Monthly Archives: July 2021

COCU49B

Readings2 Samuel 11:1-15After David sees Bathsheba bathing, he sleeps with her and she becomes pregnant. Then, he summons her husband, Uriah, who is away at war, and attempts to get him to sleep with his wife to cover David’s adultery, … Continue reading

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One Great Sunday of Sharing

(leaving this page for reference and resources. The Uniting Church has now moved to Intercultural Neighbouring Sunday which takes place on the 3rd Sunday in July) The declaration that the Uniting Church in Australia is a multicultural Church for all … Continue reading

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COCU48B

Readings2 Samuel 7:1-14a David decides that he wants to build a temple (house) for God, but God, through the prophet Nathan, refuses him, and tells him that he is not the one to build a temple, and that God has never … Continue reading

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COCU47B

Readings2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19:David brings the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem in two attempts, the second after hearing how Obed-Edom, in whose house the Ark had been left, was being blessed. Then, as the Ark enters Jerusalem, David dances … Continue reading

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COCU46B

Readings 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10: The people of Israel join the people of Judah in making David their king, and so David becomes king over the entire nation. Then David establishes his throne in Jerusalem.(OR Ezekiel 2:1-5: God commissions Ezekiel to … Continue reading

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