Preaching & Worship Leading

Bible

July 3, 2025 by Church Office

Gungahlin Uniting Church uses the Contemporary English Version (CEV) in worship. You can access the CEV translation on The Bible Gateway ( https://www.biblegateway.com ) along with many other translations including the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), New International Version (NIV) and The Message (MSG).

The CEV often uses different words than other translations, so if your reflection relies on a certain phrasing you may also need to use a different translation.

Books/Resources

December 24, 2020 by Darren Wright

There are some great books that are helpful in sermon & Worship preparation and in helping people think about preaching and teaching, here are a few.

With Love To The World is a daily reader written by Australians for Australians, it is also available as an app for use on Apple and Android phones/tablets. Daily reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary are written by Australian Ministers, Deacons, Pastors, Scholars and members and made available to you asa quarterly booklet (GUC received 10 per quarter) or as an App.

God Be In My Mouth by Doug Gay is a great book on preaching and worship, highly recommended.

Preaching God’s Transforming Justice is a three book series of sermons and reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary.

Twelve Months Of Sundays by Tom Wright is a great collection of short reflections by scholar NT Wright.

Connections is a resource that includes a variety of voices, all exploring the scripture readings from the RCL. They release them Avery few months to stay ahead of the lectionary. Available on Kindle and as a printed resource. It can be expensive, but is really useful.

A Preacher’s Guide to Lectionary Sermon Series – Volume 1: Thematic Plans for Years A, B, and C comes highly reccomended and is a collection of sermons edited by Amy Butler.