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.)

Seasons

Easter Season/Temporada de Pascua

Easter, Year B
March 31 – May 19, 2024

Waiting for the Feast Easter Sermon Seeds Roadmap

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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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Season After Pentecost, Year A, Part 2

September 3 – November 26, 2023

“Embracing the Kindom”

After Pentecost Sermon Seeds Series

 

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Advent/Advenimiento

Advent, Year B
December 3- December 24, 2023

“Tear Open the Heavens

Advent Sermon Seeds Roadmap

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Christmas Season/Temporada de Navidad

Christmas, Year B
December 24/25, 2023-December 31, 2023

“Proclaimed”

Christmas Sermon Seeds Series Roadmap

Three Christmas Collects Psalm 97

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Season after Epiphany/Temporada después de la Epifanía

Epiphany, Year B
January 7-February 11, 2024

“Arise!”

Epiphany Sermon Seeds 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.

General Synod 34 Worship Service Scripts

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).