URC Worship Book
Material for Holy Communions, Baptisms, Confirmations, weddings, funerals, ordinations, inductions, public worship and the Lord’s Prayer.
You can download the entire book:
- URC Worship Book (PDF | 1mb) (Word | 1mb)
Or download individual sections:
- Introduction to Communion orders (PDF | 104kb) (Word | 28kb)
- First order of Holy Communion (PDF | 174kb) (Word | 74kb)
- Second order of Holy Communion (PDF | 128kb) (Word | 51kb)
- Third order of Holy Communion (PDF | 121kb) (Word | 46kb)
- Fourth order of Holy Communion (PDF | 158kb) (Word | 55kb)
- Baptism service (PDF | 153kb) (Word | 59kb)
- Confirmation service (PDF | 124kb) (Word | 45kb)
- Reception of members (PDF | 136kb) (Word | 31kb)
- Thanksgiving for the birth of a child (PDF | 112kb) (Word | 43kb)
- Service of the Word (PDF | 132kb) (Word | 49kb)
- Daily worship (PDF | 96kb) (Word | 42kb)
- Evening worship (PDF | 123kb) (Word | 45kb)
- Prayers for healing and laying-on of hands (PDF | 125kb) (Word | 45kb)
- The Lord’s Prayer (PDF | 45kb) (Word | 26kb)
- Wedding service (PDF | 159kb) (Word | 58kb)
- Blessing of a Marriage (PDF | 101kb) (Word | 45kb)
- Introduction to Funeral services (PDF | 83kb) (Word | 23kb)
- Services for a Funeral – One (PDF | 157kb) (Word | 67kb)
- Services for a Funeral – Two (PDF | 165kb) (Word | 74kb)
- Services for a Funeral – Three (PDF | 95kb) (Word | 43kb)
- Interment or scattering of ashes (PDF | 113kb) (Word | 30kb)
- Readings for Funeral services (PDF | 117kb) (Word | 94kb)
- Introduction to Ordination, Induction and Commissioning services (PDF | 83kb) (Word | 22kb)
- Ordination and Induction of Elders (PDF | 146kb) (Word | 53kb)
- Ordination and Induction of Ministers (PDF | 186kb) (Word | 65kb)
- Induction of Ministers (PDF | 167kb) (Word | 65kb)
- Commissioning for Church Related Community Workers (PDF | 163kb) (Word | kb)
- Commissioning of Accredited Lay Preachers (PDF | kb) (Word | 62kb)
- Introduction to rededication services (PDF | 83kb) (Word | 27kb)
- Renewal of Baptismal promises by the congregation (PDF | 92kb) (Word | 40kb)
- A service for rededication Sunday, based on the Five Marks of Mission (PDF | 118kb) (Word | 88kb)
- Service of rededication on the theme of unity (PDF | 149kb) (Word | 48kb)
- Statements of faith (PDF | 86kb) (Word | 31kb)
- Treasury of prayers (PDF | 107kb) (Word | 83kb)
- Acknowledgments and table of contents (PDF | 198kb) (Word | 82kb)
URC Worship Additional Resources
- Additional Resources Worship (PDF | 2mb) (Word | 1mb)
Advent to Pentecost
- Advent to Epiphany (PDF | 311kb) (Word | 100kb)
- Lent to Pentecost (PDF | 352kb) (Word | 146kb)
Exploring the year – see Additional Resources Worship
Encircled by prayer (PDF | 532kb) (Word | 267kb)
Other Material
- A celebration of life (PDF | 209kb) (Word | 25kb)
- Creative decisions (PDF | 209kb) (Word | 26kb)
- Grieving, remembrance, thanksgiving (PDF | 304kb) (Word | 65kb)
- A service of thanksgiving for a person who has given their body for medical research (PDF | 218kb) (Word | 38kb)
- Elders and pastoral care (PDF | 256kb) (Word | 51kb)
- Elders and moments of worship (PDF | 216kb) (Word | 129kb)
- Prayers at times of ordination and induction (PDF | 182kb) (Word | 33kb)
- Times of celebration (PDF | 267kb) (Word | 52kb)
- To celebrate marriage (PDF | 184kb) (Word | 26kb)
- Index and authors (PDF | 182kb) (Word | 30kb)
- Acknowledgements (PDF | 218kb) (Word | 31kb)
- Table of contents (PDF | 190kb) (Word | 49kb)
