COCU Year B 2023-2024 (with coding system as used on this website)
World Council of Churches (WCC) ecumenical prayer cycle here.
Acknowledgement of country (various)
Year B
(for ‘special days/weeks’ arranged by month click here. A few dates are included below)
(Scroll down further for links to specific elements of worship for resources)
July 7th 2024 COCU46B Pentecost 4B
NAIDOC Week 7-14th July 2024
July 10th – 30th anniversary of signing the Covenant statement between the United Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) and the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA). The anniversary marks an historic moment in the UCA’s journey of what it means to live as the body of Christ in these lands we now call Australia.
July 14th COCU47B Pentecost 5B
July 21st COCU48B Pentecost 6B
July 28th COCU49B Pentecost 7B
August 4th COCU50B Pentecost 8B
August 6th Hiroshima Day
August 11th COCU51B Pentecost 9B
August 18th COCU52B Pentecost 10B
Components of worship – general
Acknowledgement of Land
Gathering
Prayer of thanksgiving
Prayer of confession/prayers of who we are/Words of Assurance
Prayer for Illumination
Readings (see specific weeks)
Prayers for others
Lord’s Prayer
Prayer of Dedication
Benediction and sending out
(Communion)
(Communion Hymns)
Starters for great resources
Lectionary Liturgies (Thom Shuman) with HC each week
Sacredise
Textweek
Singing from the Lectionary
Songs of Hope, Faith and Love (Australian) with lyrics, chords and recordings
Church of Scotland Weekly Worship
Re-worship
Together to Celebrate
Pray the Story
UCC Worship Ways
Church Anew blog ….spiritual reflections, imaginative biblical commentary, and thoughtful ideas for innovation (including Diana Butler Bass, Walter Brueggemann).
Australian Women Preach podcast
Rev Roddy Hamilton, New Kilpatrick Parish Church – Original Liturgy
Project Reconnect has sermons for every week – check them out here.
Worship Well have sermons and other elements of worship available each week in plenty of time to use – they’re here.
Saltbush provide liturgy and video sermon “uniting the scattered community” here.
Citation index (Vanderbilt Library) in canonical order
UCA Calendar of commemorations
Ecumenical prayer cycle (World Council of Churches)
2024 NCCA Ecumenical Prayer Cycle with lectionary readings