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This website has been developed and maintained by Rev Sandy Boyce (Deacon), a Uniting Church in Australia Minister (Deacon). It may be a help to people planning worship services.

COCU5A.ChristmasEve

Posted on November 19, 2019 by admin

ReadingsIsaiah 9: 2-7Psalm 96Titus 2: 11-14Luke 2: 1-14 (15-20) See also Christmas Eve B and Christmas Eve C Christmas Eve PrayerOmnipresent God, long ago you sent your angels through the midnight of the sleeping world to tell the shepherds Christ … Continue reading →

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Advent wreath liturgies

Posted on November 18, 2019 by admin

Maren Tirabassi (Gifts in Open Hands) has written an Advent Wreath liturgy. (Thanks Maren for your liturgies that have helped so many of us in 2020). ‘Several years ago Cláudio Carvalhaes, professor of worship at Union Theological Seminary, suggested that … Continue reading →

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COCU5A Christmas Day

Posted on November 1, 2019 by admin

See also COCU5B and COCU5C Readings – Christmas DawnIsaiah 62: 6-12Psalm 97Titus 3: 4-7Luke 2: (1-7), 8-20 Readings – Christmas DayIsaiah 52: 7-10Psalm 98Hebrews 1: 1-4 (5-12)John 1: 1-14 See also Christmas Dawn B and Christmas Day C Father Chris’ … Continue reading →

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COCU64C

Posted on October 25, 2019 by admin

Readings Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4: Habakkuk complains to God that justice is perverted and God’s help does not come, but then, as he waits for God’s answer, God’s word comes to him offering him a vision of the downfall of the … Continue reading →

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COCU64C

Posted on October 24, 2019 by admin

See also All Saints Day. Readings: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 Habakkuk complains to God that justice is perverted and God’s help does not come, but then, as he waits for God’s answer, God’s word comes to him offering him a vision … Continue reading →

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Reformation Day.October31

Posted on October 21, 2019 by admin

Reformation Day commemorates the day in 1517 when a German monk named Martin Luther (1483-1546) strode up to the church in Wittenburg and nailed his 95 ‘theses’ (or propositions) to the church door.Luther’s intention when posting his theses was to … Continue reading →

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COCU62C

Posted on October 12, 2019 by admin

Readings:Joel 2:23-32God promises restoration from the judgement (what the locusts have eaten) and the outpouring of God’s Spirit on all of God’s sons and daughters.Psalm 65Praise for the God who answers prayer, who forgives sin, who formed the earth and … Continue reading →

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COCU61C

Posted on October 12, 2019 by admin

Readings:Jeremiah 31:27-34A prophecy of restoration, of an end to generational curses, and of God’s new covenant with God’s people – written on hearts, not stone.Psalm 119:97-104A song of rejoicing in God’s laws and instructions and the way they guide and … Continue reading →

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Anti-Poverty Week

Posted on October 7, 2019 by admin

In 2024, Anti-Poverty Week will be held from the 13th-19th October. The main aims of Anti-Poverty Week are to:* Strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and hardship around the world and in Australia; and* Encourage research, … Continue reading →

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COCU60C

Posted on September 29, 2019 by admin

Readings:Jeremiah 29;1,4-7The people of Israel are in exile, but Jeremiah still asks them to seek the welfare of the city in which they live as foreigners. They are to live as God’s faithful people, no matter what the context.Psalm 66:1-12A … Continue reading →

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