Contents
Introduction
I. Why Are We Concerned?
II. Worship as Pastoral Care.
III. What's Going on Here?
IV. Worship: The Near and Far of It.
V. Liturgy and Life's Crises: The Funeral
VI. Liturgy and Learning: The Wedding
VII. Liturgy and Identity: Baptism
VIII. Liturgy and Community: The Lord's Supper
IX. Liturgy and Leadership: Priest and Pastor
Notes
Index

Demonstrates how worship and pastoral care can be blended to sustain and enrich each other.
Using insights gained from pastoral care and pastoral psychology, William H. Willimon explores what happens to people when they become involved in Christian worship. True pastoral care, he shows, cannot take place apart from an active worshiping community of faith.

Worship as Pastoral Care sensitizes pastors to the many ways Christian worship and pastoral care methods can be blended to enrich and support one another. It encourages pastors to broaden their understanding of corporate worship and to become aware of the importance of their role as priests.
To illustrate his concepts, Dr. Willimon examines four familiar acts of worship: the funeral, the wedding, baptism, and the Lord's Supper. The psychological dimensions are discussed and suggestions are given on ways pastors can nurture and sustain their congregations through these services.