Uniting in Worship II – Book and CD/DVD

Description

Uniting in Worship 2 (‘UiW2’) is THE key resource for leading worship in the Uniting Church.

The book includes service outlines (templates) for many forms of worship including the common weekly ‘Service of the Lord’s Day’ (‘SLD’, in three forms), baptisms, funerals, commissionings, and many other pastoral services. The book includes prayers and psalms that may be used on many occasions, and resources in various languages are included in addition to English.

The CD-ROM includes the full text of the book plus a HUGE number of additional prayers, canticles, psalms, and options for every part of the worship service including liturgical resources from the church around the world and through time.

Further SLD resources include [figures in brackets are the number of options/examples]:

• 01 Calls to Worship.doc [68]

• 02 Greetings.doc [5]

• 03 Laments and Affirmations of Hope.doc [14]

• 04 Prayers of Adoration.doc [36]

• 05 Prayers of Invocation.doc [77]

• 06 Calls to Confession.doc [24]

• 07 Prayers of Confession.doc [71]

• 08 Declarations of Forgiveness.doc [42]

• 09 Prayers for Illumination.doc [19]

• 10 Welcoming the Scriptures.doc [5]

• 11 Responses to Scripture.doc [8]

• 12 Ascriptions of Glory.doc [15]

• 13 Introductions to the Silence.doc [5]

• 14 Creeds and Statements of Faith.doc [17]

• 15 Prayers over the gifts.doc [36]

• 16 Prayers of the People – Thanksgiving.doc [24]

• 17 Prayers of the People – Intercession.doc [11]

• 18 Peace.doc [5+]

• 19 Invitations to the Lord’s Table.doc [23]

• 20 Prayers of Approach.doc [9]

• 21 Alternative Introductory Dialogues to the GPT.doc [5]

• 22 Great Prayers of Thanksgiving.doc [22]

• 23 Lord’s Prayer.doc [16]

• 24 Breaking of the Bread.doc [5]

• 25 Prayers after Communion.doc [22]

• 26 Words of Mission.doc [8]

• 27 Blessings.doc [52]

• 28 Dismissals.doc [19]

Both the book and the CD-ROM include ‘Ordered Liberty’ and other Uniting Church documents on the theology and practice of worship. These provide the foundation for other Uniting Church guidelines for worship found on the Assembly website: https://assembly.uca.org.au/cudw/worship-resources-and-publications/item/862-guidelines-for-worship UiW2 provides a reliable starting-point for leaders, and a wealth of resources to use in adapting and enriching the worship experience.