Provides everything busy preachers need for sermon and worship preparation for the entire year. This lectionary-based resource features new sermon ideas and illustrations for every Sunday of the year. The Abingdon Preaching Annual, 2000 includes: * Weekly worship services that include a worship theme, Pastoral Prayer, and Call to Worship * Three sermon briefs per week, each highlighting one of the Lectionary texts * Seasonal and special occasion benedictions * Scripture index and a complete listing of Lectionary readings for the year * Sermons for holidays and special days of the year * A monthly spiritual devotion especially for preachers.