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.)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has curated Worship Resources for the US Semiquincentennial July 2026 for local church use. We are grateful for they have made them broadly and freely available to the church.
A New Date on the Christian Calendar: Creation in Christ Sunday – September 6, 2026
The Feast of Creation in Christ, also known as the Feast of Creation, has been officially added to the Revised Common Lectionary, with celebrations to begin in 2026. While the traditional date of the observance is September 1, its date in the RCL is the first Sunday of September in line with ecumenical custom and pastoral practicality. The addition was approved by the board of the Consultation on Common Texts, the ecumenical liturgical body that developed and curates the RCL, in coordination with the Feast steering committee led by the World Council of Churches in collaboration with various Christian world communions and the Middle East Council of Churches. This is the first time a new feast has been adopted since the release of the common lectionary in 1974.
Revised Common Lectionary Readings
Worship Resources for Creation in Christ Sunday
Seasons
Season after Pentecost Year A, Part 1
May 31 – August 16, 2026
Faithful and Vital: 2026 After Pentecost Series
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Season After Pentecost, Year A, Part 2
August 23 – November 22, 2026
Faithful and Vital: 2026 After Pentecost Series
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Advent/Adventist
Advent, Year A
November 30 – December 21, 2025
Advent Sermon Seeds Roadmap
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Christmas Season/Temporada de Navidad
Christmas, Year A
December 24/25, 2025-January 4, 2026
Advent and Christmas Roadmap
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Season after Epiphany
Epiphany, Year A
January 6-February 15, 2026
“Descending From Heaven”
Epiphany Seeds and Ways Series Roadmap
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Lent / Cuaresma
Lent, Year A
February 18 – March 28, 2026
Tested. Opened. Naked.: 2026 Lent and Holy Week Series Roadmap
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Holy Week / Semana Santa
Holy Week Year A
March 29 – April 4, 2026
Tested. Opened. Naked.: 2026 Lent and Holy Week Series Roadmap
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Easter Season
Easter, Year A
April 5- May 24, 2026
That Message Spread Easter Series Roadmap
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Year A Archive
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Year B Archive
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Year C Archive
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Sermon Seeds is a weekly preparation resource that corresponds with Worship Ways liturgy.
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.
The National Offices have secured licenses for the use of curated recordings of individual compositions that are available for use by the local church setting. No further licenses are required. Please find these recordings here.
Building Up a New World (2025 All Church Read) Liturgical Resources
General Synod 34 Worship Service Scripts
General Synod 33 Worship Videos
Click here for Mission Moments, which can be used with your newsletter or Sunday worship bulletin.
Special Worship Resources
A Litany for Reproductive Justice
Service of Lament for Gun Violence
Responding to recent gun violence, Pastor Mitchell Young offered this Prayer for Monterey Park Shooting Victims.
To access weekly readings of the Revised Common Lectionary, click here.
For questions regarding Worship Ways, please contact Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay, Minister for Worship and Theology (lindsayc@ucc.org).