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Worship Notes

Worship Notes is a free resource for anyone who leads and plans worship. We offer prayers for Sunday Services, thoughts on the readings, and hymn suggestions.

Each issue of Worship Notes includes:

  • A call to worship
  • Prayers of approach, confession and a declaration/assurance of forgiveness
  • A prayer for illumination
  • An all-age activity or introduction
  • Readings and notes on these readings that could be built into a sermon
  • Prayers of intercessions
  • An offertory Introduction and prayer
  • A blessing
  • Hymn suggestions for local churches sourced from Rejoice and Sing, Church Hymnary 4, Singing the Faith and Combined Mission Praise.
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Every month there will be at least one Holy Communion prayer and an Affirmation of Faith.

Worship Notes for July

The Revd Andy Braunston, Minister for Digital Worship, prepared these notes.

 

 

The Revd Jenny Mills, Deputy General Secretary (Faith in Action) prepared these notes.

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These notes for Proper 11 | Ordinary 16 have been prepared by the Revd Ruth Armstrong

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These notes for Proper 12 | Ordinary 17 have been prepared by the Revd Dr Seoyoung Kim

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Worship Notes for August

The Revd Andy Braunston, Minister for Digital Worship, prepared these notes.

 

 

The Revd Catherine McFie produced these notes.Ìý

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These notes for Proper 15 | Ordinary 20 have been prepared by the Revd Dr Susan Durber

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These notes for Proper 16 | Ordinary 21 Ìýhave been prepared by the Revd Tafadzwa Kasere

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Prayers and hymn suggestions for Proper 17 |Ìý Ordinary 22Ìýhave been prepared by the Revd Ruth Watson; sermon notes were written by Andy Braunston.

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Worship Notes for September

The Revd Andy Braunston, Minister for Digital Worship, prepared these notes.

You might also find from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland useful, from Eco Congregations Scotland where URC minister David Coleman is chaplain,Ìý and from the group who worked on the new Lectionary readings.

 

The Revd Geoffrey Clarke, Moderator of the East Midlands Synod, produced these notes.Ìý

Andy Braunston added exegetical notes which include some Creationtide themes.

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These notes have been prepared by the Revd Richard Bradley, a minister in the North Western Synod.

Some extra ideas have been added by Andy for those who wish to follow Creationtide throughout the month.

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These notes have been prepared by the Revd Sue McCoan.

Andy has offered some extra exegetical notes for those following a Creationtide theme.

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Useful websites

Talking Absolute Worship

Talking Absolute Worship is a weekly panel discussion about how the week’s lectionary readings can inspire our preaching and worship-leading

Politics in the Pulpit is a lively discussion linking justice, current affairs and the Lectionary readings for the coming Sunday. Available as a podcast or video

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