COCU Year B 2023-2024 (with coding system as used on this website)
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)
APRIL 2024
April 21st COCU34B Easter 4B
(April 22nd Earth Day 2024 theme: Planet vs. Plastics)
(April 25th ANZAC Day)
April 28th COCU35B Easter 5B
MAY 2024
May 5th COCU36B Easter 6B
May 9th COCU37B Ascension Day
May 12th COCU38B Easter 7B
(May 12th Mothers Day)
(May 12th-19th: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
May 19th COCU39B Pentecost
(May 26th Sorry Day)
(May 27th – June 3rd Reconciliation Week)
The theme for #NRW 2024, Now More Than Ever, is a reminder that the fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will – and must – continue.
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
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.
Citation index (Vanderbilt Library) in canonical order
UCA Calendar of commemorations
Ecumenical prayer cycle (World Council of Churches)
2024 NCCA Ecumenical Prayer Cycle with lectionary readings
