URC Worship Book
Material for Holy Communions, Baptisms, Confirmations, weddings, funerals, ordinations, inductions, public worship and the Lord’s Prayer.
You can download the entire book:
- URC Worship Book (PDF | 2mb) (Word | 3mb)
Or download individual sections (Word versions available soon):
- Foreword (PDF | 244kb) (Word | 45kb)
- Introduction to Communion orders (PDF | 227kb) (Word | 25kb)
- First order of Holy Communion (PDF | 294kb) (Word | 108kb)
- Second order of Holy Communion (PDF | 248kb) (Word | 78kb)
- Third order of Holy Communion (PDF | 241kb) (Word | 44kb)
- Fourth order of Holy Communion (PDF | 311kb) (Word | 57kb)
- Baptism service (PDF | 278kb) (Word | 76kb)
- Confirmation service (PDF | 273kb) (Word | 63kb)
- Reception of members (PDF | 235kb) (Word | 29kb)
- Thanksgiving for the birth of a child (PDF | 234kb) (Word | 41kb)
- Service of the Word (PDF | 252kb) (Word | 48kb)
- Daily worship (PDF | 215kb) (Word | 54kb)
- Evening worship (PDF | 243kb) (Word | 55kb)
- Prayers for healing and laying-on of hands (PDF | 245kb) (Word | 44kb)
- The Lord’s Prayer (PDF | 163kb) (Word | 29kb)
- Wedding service (PDF | 292kb) (Word | 56kb)
- Blessing of a Marriage (PDF | 220kb) (Word | 43kb)
- Introduction to Funeral services (PDF | 180kb) (Word | 29kb)
- Services for a Funeral – One (PDF | 309kb) (Word | 77kb)
- Services for a Funeral – Two (PDF | 286kb) (Word | 80kb)
- Services for a Funeral – Three (PDF | 214kb) (Word | 40kb)
- Interment or scattering of ashes (PDF | 233kb) (Word | 28kb)
- Readings for Funeral services (PDF | 255kb) (Word | 125kb)
- Introduction to Ordination, Induction and Commissioning services (PDF | 179kb) (Word | 29kb)
- Ordination and Induction of Elders (PDF | 256kb) (Word | 94kb)
- Ordination and Induction of Ministers (PDF | 283kb) (Word | 101kb)
- Commissioning and Induction of Church Related Community Workers (PDF | 272kb) (Word | 80kb)
- Hymn of the Holy Spirit (PDF | 226kb) (Word | 31kb)
- Commissioning of Assembly Accredited Lay Preachers (PDF | 266kb) (Word | 58kb)
- Commissioning of Locally Recognised Worship Leaders (PDF | 241kb) (Word | 75kb)
- Communion Prayer for use at a service Commissioning (PDF | 205kb) (Word | 35kb)
- Introduction to rededication services (PDF | 179kb) (Word | 31kb)
- Renewal of Baptismal promises by the congregation (PDF | 211kb) (Word | 38kb)
- A service for Rededication Sunday, based on the Five Marks of Mission (PDF | 239kb) (Word | 75kb)
- Service of rededication on the theme of unity (PDF | 247kb) (Word | 45kb)
- Statements of Faith (PDF | 181kb) (Word | 29kb)
- Treasury of prayers (PDF | 227kb) (Word | 44kb)
- Liturgical Resources for Marking the end of a Local Congregation’s Journey (PDF | 345kb) (Word | 88kb)
- Acknowledgments and table of contents (PDF | 292kb) (Word | 90kb)
URC Worship Additional Resources
Additional Resources Worship (PDF | 2mb) (Word | 1mb)
Advent to Pentecost
- Advent to Epiphany (PDF | 311kb) (Word | 100kb)
- Lent to Pentecost (PDF | 352kb) (Word | 146kb)
Exploring the year (PDF | 369kb) (Word | 131kb)
Encircled by prayer (PDF | 532kb) (Word | 267kb)
Other Material
- A celebration of life (PDF | 209kb) (Word | 25kb)
- Creative decisions (PDF | 209kb) (Word | 26kb)
- Grieving, remembrance, thanksgiving (PDF | 304kb) (Word | 65kb)
- A service of thanksgiving for a person who has given their body for medical research (PDF | 218kb) (Word | 38kb)
- Elders and pastoral care (PDF | 256kb) (Word | 51kb)
- Elders and moments of worship (PDF | 216kb) (Word | 129kb)
- Prayers at times of ordination and induction (PDF | 182kb) (Word | 33kb)
- Times of celebration (PDF | 267kb) (Word | 52kb)
- To celebrate marriage (PDF | 184kb) (Word | 26kb)
- Index and authors (PDF | 182kb) (Word | 30kb)
- Acknowledgements (PDF | 218kb) (Word | 31kb)
- Table of contents (PDF | 190kb) (Word | 49kb)
