United Reformed Church

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 November

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

 

 

The Revd Ruth Armstrong, minister of The Vale URC in Broadstairs, prepared these notes. 

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For those churches who wish to have a greater emphasis on Remembrance Sunday the following notes have been prepared by the Revd Andy Braunston, the URC’s Minister for Digital Worship.

These notes for Sunday 16th November have been prepared by Jo Patterson, a Church Related Community Worker currently serving as the Mission and Discipleship Officer for the Southern Synod

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These notes for Sunday 23rd November, Christ the King, have been prepared by the Revd Andy Braunston, Minister for Digital Worship

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These notes for Sunday 30th November, the First Sunday of Advent, have been prepared by the Revd Jenny Mills, Deputy General Secretary (Faith in Action)

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Useful websites

Talking Absolute Worship

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 podcast

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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