The Uniting Church in Australia celebrates its 40^th 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. 

• a complete liturgy for the 40th Anniversary of the UCA       pdf download   MsWord download
  provided by John Squires and Elzabeth Raine
• Uniting Church Prayer     Re-written by Rev Dr D'Arcy Wood, from a prayer by his father, Rev Dr A. Harold Wood
• Looking to Christ    40 Days of Revised Common Lectionary readings leading up to the UCA 40th Anniversary - 22 June 2017
• Service of Inauguration    Sydney Town Hall - 22 June 1977
• Uniting Spirit - a Liturgy for Pentecost - Linda Sutton
• UCA 40th doodle to colour in    Karen Mitchell Lambert    
  
• Inauguration of UCA      Prayer of Thanksgiving
• Inauguration of UCA      Prayer of Confession
• Inauguration of UCA      Words of Commitment

music resources, including some written especially for the UCA 40th anniversary

• Called Together   lyrics  score   leadsheet    mp3 backing            David Busch
• Come Gather       lyrics   score                                     Sue Crittall & Kathryn Yarrow
• In a Church that's Moving Forward      lyrics             Andrew Williams
• Come, Spirit God score                                                Brian Hill
• Here We Are In the Church   leadsheet                       Leigh Newton
• We Celebrate       lyrics    score    mp3 vocal demo     David MacGregor
• God the Father, Son and Spirit(tune TIS 152 - Ode to Joy)  Keith Pearson   text can be found above in "A complete liturgy ..."
• Lord of Our Days    All Together Now/Songs in a Still Strange Land     Neil Quintrell & Douglas Simper
• Anniversary Song   lyrics                                              Linda Sutton

some further music resource suggestions (note: far from exhaustive)  

• songs from the 14th UCA Assembly - theme: Hearts on Fire
• Holy Spirit                        score                                                 Sue Crittall & Kathryn Yarrow
• How Long (a song of lament)    All Together for Good # 563    Robin Mann
• Together to Celebrate     lyrics   score                                     David MacGregor
• You died to set me free    score                                               Sue Crittall & Kathryn Yarrow
• Spirit of Dreaming                                                                    Allison Campbell Rate
• God Gives Us a Future             Together in Song # 687          Elizabeth Smith
• Community of Christ                Together in Song # 473          Shirley Erena Murray    
• Holy Spirit Rain                         UCA 12th Assembly               Michael Earl & Phil Newton
• Like a candle                    score /All Together for Good #582  Craig Mitchell, Tim Beale, Roger Imms
• God at work in countless ways   leadsheet                            Leigh Newton
• Dare to Discover              score                                               David MacGregor