Worship Ways
Worship Ways are original liturgies written in English and in Spanish by United Church of Christ pastors, based on readings from the Revised Common Lectionary. Look for Sunday, festival and special UCC worship services here, organized by seasons of the Church Year. (Please note: Previous Worship Ways are archived and may be found using the search function.)
General Synod 34 Worship Service Scripts
Seasons
Season after Pentecost Year A, Part 1
June 4 – August 27, 2023
Embracing the Kindom: 2023 After Pentecost Sermon Seeds Series
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“As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.” (John 17:18 CEB)
The longest season of the liturgical calendar are filled with Sundays called “Ordinary Time.” It begins with Trinity Sunday and ends with the Reign of Christ. We move from concentrating on the event of Christ in the world and shift to the impact of being in Christ in the world. A life in the unity of the Trinity is one of being shaped and sent daily in the image and in the purpose of Holy Love.
*In honor of Pride Month, all June Worship Ways Writers are from the ONA Coalition.
- Trinity Sunday A — June 4
- Trinity Sunday 8 — June 4
- Living Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19
- After Pentecost 2A – June 11
- Living Psalm 33 After Pentecost 2A
- After Pentecost 3A – June 18
- After Pentecost 4A – June 25
- Living Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17
- After Pentecost 5A – July 2
- Communion Liturgy
- General Synod @Home Resources
- Living Psalm 13 – Pentecost 5A
- After Pentecost 6A – July 9
- Living Psalm 45:10-17 – Pentecost 6A
- After Pentecost 7A – July 16
- Living Psalm 119:10-17 – Pentecost 7A
- After Pentecost 8A – July 23
- Living Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 Pentecost 8A
- Living Psalm
- After Pentecost 9A – July 30
- Living Psalm 105:1-11 4B Pentecost 9A
- Living Psalm 17:1-7, 15 Pentecost 10A
- Living Psalm 105:1-6; 16-22, 45B Pentecost 11A
- After Pentecost 10A – August 6
- Living Psalm 17:1-7, 15 Pentecost 10A
- After Pentecost 11A – August 13
- Living Psalm 105:1-6; 16-22, 45B Pentecost 11A
- After Pentecost 12A – August 20
- Living Psalm 124 Pentecost 13A
- After Pentecost 13A – August 27
- Living Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45B Pentecost 14A
Season After Pentecost, Year A, Part 2
September 3 – November 26, 2023
Embracing the Kindom: 2023 After Pentecost Sermon Seeds Series
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“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 16:19a
The longest season of the liturgical calendar are filled with Sundays called “Ordinary Time.” It begins with Trinity Sunday and ends with the Reign of Christ. We move from concentrating on the event of Christ in the world and shift to the impact of being in Christ in the world. A life in the unity of the Trinity is one of being shaped and sent daily in the image and in the purpose of Holy Love.
- After Pentecost 14A – September 3
- Living Psalm
- After Pentecost 15A – September 10
- Living Psalm 149 Pentecost 15A
- After Pentecost 16A – September 17
- Living Psalm 114 Pentecost 16A
- Just Peace Sunday Worship Resources
- After Pentecost 17A – September 24
- Living Psalm 105: 1-6, 37-45 Pentecost 17A
- Ideas to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
- After Pentecost 18A – October 1
- Living Psalm 78: 1-4, 12-16 Pentecost 18A
- After Pentecost 19A – October 8
- Living Psalm 19 – Pentecost 19A
- After Pentecost 20A – October 15
- Living Psalm
- After Pentecost 21A – October 22
- Living Psalm
- After Pentecost 22A – October 29
- Living Psalm
- After Pentecost 23A – November 5
- Living Psalm
- After Pentecost 24A – November 12
- Living Psalm
- After Pentecost 25A – November 19
- Living Psalm
- Reign of Christ – November 26
- Living Psalm
Advent/Advenimiento
Advent, Year A
November 27-December 24, 2022
“Days to Come”
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Advent celebrates anticipation. It reminds us that the days to come offer promise and a future with possibilities. We remember days of our past, heritage, and history as a testimony to the evolution of time and circumstance.
Anticipation is best accompanied by preparatory action. How do we respond to the confession that Christ has come, Christ has risen, Christ will come again? How shall we ready ourselves and participate in the coming of Christ in the world?
Advent Unwrapped (Collaboration with the United Church of Canada) – https://united-church.ca/worship-theme/advent-unwrapped
Christmas Season/Temporada de Navidad
Christmas, Year A
December 25, 2022-January 1, 2023
“In These Last Days”
Christmas Sermon Seeds Series Roadmap
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Many cultures mark birth with a celebration of the naming of the child. Names have the significance we assign to them. Some honor a loved one, living or deceased, by bestowing their name upon the new addition to the family. Others choose names based on the meaning of the name itself. Whatever the background, names serve as a means of identification. The Christmas season lifts up the baby Jesus in many ways through many names. We might remember the prophesy of Isaiah with the promise of the “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Son of God and Son of Man, depending upon which Gospel account you read, also speak to who Jesus is. Perhaps the most indicative and faithful to the season of Christmas is “Emmanuel” (“God With Us”).
The Christmas event is the gift of incarnation, mercy manifested, and love made visible.
Season after Epiphany/Temporada después de la Epifanía
Epiphany, Year A
January 6-February 19, 2023
“Thrill and Rejoice!”
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Imagine the holy excitement of beholding the tangible, touchable, holdable presence of God. Enter into the baptismal waters of the Jordan River with John the Baptist as Jesus shows up alongside the Voice and the Spirit. Hear the prophetic call to live in the radiance of God and do the simple if difficult things required of those who claim and are claimed by the Holy One. Experience the thrill of the mountaintop and the reluctance to return to the low and ordinary places where life and ministry really takes place. Be prepared and committed to witness, testify, and demonstrate the realization of the kindom. That is the joy of Epiphany.
- ¡La Visita de Los Reyes Magos! 06 de enero del 2023
- Epiphany 1A — January 8 {Baptism Renewal}
- Living Psalm 72
- Epiphany 2A – January 15
- Living Psalm 40:1-11 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembrance
- Epiphany 3A — January 22
- Living Psalm 27:1, 4-9 – January 22
- Health and Human Service Sunday – January 29
- Epiphany 4A – January 29
- Living Psalm 15 – January 29
- Epiphany 5A – February 5
- Living Psalm 112 – February 5
- Epiphany 6A – February 12
- Racial Justice Sunday — February 12 (Join the Movement Worship Resources)
- Living Psalm 119:1-8 – February 12
- Transfiguration Sunday Year A — February 19
- Living Psalm 99 – February 19
Lent / Cuaresma
Lent, Year A
February 22 – April 2, 2023
“Rend Our Hearts” Sermon Seeds Roadmap
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The season of Lent invites introspective, an inward act, that often gets concretized through spiritual disciples, action, to reinforce their meaning and to translate them into a way of living. If the spiritual transformation is missing, however, the actions become meaningless and a mockery. Repentance, reconciliation, and repair require an inward transformation of mind, body, and spirit–represented by the heart. In ancient Hebrew tradition, the heart reflected more than emotional response; it encompasses both reason and feelings in an integrated fashion.
To rend one’s heart is to deliberately open ourselves to revitalized thoughts, attitudes, and emotions. It is to become vulnerable and malleable. Tearing one’s clothes was an outward sign of remorse and commitment to change. It’s entirely possible to go through the motions without engaging the emotions, and that’s not what God asks of us or appreciates from us.
- Ash Wednesday Year A — February 22
- miércoles de Ceniza — 22 de febrero del 2023
- Lent 1A — February 26
- Living Psalm 32 – February 26
- Lent 2A — March 5
- Living Psalm 121 – March 5
- Lent 3A — March 12
- Living Psalm 95 – March 12
- Lent 4A — March 19
- Living Psalm 23 – March 19
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- Living Psalm 23 – March 19
- Lent 5A — March 26
- Living Psalm 130 – March 26
Holy Week / Semana Santa
Holy Week Year A
April 3-8, 2023
Rend Our Hearts: 2023 Lenten (and Holy Week) Sermon Seeds Series
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Our lives occupy inward and outward space. Christian rituals, in particular, reflect that our inward being manifests in outward doing. Baptism is a public act symbolizing and signaling new life and belonging. When Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, he demonstrated his perspective on their relationship; they surrendered to his act of servitude. The distinct names attributed to the sacred meal Jesus instituted with his companions attests to more than denominational and doctrinal differences. They point to the multiplicity of experiences engaged in the single act: community formation, thanksgiving, and remembrance are internalized aspects named Communion, Eucharist, and the Lord’s Supper.
Easter Season/Temporada de Pascua
Easter, Year A
April 9- May 31, 2023
Unfailing Love: 2023 Easter Sermon Seeds Series
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We are resurrection people, which means the story–and our story–may culminate toward a climax but never ends. Every perceived end becomes something new. These transitions may lead us to perceive life as a relentless circle of trials and turmoil, but the heights we reach tell a different tale.
Throughout the biblical narrative, the highs and lows hold a consistent thread–the enduring presence of God. While that presence may assume different forms and manifest in different ways, we can rest in the covenantal promise of God to companion with us on the journey. That is love that never fails, that does not fade, and that does not abate.
This Easter season, let us reflect on how the unfailing love of God manifests in the biblical narrative (particularly the Gospel accounts) and in our own lives.
- Resurrection Sunday, Easter A – April 9
- Servicio de adoración para el domingo de Pascua 09 de abril
- Living Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 – April 9
- Easter 2A – April 16
- Living Psalm 16 – April 16
- Easter 3A – April 23
- Easter 3A Additional Resources – April 23
- Living Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 – April 23
- Break the Silence Sunday
- Easter 4A – April 30 (include recorded sermon for PAAM Sunday)
- Living Psalm 23 – April 30
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- Living Psalm 23 – April 30
- Easter 5A – May 7
- Living Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 – May 7
- Easter 6A – May 14
- Living Psalm 66:8-20
- Ascension Sunday | Easter 7A – May 21
- Living Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35
- Pentecost Sunday A – May 28
- Living Psalm 104:24-34, 36b
This year, we are thrilled to partner with Pacific Islander Asian-American Ministries to provide Worship Ways for the Easter Season written by members of these communities.
Communion Liturgies from Mary Luti
Year A Archive
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Advent/Advenimiento
- World AIDS Day—December 1
- Advent 1—December 1
- Advent 2—December 8
- Advent 3—December 15
- Advent 4—December 22
- Winter Solstice Liturgy – December 21
- Mark Miller Sanctus
- Advent Communion Service
- Candle lighting services from UCCPB
Christmas Material/Temporada de Navidad
- Blue Christmas Liturgy
- Christmas Eve/Day – December 24/25
- Christmas Collects and Benediction – December 24/25
- First Sunday of Christmas – December 29
- New Years Eve or Day – December 31-January 1
- Christmas 2 – January 5
Season after Epiphany/Temporada después de la Epifanía
Lent/Cuaresma
- Ash Wednesday Year A — February 22
- miércoles de Ceniza — 22 de febrero del 2023
- Lent 1A — February 26
- Living Psalm 32 – February 26
- Lent 2A — March 5
- Living Psalm 121 – March 5
- Lent 3A — March 12
- Living Psalm 95 – March 12
- Lent 4A — March 19
- Living Psalm 23 – March 19
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- Living Psalm 23 – March 19
- Lent 5A — March 26
- Living Psalm 130 – March 26
Holy Week/Semana Santa
- Palm/Passion Sunday
- Liturgia del Domingo de Ramos – 2 Abril
- Living Psalm 31:9-16 – Palm/Passion Sunday A
- Maundy Thursday A – April 6 (Full Liturgy)
- Good Friday A – April 7 (Full Liturgy)
- VIERNES SANTO Servicio Para Viernes Santo7 de abril del 2023
Easter Season/Temporada de Pascua
Season after Pentecost, part 1/Temporada después de Pentecostés, primero parte
Season after Pentecost, part 2/Temporada después de Pentecostés, segundo parte
Special Occasions/Ocasiones especiales
Year B Archive
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Advent/Advenimiento
- Service Prayers for the First Sunday of Advent – Year B, 11.29.20
- Service Prayers for the Second Sunday of Advent – Year B, 12.6.20
- Service Prayers for the Third Sunday of Advent – Year B, 12.13.20
- Service Prayers for the Fourth Sunday of Advent – Year B, 12.20.20
Christmas/Temporada de Navidad
- Blue Christmas Liturgy
- Service Prayers for Christmas Eve or Day
- Christmas 1 or 2—December 27, 2020 or January 3, 2021
- Watchnight service—December 31, 2020 – Year B<
Season after Epiphany/Temporada después de la Epifanía
- Light’s Wisdom: Service Prayers for the Festival of Epiphany – Year B, January 6, 2021
- Baptism of Christ – Epiphany 1 – Year B, January 10, 2021>
- Revealed to Us – Epiphany 2 – Year B, January 17, 2021
- Reluctant Evangelists – Epiphany 3 – Year B, January 24, 2021
- Holy, Whole One – Epiphany 4 – Year B, January 31, 2021
- The Delightful Lightness of Being in Light – Epiphany 5 – Year B, February 7, 2021
- Transfiguration Sunday – Year B, February 14, 2021
Lent/Cuaresma
- Ash Wednesday – February 17
- Lent 1 – February 21
- Lent 2 – February 28
- Lent 3 – March 7
- Lent 4 – March 14
- Lent 5 – March 21
- Palm-Passion Sunday – March 28
Holy Week/Semana Santa
Easter Season/Temporada de Pascua
- Pentecost B-May 23
- Easter 7B-May 16
- Easter 6b-May 9
- Easter 5B – May 2
- Easter 4 – April 25
- Easter 3 – April 18
- Easter 2 – April 11
- Easter Day – April 4
Season after Pentecost, part 1/Temporada después de Pentecostés, primero parte
- Trinity Sunday–May 30
- Pentecost 2–June 6
- Pentecost 3–June 13
- Pentecost 4–June 20
- Pentecost 5–June 27
- Pentecost 6–July 4
- Pentecost 7–July 11
- Pentecost 8–July 18
- Pentecost 9–July 25
- Pentecost 10–August 1
- Pentecost 11–August 8
- Pentecost 12–August 15
- Pentecost 13–August 22
- Pentecost 14–August 29
Season after Pentecost, part 2/Temporada después de Pentecostés, segundo parte
- Pentecost 15-September 5
- Pentecost 16–September 12
- Pentecost 17–September 19
- Pentecost 18–September 26
- World Communion–October 3
- Pentecost 20–October 10
- Pentecost 21–October 17
- Pentecost 22–October 24
- Pentecost 23–October 31
- All Saints’ Day–November 1
- Pentecost 24–November 7
- Pentecost 25–November 14
- Reign of Christ–November 21
Special Occasions/Ocasiones especiales
- LGBTQ Pride Celebrations,June
- Health and Human Services Sunday – January 31
- Break the Silence Sunday materials
- A Just World for All – PAAM Sunday
- Prayer of Protection – from the Celtic Tradition
- Bible Studies and Sermons from Churches Uniting in Christ:
- Black History Month Call to Worship – February 2021 – Year B
- Martin Luther King Weekend Service – January
Year C Archive
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Advent/Advenimiento
“O Come, Advent”, a video resource including an Advent Candle-Lighting song and ritual from United Church of Canada and United Church of Christ.
- Advent Candle-lighting: Week 1
- Advent Candle-lighting: Week 2
- Advent Candle-lighting: Week 3
- Advent Candle-lighting: Week 4
Advent, Year C
- Advent 1C–November 28, 2021
- 1 de adviento–28 de noviembre, 2021
- Advent 2C–December 5, 2021
- 2 de adviento–5 de diciembre, 2021
- Advent 3 C–December 12, 2022
- 3 de adviento–12 de diciembre, 2021
- Advent 4C–December 19, 2022
- 4 de adviento–19 de diciembre, 2021
- Ven Oh Jesuchristo la Luz!
Christmas Season/Temporada de Navidad
Christmas, Year C
- Christmas Year C–December 24-25, 2021
- https://www.ucc.org/worship-way/celebrando-noche-buena/
- Celebracion Navidena 25 diciembre, 2021
- Christmas 1–December 26, 2021
- Primer domingo de Navidad
- Liturgia para el Nuevo Ano
- New Year’s Liturgy–January 1, 2022
- Segundo domingo de Navidad
- Christmas 2–January 2, 2022
Season after Epiphany/Temporada después de la Epifanía
- Festival of Epiphany C
- Epifania C–6 de enero, 2022
- Epiphany 1C–January 9, 2022
- Epifania 1C–9 de enero, 2022
- Epiphany 2C–Martin Luther King, Jr weekend–January 16, 2022
- Epifania 2 C–16 de enero, 2022
- Resources for Martin Luther King, Jr. from Join the Movement
- Epifania 3C–23 de enero, 2022
- Epiphany 3C–January 23, 2022
- Epifania 4C–30 de enero, 2022
- Epiphany 4C–Health and Human Services–Jan 30, 2022
- Epiphany 5C–February 6, 2022
- Epifania 5C–6 de febrero, 2022
- Epifania 6C–13 de febrero, 2022
- Epiphany 6C–February 13, 2022
- Science and Tech Sunday–February 13, 2022
- Epiphany 7C–February 20, 2022
- Epifania 7C–20 de febrero, 2022
- Transfiguration C–February 27, 2022
- La transfiguracion–27 de febrero, 2022
- Holy Communion for Epiphany Season
Lent/Cuaresma
- Ash Wednesday – March 2, 2022
- Lent 1 – March 6, 2022
- Lent 2 – March 13, 2022
- Lent 3 – March 20, 2022
- Lent 4 – March 27, 2022
- Lent 5 – April 3, 2022
- Palm-Passion Sunday – April 10, 2022
Holy Week/Semana Santa
Easter Season/Temporada de Pascua
- Easter Day – April 17, 2022
- Easter 2C – April 24, 2022
- Easter 2C PAAM Sunday and Holy Humor Sunday
- Break the Silence Sunday Resources
- Easter 3C – May 1, 2022
- Easter 4C – May 8, 2022
- Easter 5C – May 15, 2022
- Easter 6C – May 22, 2022
- Ascension Day – May 26, 2022
- Easter 7C- May 29, 2022
- Resources for Responding to Gun Violence
- Pentecost Sunday – June 5, 2022
- Strengthen the Church Worship Resources (including bulletin covers, videos, and graphics for congregational use)
Spanish Worship Ways
- Pentecostes – 23 de mayo, 2022
- Pascua 7 – 16 de mayo, 2022
- Pascua 6 – 9 de mayo, 2022
- Pascua 5 – 2 de mayo, 2022
- Pascua 4 – 25 de abril, 2022
- Pascua 3 – 8 de abril, 2022
- Pascua 2 – 11 de abril, 2022
- Pascua de la Resurrección – 4 de abril, 2022
Season after Pentecost, part 1/Temporada después de Pentecostés, primero parte
- LGBTQ Pride Celebrations,June
- Trinity Sunday C–June 12
- Living Psalm 8 – Trinitcost 2C–June 19
- Pentecost 3C–June 26
- Pentecost 4C–July 3
Season after Pentecost, part 2/Temporada después de Pentecostés, segundo parte
Special Occasions/Ocasiones especiales
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Check out The Living Psalms. The Psalm appointed for each week in the Revised Common Lectionary cycle is reinterpreted in poetry and art as a reflection of God’s work of justice and compassion in our midst today.
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For questions regarding Worship Ways, please contact Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay, Minister for Worship and Theology (lindsayc@ucc.org).