COCU Index

COCU Year B 2023-2024 (with coding system as used on this website, which helps keep all resources for each particular week in the lectionary)

NEW! COCU Year C 2024-2025 (with coding system as used on this website, which helps keep all resources for each particular week in the lectionary)

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)

November 19th International Men’s Day
November 20th UN World Children’s Day

November 24th COCU67B Reign of Christ

November 25 16 days of activism against gender based violence begins (concluding on Human Rights Day on December 10)
November 25 International Day Elimination of Violence against Women

ADVENT Year C

Advent and Christmas Music
Advent – general resources
Advent – wreath liturgies

Planning for special Advent & Christmas worship times
Here’s a new website page listing many of David MacGregor’s Advent/Christmas songs, BUT ALSO a grab-bag of titles from other writers, including: Porters Gate, John Bell, Robin Mann, Resound Worship, Matt Redman, Shirley Murray, a traditional Palestinian song for peace, Rory Cooney/Siskin Green. Lots of YouTube and score/lyric links.

1st December 2024 COCU1C Advent 1

World AIDS Day

8th December 2024 COCU2C Advent 2

10th December International Human Rights Day

15th December COCU3C Advent 3

22nd December COCU4C Advent 4

Blue Christmas
12 Days of Christmas
Christmas Trees and blessing

24th December COCU5A Christmas Eve Year A, Year B, Year C
25th December COCU5A Christmas Day Year A Year B Year C

29th December COCU6C Christmas 1C

5 January 2025 COCU7C Christmas 2C

6 January 2025 COCU8C COCU 10C Epiphany

12th January COCU9C Baptism of Jesus

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
Unfolding Light
Spill the Beans (no longer uses the lectionary but great resources)
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.
L3 (Liturgy, Learning and (purposeful) Life) from Mediacom
L3 Lay Leaders Liturgy form Mediacom
Intergen (resources for children’s and family ministry and for worship)
The Billabong