What’s Included

Liturgy, Learning and (purposeful) Life is a Revised Common Lectionary resource that embraces the breadth of ways we worship, from gathered and set apart moments to everyday living.

Each week includes:

• Liturgical date and list of lections

• Theme focus – an invitation into the theme from a current-day experience and points to serving in the world

• Setting – with ideas for setting your space and items/materials needed for the week.

Worship Outline:

Worship Outline | Call to worship | Acknowledgement of Country | Opening Prayer | Music suggestions | Prayer of confession | Words of Grace | Intergenerational Conversation Word for the Day | Sermon seeds, youth or adult studies, personal reflection | Ideas for reflection | Prayers for others | Offering | Sending out & Embodied Practice

Embodied practice is an opportunity to engage more fully with the readings through a range of sensory experiences and stimuli. It acknowledges the diversity with which we experience the world and how we take in new information. Embodied practice is for all to enter into the text in a new way with an openness to what new understanding might be received regardless of age.

Each quarter includes :

• A welcome to the season that introduces the theme, mood, movement and colour of the season

• Overview of the season with weekly lections, title, and focus

• Preparation notes for the seasons

• Meet the writers introduces you to the writers and the development team for the season, as they share their creative gifts and ideas to encourage faith and leadership.

You might use these planning pages by copying and adding the material to bulletins, newsletters, your website, email, and so on.