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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.

Labour Day

Posted on September 28, 2019 by admin

Labour Day takes place on different days in different countries and cities. In Adelaide the first Monday in October is Labour Day (making it a ‘long weekend holiday’)A prayer for Labor Day (written for U.S. context, can be adapted)God bless … Continue reading →

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Gandhi’s birth anniversary 2nd October

Posted on August 30, 2019 by admin

In 2019, it will be Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. Here is his prayer for peace. GANDHI’S PRAYER FOR PEACE I offer you peace I offer you love I offer you friendship I see your beauty I hear your need I … Continue reading →

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COCU59C

Posted on August 30, 2019 by admin

Readings: Lamentations 1: 1-6Psalm 1372 Timothy 1: 1-14Luke 17: 5-10 Call to Worship:Gathering God, joined as one familywe come to worship you today,mindful of the breathingof the life that you have called into beingacross countries and climates;all creatures and all … Continue reading →

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resources in times of natural disaster/tragedy

Posted on August 3, 2019 by admin

These prayers are in chronological order of events rather than thematic so scroll down to relevant events with related prayers.

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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day – August 4th

Posted on August 3, 2019 by admin

Children’s Day is celebrated across Australia each year on 4 August. The first National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day was established in 1988 (the Bicentennial Year in Australia) when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples felt a day … Continue reading →

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July 25 – Christmas in July

Posted on July 19, 2019 by admin

It’s Christmas in July at our churchand we hear the old storiesand sing the carolswithout all the seasonal accumulationof gifts and tinsel and loneliness.It’s a heat waveand we are channeling Australian Christmas,but anyway, I’m trying to explainthe incarnationand people are … Continue reading →

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COCU46C

Posted on July 17, 2019 by admin

(work in progress) Readings: 2 Kings 5: 1-14, Psalm 30, Galatians 6: (1-6), 7-16, Luke 1-11, 16-20. Prayer of Dedication/Offertory In the offering of our gifts, as well as the living of our days, may we not grow weary of … Continue reading →

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Lay Preachers Sunday- first Sunday in August

Posted on July 17, 2019 by admin

The first Sunday in August is designated by the Uniting Church in Australia as Lay Preachers Sunday. Resources are available here.

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World Day against child labour – June 12th

Posted on June 11, 2019 by admin

The World Day Against Child Labour raises issues about child labour and supply chains. With an estimated 152 million children still in child labour, all supply chains, from agriculture to manufacturing, services to construction, run the risk that child labour may … Continue reading →

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Winter solstice 22 June 2019

Posted on March 10, 2019 by admin

Southern Hemisphere 22nd June 2019 (Northern Hemisphere 21 Dec 2019) BLESSING FOR THE LONGEST NIGHT All throughout these months, as the shadows have lengthened, this blessing has been gathering itself, making ready, preparing for this night. It has practiced walking … Continue reading →

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