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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.

COCU6C.Christmas1C

Posted on December 20, 2021 by admin

This is the first Sunday after Christmas, so it may be a focus in the beginning of the service to have a time to reflect on post-Christmas. We can find our centre‘Whatever comes our way, we can find our centre, … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice

Posted on December 1, 2021 by admin

The summer solstice occurs once a year in December when the Sun’s track across the Australian sky reaches its highest point. It is the day that has the most daylight hours of any in the year. The summer solstice in … Continue reading →

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Wedding at Cana – Frederick Buechner

Posted on December 1, 2021 by admin

Here is Buechner’s sermon entitled “The Wedding at Cana”, from The Hungering Dark. This post is from the Frederick Buechner blog. Like so much of the Gospel of John, the story of the wedding at Cana has a curious luminousness about … Continue reading →

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COCU5C.ChristmasDay

Posted on October 26, 2021 by admin

Note: COCU relates to a way of coding for the lectionary year. Readings Year BIsaiah 52:7-10The joy of seeing the messenger of good news, who announces peace and the reign of God, and of knowing God’s protection and care.Psalm 98A … Continue reading →

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COCU5C.Christmas Eve

Posted on October 26, 2021 by admin

See also Christmas, Christmas Eve B, and Christmas Tree Traditions and Blessings ResourcesAdvent, Christmas and Epiphany: Liturgies and Prayers for Public Worship by Brian Wren Christmas litany-waiting for the light.ChristineSine Children’s Talk: Mary’s Treasure Box, based on a storybook by that … Continue reading →

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COCU4C.Advent4C

Posted on October 26, 2021 by admin

Jeff Shrowder: During a week in the Taizē Comminity in France some years ago I explored the Church of reconciliation outside the scheduled prayer times. Large, cavernous and quiet. A series of small, modern stained-glass windows contributed to the subdued … Continue reading →

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COCU3C.Advent3C

Posted on October 26, 2021 by admin

Pilgrim services:  9.30am 2012, COCU3C.Advent3C.16Dec2012.9 30am.OoS 9.30am 2015, COCU3C.Advent3C.13Dec2015.9 30am.OoS Music: O Come O Come Emmanuel (Susan Wickham)

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COCU2C.Advent2C

Posted on October 26, 2021 by admin

Malachi 3:1-4: God is sending God’s messenger to prepare for God’s coming, and God’s people and God’s priests will be refined and made pure. Luke 1:68-79: Zechariah’s song of thanksgiving for God’s rescue of Israel, and his proclamation of his … Continue reading →

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COCU1C.Advent1C

Posted on October 26, 2021 by admin

Readings Jeremiah 33:14-16: God promises to raise up a descendant of David to reign over God’s people and to bring goodness, rightness, justice, and security to Israel and Judah. Psalm 25:1-10: A prayer for God’s compassion and forgiveness, for God to … Continue reading →

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COCU67B.Reign of Christ B

Posted on October 15, 2021 by admin

Readings 2 Samuel 23:1-7 David’s last words, celebrating the beauty of the one who rules righteously, and remembering God’s covenant with David and his family. This is all in contrast with godless people whose lives are wasted. Psalm 132:1-12; A … Continue reading →

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