Worship Notes
Worship Notes is a free resource for anyone who leads and plans worship. We offer prayers for Sunday Services, thoughts on the readings, and hymn suggestions.
Each issue of Worship Notes includes:
- A call to worship
- Prayers of approach, confession and a declaration/assurance of forgiveness
- A prayer for illumination
- An all-age activity or introduction
- Readings and notes on these readings that could be built into a sermon
- Prayers of intercessions
- An offertory Introduction and prayer
- A blessing
- Hymn suggestions for local churches sourced from Rejoice and Sing, Church Hymnary 4, Singing the Faith and Combined Mission Praise.
Every month there will be at least one Holy Communion prayer and an Affirmation of Faith.
Intercessions for this week are included within the Worship Notes.
Worship Notes for July 2024
Sunday 14th July 2024
Worship notes for Sunday 14th July , have been prepared by the Revd Wayne Hawkins
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Overview
Wayne looks at the story of the beheading of John the Baptist, offers the normal range of hymns and prayers and includes some all age activities.
Sunday 21st July 2024
Worship notes for Sunday 21st July have been prepared by the Revd Dr Adam Scott, Principal of Northern College
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Overview
Adam explores the 23rd Psalm in a range of ways - and also gives notes on today's Gospel Reading.Ìý There's a good range of hymns, some lovely prayers and an all age activity to help understand this most famous of the Psalms.
Sunday 28th July 2024
The worship notes for Sunday 28th July have been prepared by the Revd Andy Braunston, Minister for Digital Worship.
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Overview
Andy explores the idea of heroes and villains - remembering the recent General Election and the one before that where we're given choices to make between those who think they are heroes and who portray their opponents as villains.Ìý Andy suggests that whilst heroes might be interesting they don't always make the best leaders.Ìý He develops his theme looking at that hero of the Bible, King David - the hero who slew Goliath and secured the Kingdom but also the villain who usurped his way to the throne, and raped and murdered when it suited him.Ìý Andy explores the OT, Psalm and Epistle in his prayers, hymn choices and sermon notes.
Useful websites
Talking Absolute Worship is a weekly panel discussion about how the week’s lectionary readings can inspire our preaching and worship-leading
Politics in the Pulpit is a lively discussion linking justice, current affairs and the Lectionary readings for the coming Sunday. Available as a podcast or video