Worship Resources and Publications
These suggested resources can be used in a worship service or a small gathering that encourages the Church to engage in lament and to honour our commitment to be the safest Church we can be for children in our care.
Following is a list of links to useful resources worship and preaching, music and the creative arts.
The Assembly’s Worship Working Group has compiled new resources and guidelines to be used by Uniting Church congregations and Presbyteries.
Prayer and liturgical resources for specific occasions, including:
* in relation to the revised Preamble to the UCA Constitution
* support to the First Peoples of this land
* Great Prayer of Thanksgiving, prepared from dialogue between Lutheran Church of Australia and the UCA
The Uniting Church in Australia celebrates its 40th Anniversary on 22 June 2017
The Working Group on Worship has gathered resources that can be used from Easter to Pentecost and beyond in the gathered worship of congregations, presbyteries and synods. The aim is to invite people to celebrate God’s grace and goodness. This can also include other aspects of worship including confession, lament, intercession.
Brief biographies of famous Christian men and women.
The calendar may provide helpful resources for worship services, for preaching, for congregations that hold services during the week, or in Bible study, fellowship, or house groups. It may stimulate ideas for Christian education programs, for the work of the Sunday school, or for an address to young people during the Service of the Lord’s Day.
An Affirmation of Faith - Calendar of Other Commemorations download
Eucharistic Prayer of Thanksgiving - A Calendar of Other Commemorations download
UCA Baptism Service - Korean translation download
UCA Baptism Service - Fijian translation download introduction
UCA Baptism Service - Fijiian [Hindi] translation download
UCA Baptism Service - Tamil translation download
UCA Baptism Service - Filipino translation download notes
UCA Marriage Service (from UIW2) - Samoan translation download
UCA Marriage Service (from UIW2) - Fijian translation download
UCA Holy Communion (from UIW2) - Fijian translation download
The following publications offer an introduction to how different cultures express their faith and community life in worship, including Tongan, Korean, Vietnamese, Samoan and Niuean.