Worship Words

Worship Words

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    • Liturgy words
      • Benedictions
      • Call to worship
      • Children’s Messages
      • Communion
      • Doxology
      • Drama in worship
      • Faith Statements & Affirmations of Faith
      • Lord’s Prayer – Jesus Prayer
      • Offering/Stewardship words
      • Passing the Peace
      • Prayers for Worship Services
        • Opening Prayers
        • Pastoral Prayers
        • Prayers of Confession
        • Prayers of Intercession
        • Vestry Prayers
      • Psalms – Old & New
      • Sending forth
      • Words for a pandemic
    • Ritual Words
      • Baptism, Christening, Naming, Dedication
      • Blessing Services
        • Blessing the Animals, St Francis Day 4 Oct
        • Blessing of Gardens & Gardeners (Plough Sunday)
        • Blessing a home
        • Blessings with water
        • Choir Dedications
      • Church Anniversaries
      • Commissioning Services
      • Confirmation / Welcoming Church Members
      • Death & Dying
        • Funeral
        • Nearing Death
        • Nine Night
      • Leave-taking service for a Minister
      • Ordination
      • Wedding
        • Reaffirmation of wedding vows
        • Universal wedding ceremony, for any two people
    • Lectionary words
      • Lectionary resources
      • Lectionary Year A
        • A: Advent & Christmas
        • A: Epiphany
        • A: Lent
        • A: Holy Week
        • A: Easter & Eastertide
        • A: Pentecost & Ordinary Time
      • Lectionary Year B
        • B: Advent & Christmas
        • B: Epiphany
        • B: Lent
        • B: Holy Week
        • B: Easter & Eastertide
        • B: Pentecost (Whitsunday) & Ordinary Time
      • Lectionary Year C
        • C: Advent & Christmas
        • C: Epiphany
        • C: Lent
        • C: Holy Week
        • C: Easter & Eastertide
        • C: Pentecost & Ordinary Time
    • Café Church, Open Table — ready-to-use services
    • Open Table – 12 complete services
  • Singing words
  • Calendar Words
    • Resources for this week … on Worship Words
    • Church Year Calendar – new
    • 2022 Royal Platinum Jubilee service, UK
    • Church Year
      • Advent & Christmas
        • Advent
        • Blue Christmas / Longest Night
        • Christmas
        • Nativity
      • Epiphany
      • Transfiguration
      • Lent
      • Holy Week
        • Passion/Palm Sunday
        • Maundy Thursday
        • Good Friday
      • Easter
      • Pentecost
    • Seasonal Words
      • Spring words
      • Summer words
      • Autumn Words
        • Harvest
      • Winter Words
    • Month by month words
      • January-June
        • January words
          • New Year
          • Martin Luther King Day, USA
          • Holocaust Memorial Day 27/1
        • February Words
          • Black History Month – USA
          • Valentine’s Day
        • March Words
          • World Day of Prayer
          • Mothering Sunday (4th Sunday of Lent)
          • World Water Day – 22 March
        • April Words
          • World Health Day – 7 April
          • Earth Day – 22 April
          • ANZAC Day, 25 April
        • May words
          • Pluralism Sunday, first Sunday of May
          • Mother’s Day
          • 8 May – Julian of Norwich
          • Nakba (Catastrophe), Palestine 15 May
          • Matariki – Māori New Year — New Zealand (Aotearoa)
          • Memorial Day (USA)
        • June words
          • World Environment Day — 5 June
          • Father’s Day
          • World Refugee Day – 20 June
      • July-September
        • July words
          • Independence Day (USA & elsewhere)
        • August words
          • Farmers Day–first Monday of August, Zambia
          • Hiroshima Day, 6 August
          • Slavery Memorial Day, 23 August
        • September Words
          • Season of Creation 1/9 – 4/10
          • World Week for Peace in Palestine & Israel
          • International Day of Peace 21/09
          • Global Day for Syria 21/09
      • October, November, December
        • October Words
        • November words
        • December words
  • Prayer words
    • Prayers for Today
    • Candlelight words
    • Comforting Words
    • Creation Words
    • Gratitude words
    • Healing words
    • Hopeful words
    • Justice Words
    • Love words
    • Meditation Words
    • Peace Words
    • Personal Devotion words
    • Psalms – Old & New
    • Praise Words
    • Strengthening Words
    • Wisdom Words
  • Images
    • Advent & Christmas Images
    • Autumn Images
    • Easter Images
    • Good Friday Images
    • Lent Images
    • Maundy Thursday Images
    • Palm Sunday Images
    • Peace images
    • Pentecost Images
    • Rainbow images
    • Remembrance Images
    • Spring Images
    • Summer Images
    • Winter Images
  • Pride words – LGBT+
  • Zambia Praise
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  • Windermere, Cumbria UK — photo by Ana Gobledale

Windermere, Cumbria UK — photo by Ana Gobledale

Windermere, Cumbria — photo by Ana Gobledale, UK, river, water, nature

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