergy for selecting hymns, songs, and anthems, for the three-year liturgical cycle following the Revised Common Lectionary. </p><ul> <li> Hymns and songs keyed to the appropriate liturgical occasion for Sundays in the Revised Common Lectionary for the three-year cycle. This is the first book of the three-book series (Years A, B, and C) </li> <li>Includes selections from <em>The Hymnal 1982, Lift Every Voice and Sing, Wonder, Love, and Praise, Voices Found</em>, and <em>My Heart Sings Out</em>. Tunes are cross referenced to choir and instrumental descant resources from Church Publishing. </li> <li>Each selection is coded for its appropriate use at the entrance, before the Gospel, at the offering of gifts, communion, or at the end of liturgy. </li> <li>Selections are listed by their relationship to the texts appointed for the day with indications which texts are direct quotes or paraphrases of the appointed scripture. </li> <li>First lines of hymns and songs include their page number and book location. </li></ul>