Suggestion: ’Refresh’ each page before reading to make sure to get my latest edition

‘The Other Lectionary’ is a suggested ‘southern hemisphere’ Lectionary (with a few Resources added) offered in parallel to, 
or even replacement of,  the RCL which is in standard use by many.

A GATHERING LITURGY FOR THE
CELEBRATION OF LIFE

“...in the end the universe can only be explained in terms of celebration. 
It is all an exuberant expression of existence itself”

5 June 2022.  Pentecost C.  (Red).  OR  World Environment Day (Green)
Celebrating Community in the Tradition of the Meal

Acknowledgement of Country/First Peoples
(An act towards reconciliation)

For thousands of years Indigenous people have walked
in this land, on their own country.
Their relationship with the land is at the centre of their lives.

We acknowledge the (NN) of the (NN) Nation, past, present, and emerging leaders,
and their stewardship of this land throughout the ages.

First Peoples Statement to the Nation 2017 is called “Uluru Statement from the Heart”
A Response from Common Dreams5 Conference of Religious Progressives,
Australia/South Pacific 2019

Both available in Affirmations/Manifestoes

And we recognise and give thanks that we humans
are creatures of the Earth living in the ecosystem
—flowers, trees and insects; land, waters and mountain range—
that is unique to (NN).
May we honour one another and honour life itself.

(NN) is a safe place for all people to worship regardless of
race, creed, age, cultural background or sexual orientation

YHWH  -- which can only be pronounced in its truth by simply breathing,
the still small voice that the Prophet Elijah realized was God -- is the Interbreathing of Oxygen
and CO2 that unites all life. YHWH is the deep process by which it is true that what we sow
is what we reap. That Truth is both “science” and “religion.” 

The climate crisis is brought on by producing far more CO2
than all our planet’s vegetation can transmute to Oxygen.

Our planet is coughing, choking, “I can’t breathe!”
What we call the climate crisis is indeed a crisis in God’s Name.
(Rabbi Arthur Waskow)

GATHERING

Gathering Music

Rich and Striking Visuals
“The function of beauty… is to make us aware of a reality which is richer and deeper 
and more marvellous than anything we can dream or conceive.” (Henry N. Wieman)
Artwork OR Floral/Symbols display (cloths, candles, stones, wood, leaves, flowers, earth, water) OR projection of Film/Video

Entry into the Celebration
The gong is sounded three times

Now is the time to dance heaven's dance,
Time to discern eternity's face,
Moment of knowing beyond all sight,
Day of God's smile and tender embrace.  (William L Wallace)

OR

Look to the salutation to the dawn,
Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life.  (Adapt.Sanskrit/ep)

Let us celebrate the richness and diversity of life.

Lighting of Community Candle
The Community Candle is lit

We light this flame to affirm that new light
is ever waiting to break through to enlighten our ways:
that new truth is ever waiting
to break through to illumine our minds,
and that new love is ever waiting
to break through to warm our hearts.

May we be open to this light,
and to the rich possibilities that it brings us.  C A Howe

Note: Check out 'Special Liturgies’ (this site) for the following:

(i) A suggested process for introducing new hymns is called Hymn of the Month
(ii) Additional Special Purpose Hymns cover major international events or themes. They include these categories: 1. Bush (Brush) Fire, 2. Tsunami, Storms/Cyclones, 3. Earthquakes, 4. War/Remembrance, 5. Caregiving, 6. God as Mother, 7. Human Trafficking, 8. Disabled, 9. Migration/Refugees, 10. Terrorist Attacks, 11. Science/Cosmology
(iii) Specific resources on Terrorism
(iv) On Wonder, Awe, and Nature

Hymn/Song  The people stand as they are able, to sing
“Lithe Spirit You’re Bounding and Leaping”  (Tune: 9.8.11.8)                                            85 WNC
Lithe spirit you’re bounding and leaping,
stars shimmer and flash from your heels,
until the whole world burns with pardon and praise,
until the lost know how love feels.

O harlequin dazzle by dancing,
let joy spring like sparks from a flame,
until every person consumed by your love
comes blithely to join in your game.

Come juggler, spinning and turning
our chances and dreams like a top,
until all our values are turned upside down
whirl on through the world, never stop.  © Andrew Pratt

OR

“Pentecost” (Tune: ‘Streets of Laredo’)
The backwash of rumour unsettles the faithful,
that Jesus has risen, the morning has come,
when all of the world will be shaken and driven,
the spirit is waiting, will rise with the sun.

The locks are unbroken, disciples are waiting,
each ear is attuned for an uncommon sound:
the footsteps of soldiers, a hidden informant,
the spirit is waking to turn them around.

In hushed conversation they plan out a future,
not knowing for certain what fate has in store,
when flames curl around them, warm hearts and clear voices,
the spirit has found them behind that closed door.

And now we wait with them, we follow tradition,
we echo the story that we’ve heard before,
God’s spirit is near us, around and within us,
empowering, informing what God has in store.

So let us go out in the power of that spirit
to live lives like Jesus, to cheer and restore
the ones who are broken, derided, forsaken,
the spirit is moving, the future is sure.  © Andrew Pratt 17/4/2010
Remain standing

Opening Sentences
Spirit Friend, you come like the wind
and the earth grows hale at your breath.
Wm  You arrive – like the wind filling a thousand sails on Sydney Harbour…
Mn  like moist air carrying refreshing rain to the Brindabellas…
All  Seed us with new patterns of life
and leave us giddy with new possibilities
as we breathe this Breath of Life.

Words of Awareness
We gather grateful for the companionship
of hearts and minds
seeking to speak the truth in love.

We gather grateful for our heritage,
for the women and men before us
whose prophetic words and deeds
make possible our dreams and our insight.

And we gather grateful for the gift of life itself,
mindful that to respect life means both
to celebrate what life is
and to insist on what it can become. (Adapt.MSMilner)

OR

We pray:
Spirit of life and hope, we sense your presence in this place.
Awaken us again to the mysteries that humble us,
the realities that orient us,
the fellowship that sustains us,
that we may give ourselves in honesty and openness
to the larger life before us. (Adapt.CWells)
May it be so.

Hymn/Song “Praise to the Living God”  (Tune: ‘Leoni’, 66.84D)                                    215 SLT
Praise to the living God,
all praised be The Name,
which was, and is, and is to be,
for aye the same.
The one eternal God
ere aught that now appears:
the first, the last, beyond all thought
or timeless years!

Unformed, all lovely forms
declare God’s loveliness,
no holiness on earth
can e’er The Name express
whose love enfolds us all;
whose laud the earth displays,
Yea, everywhere, above, below,
is perfect praise.

The spirit floweth free,
high surging where it will,
in prophet's word did speak of old,
and speaketh still.
The Torah rest secure,
and changeless it shall stand,
deep writ upon the human heart,
on sea and land.

Eternal life hath God
implanted in the soul;
such love shall be our strength
and stay while ages roll.
Praise to the living God!
All praised be The Name
which was, and is, and is to be,
for aye the same!  (From the Jewish Yigdal c. 13th cent.)

OR

“We Are The Earth…” (Tune: ‘Ein’ Feste Burg’, 87.87.66.66.7)                                       30 SLT
We are the earth upright and proud;
in us the earth is knowing.
It’s winds are music in our mouths,
in us its rivers flowing.
The sun is our hearth-fire;
warm with the earth’s desire,
and with its purpose strong,
we sing earth’s pilgrim song;
in us the earth is growing.

We lift our voices, fill the skies
with our exultant singing.
We dedicate our minds and hearts,
to order, beauty bringing.
Our labor is our strength;
our love will win at length;
our minds will find the ways 
to live in peace and praise.
Our day is just beginning.  (Kenneth L Patton)
The people sit after the hymn

Welcome  
Or in your own words

A warm welcome is extended to all.
Especially those who are gathering at (NN) for the first time
or who have returned after an absence.

Your presence both enriches us and this time of celebration together.
Refer to printed liturgy.
Fellowship hour following the Gathering
Those visiting, please sign our Visitors book

OR

A warm welcome is extended to all.
Especially those who may be joining us for a first time.

Your presence enriches this gathering and contributes to 
the creative evolution of community. 
Thanks for the gift of you!  (Central United, Moncton, Canada)

Meditation
Today we gather to thank the Breath of Life
for the gift of the element - air.
(Silence)

I invite you to feel its presence.
Gently fan the air around you with your hands.
Feel the gentleness of its touch on your face.

Breath in.
Breath out.

Slowly breathe in and hold.
Feel life flowing through you.
Feel energy flowing through you.
Feel the power of your breath within you.  (Adapt.Kathleen Glennon/hs)
(Silence)

EXPLORING

Wisdom from the World/ Religious Traditions
“Wisdom is not just special knowledge about something. Wisdom is a way of being, a way of inhabiting the world. 
The beauty of wisdom is harmony, belonging and illumination of thought, action, heart and mind.” (John O’Donohue)

Reader: The delight of a story well-known
fills our hearts as we listen
for its familiar end.
All   May we hear, even in its simple telling,
stories that, to us, are ever new.  (Gretta Vosper/ab)

• Acts 2:1-4 (Inclusive Text) 

When Pentecost day came around,
the apostles had all met in one room,
when suddenly they heard
what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven.
The noise filled the entire house where they were sitting.

And something appeared to them
that seemed like tongues of fire;
these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them.

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit
and began to speak foreign languages,
as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech.

OR

• The Sophia of Jesus Christ 90:14 - 92:5 (Nag Hammadi Library)

After Jesus Christ rose from the dead,
his twelve disciples and seven women continued to be his followers
and went to Galilee onto the mountain called “Divination and Joy”.

When they gathered together and were perplexed about the underlying reality
of the universe and the plan and the holy providence
and the power of the authorities and about everything
the Saviour is doing with them in the secret of the holy plan,
the Saviour appeared, not in his previous form,
but in the invisible spirit.

And his likeness resembled a great angel of light.
But his resemblance I must not describe.
No mortal flesh could endure it,
but only pure and perfect flesh,
like that which he taught us about on the mountain
called “Of Olives” in Galilee.

And he said, “Peace be to you! My peace I give to you!”
And they all marvelled and were afraid.

The Saviour laughed and said to them:
“What are you thinking about? 
Why are you perplexed?
What are you searching for?”

Philip said: “For the underlying reality and the plan."

Hymn/Song   In solidarity with those for whom standing is not easy or possible, we will remain seated to sing
“God the Weaver”  (Tune:’Picardy’, 87.87.87)
God the weaver, making patterns,
spinning threads throughout our days -
Joy and sadness interwoven,
strands of sorrow, strands of praise.
Help us to discern your weaving
in the multi-coloured maze.

Teach us, Lord, to trust your guidance
when the pattern is not clear,
and to feel your strength and comfort
when life's fabric's torn by fear.
Help us sense that in the dark times
Lightening love is always near.

When we see the pattern changing
and a new direction starts,
let us know your love unbroken
winds through life in all its parts
by the threads of love and friendship
closely woven in our hearts.

Though we never see the picture
with your sense of space and time,
help us, Lord, to take our places
in our faith's continuing line,
as all lives are interwoven 
in your final grand design.   © M Dobson. 1996 Stainer & Bell Ltd 

• “The Wind”
By John O’Donohue. Divine Beauty 117-18

Movement is a sign of life. It is intriguing that the presence which has the most grace and swiftness cannot be seen, namely, the wind. In the Hebrew tradition the word for wind, ruach, was also the word used for ‘God’. The wind has power and huge presence. It symbolizes pure freedom.

At times the wind has a haunting, poignant music. When it rises in the night and shores against the walls of the house, it sounds out a great loneliness. Perhaps the wind achieves poignancy because it has no name. It is nothing and from nowhere. Yet its cry is almost a voice and sounds as if the sorrow of stone and clay, of the dead or those seeking birth, has somehow become a force of emptiness. Their longing has transformed their nothingness into a cry.

This atmosphere of wind has unreached realms of longing. It is a keening that no mind could ease. At other times the wind is utterly buoyant, rousing and refreshing. When you walk into that mood of wind, it cleanses your mind and invigorates your body. It feels as if the wind would love you to dance — let you surf its undulations and steal you away from the weight of your body, casting you hither and thither like the shimmer of dust. Such wind is wild with dream.

One of the loveliest images of earthly movement is how a bird plays among the high geographies of wind-force, soaring, sliding and balancing on its invisible hills and waves. Before ever the human mind became fascinated with the rhythm, structure and meaning of movement, the birds knew how to enjoy and play within the temporary landscapes of the wind.

OR

• “The Emergence of the Earth”
Lloyd Geering. From the Big Bang to God/41

Cosmologists predict that in some four billion years Earth will be swallowed up by the sun, which by that time will be entering its dying phase by expanding into a red giant.

While we may not lose any sleep over that far-off cosmic event, we do need to remember that Earth remains vulnerable to whatever may come wandering into our solar system from outer space; in fact, we are bombarded daily with tiny meteors that we see as shooting stars. Most of them do no harm since they are burnt up in the atmosphere, but very occasionally we encounter larger ones, like the one that created the moon and the one that brought an end to the dinosaurs only 65.4 million years ago. Earth was formed more by accident than by any design, and it remains subject to such chance cosmic events. It does not exist for any particular reason, even though from our subjective viewpoint it may seem that Earth exists for the purpose of bringing forth life in general and of creating us in particular.

Contemporary Exploration

Silence for Personal Reflection

AFFIRMING

An Affirmation of Peace and Justice (Optional)
In response to the word reflected on, let us stand and share 
an affirmation of peace and justice in our world.
The people stand as they are able

v1  Let us dare to believe in the future:
Le:  a future when people shall have learned to live by freedom
and not by compulsion, by love and not by fear,
by adventure and not by jealously guarded security.
Ri:  They shall live in peace and shared respect
and ‘none shall make them afraid.’

v2  They shall be continuously hungry for knowledge,
and none shall say it is forbidden them.
Le:  They shall live in trust, and none shall do them hurt.
Ri:  They shall explore without fear of what they may find,
and the difficulties they meet shall be stepping-stones upward.

v1  Though this be slow in coming,
Le:  though it appears that all this may never be universally shared,
Ri:  it will be open to all on the condition
that each chooses individually.

v2  None shall create barriers between a person
and the fulfillment of the human spirit
which the person may not alone overthrow.
Le:  It is the barrier we build against others which holds us, ourselves, back;
Ri:  The defenses we painstakingly establish become our own fetters.

v1  This could be the future of humanity if we dare:
All  the people seek to master themselves instead of others,
and rejoice in the fruits of disciplines
they choose for themselves.  (Robert T Wesson/slt)

OR

Unpredictable, irrepressible, 
dancing, laughing Spirit,
when we're tempted to be cautious and hesitate,
All  Draw us forward 
into the surprising and joyful future 
you have waiting for us.

Unpredictable, elusive Spirit,
when we're tempted to opt for certainty,
All  Free our spirits to adventure and risk, 
as your people have always done.

Unpredictable, people-loving, 
freedom-loving Spirit,
when we're tempted to be shackled to comfort and conformity,
All  Enable us to leave such things behind,
call us through your people 
into the surprise of each new day.

Clear our vision,
so we may see things, 
to which we've paid no attention in the past.
All  Sharpen our listening,
so we may hear pleadings and cries 
we've never heard before.

Strengthen our hands,
so we may do things we've previously not dared try.
All  Put a new spring into our step,
so we may follow your leading into new situations.
Draw us dancing and laughing into tomorrow.  (John Connan)

OR

If celebrating/reflecting back on Environment Day
Celebrating the Earth
v1  We light and put in place this candle for the land, sea and sky.
A green candle is put in place and lit

v2  We remember the richness of Planet Earth:
All  mountains unfolding to desert and plain,
seas swaying to the rhythm of tides,
skies reflecting the colours of light.

v3  We place this green cloth for the creatures of Earth.
A large green cloth is placed near/around the candle

v2  We remember creatures of land, air and sea:
All  horses running for the joy of living,
parrots chatting on roofs and branches,
dolphins leaping from sea to sky.

v4  We place these leaves for the fruits of Earth.
A branch of green leaves is put beside the candle

v2  We remember fruits of the land:
All  grasses bursting with nourishing grain,
flowers exuding colour and fragrance,
trees renewing the sweetness of air.

v5  We put this book in place for humanity.
A collection of sayings and poems is put on the green cloth near the candle

v2  We remember all sages and prophets:
All  through them recalling the power of love;
through them reclaiming a spirit of compassion;
through them embracing Earth and each other.  (Adapt.PCNV Earth Liturgy)

Sharing 'The Peace'
Let us take some time to celebrate each other.

May a heart of peace rest with you.
All And also with you.  (David Galston/q)
You are invited to share the peace with your neighbours.

OR

Namaste
Facing the person with right hand on your heart and a slight bow of the head…

The Divine in me honours the Divine in you.
OR

The Light in me recognises the Light in you.
OR

The spirit within me sees the spirit within you.

Hymn/Song  People stand as they are able, to sing
“Further Still”
Further still than hill or mountain peak,
further still abides the help we seek.
Further than the heavens
where the planets roll
abides the love that lives to make us whole.

Closer still than eyes alert can see,
closer still than reason's trusted key.
Closer that the psyche,
closer than the soul,
abides the love that works to make us whole.

Deeper still than deepest therapy,
stronger still than medicine can be.
Bolder still than passion
bursting from control
abides the love that dies to make us whole.  (©2004, William Flanders)

CELEBRATING

With the Children
Children gather on the conversation mat

Conversation:
"Somewhere someone:"

The kingdom of love is coming because:
All  somewhere someone is kind when others are unkind,
somewhere someone shares with another in need,
somewhere someone refuses to hate, while others hate,
somewhere someone is patient - and waits in love,
somewhere someone returns good for evil,
somewhere someone serves another, in love,
somewhere someone is calm in a storm,
somewhere someone is loving everybody.
Is that someone you?  (Binkley & McKeel/jke)

In Solidarity
Care Candle:
We are people of all ages who enter this space
bringing our joys and concerns.
Joys and Celebrations. Griefs and Concerns shared

Focused Thoughts:

Listening Response:
May our thoughts be filled with transformation,
All  May our words reflect the yearnings of our hearts.
And may the spirit that binds within us as we gather

All  Hallow each and every passing moment
we know here together.  (Adapt.Gretta Vosper/ab)

And so we take this flame and light our special care candle...
The Care Candle is lit

For ourselves, for those named or remembered, and in solidarity with those

who have not the freedom to express their concern or celebration
for fear of discrimination or condemnation.

In all our joys and in all our concerns, may we be ever mindful
of the presentness of the sacred among us,
and to see new possibilities of the now.

The 'Abba’ Prayer (Optional)
You are invited to pray in the spirit of the Abba/Lord's Prayer, and in your original language, as that is appropriate

All  O God, you love us like a good parent,
and are present in every aspect of our existence.
May your nature become known and respected by all.
May your joy, peace, wholeness and justice 
be the reality for everyone
as we live by the Jesus Way.

Give us all that we really need to live every day for you.
And forgive us our failures as we forgive others for their failures.
Keep us from doing those things which are not of you,
and cause us always to be centred on your love

For you are the true reality in this our now,
and in all our future.
In the Jesus Way we pray. Amen.  D Sorrill

Offerings

Presentation

We give to remind ourselves how many gifts we have to offer.
We give to remember that we are part of something bigger than ourselves.
We give because we believe in music and sacred space.
We give with the faith that, together, we have enough.  (Kristin Collins)

CELEBRATING COMMUNITY IN THE TRADITION OF THE MEAL
Introduction (Optional)
Members of the Jesus movements regularly ate a meal together
when they met as a community.

It was a characteristic that they had in common
with virtually every other social group in their world.
It was considered primary to the early developments
in the movements’ meal liturgy.

These meal traditions were not about personal salvation or payment for sin.
Instead, they were about actions and offering hospitality, social identity,
and being in solidarity with those around us.

The liturgical movements centred on celebration, presence, and joy.
I invite you into the spirit of those meals…

Thanksgiving
We who have gathered in this safe and sacred place,
from houses and apartments,
from suburbs east and west, and
from suburbs north and south…
give thanks and praise for all that is good in the world.

For the creativity we name God,
source of life in heaven and earth
and all that is.

For the sage we name Jesus of Nazareth,
and his message of peace, justice and inclusiveness
that is the realm of God.

For the strength and freedom of the Spirit
always present on the breath of life
All  We give thanks for the love, peace,
justice, inclusiveness and freedom,
and for the presentness of God in the midst of life.

God of yesterday, today and tomorrow,
God of our parents and children,
pioneers and original inhabitants, blessed be you.
You are the dwelling place of every generation.

So we join our celebration to all people, saying:
All  Holy, holy, holy, re-creating God,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of God.
All  Hosanna in the highest.

Bread and White Wine
We remember the time when Jesus faced
difficult decisions and destructive forces:
- in the days and nights of his searching,
- in finding ways to free others from images and ideas
that kept them captive and dependent and fearful of God,
- in breaking down social and religious barriers,
- in facing failure,
- in facing death.

When we too experience the winter of our lives
may we find the courage to let go
and trust in your guiding, warming light.

And we remember
Jesus has shown us that life is stronger than death.

As we eat together at this table
we also remember 
the importance and the words
and the actions of all meals
 in the tradition of Jesus…
Jesus, human like us,
All  reveals to us our true identity, temples of God's spirit.
Jesus, human like us,
All  reveals God present and active throughout human history.
Jesus, human like us,
All  reveals God-always-with-us in our everyday loving.
Jesus, human like us,
All  challenges us to let his story be our story also  (Michael Morwood/pns).

Communion
So we bless and break and share, remembering the Jesus tradition…
Bread and White Wine is shared

PARTING

Hymn/Song  The people stand as they are able, to sing
“Life into Life, the Threads are Woven” (Tune: 'Stanley Street’)                                   28(v1-3) TEL
Life into life, the threads are woven,
parent and child,
partner and friend;
tokens of love received and given:
joy at each birth,
grief at each end.
God of all time, all loves, all living,
hear as we bring our hearts' thanksgiving.

Life into life, our ways cross over,
culture and place,
neighbour and race;
in your good world help us discover
imprint of grace
in every face.
God of all time, all loves, all living,
hear as we bring our hearts' thanksgiving.

Life into life, when love is spoken,
everyday things
give our heart wings,
life-changing ills when things are broken,
turn us to you,
seeing what's true,
God of all time, all loves, all living,
hear as we bring our hearts' thanksgiving.
Remain standing

A Pentecost Litany
All  We are one
v1 Yet we are many.
All  We speak a single language
v2  Yet in different tongues.
All  We are joined together
v3  Yet we live in separate lands.
All  We are one.
v4  Yet we are many.

v1 How can I see my sister’s tears?
v3  When I do not know her pain?
v2 How can I carry my brother’s load?
v3  How can I recognise a hungry journey?
v4  When I do not know his child?
v1   When my belly’s full?
v4  How can I celebrate a stranger’s joy?
v2  When I do not know the dance?
v3  We are one
All  Yet we are many.

v1  Teach me Spirit that I might know
v4  Show me Spirit that I might see
v2 Touch me Spirit that I might feel
v3 Though we are many
All  Yet we are one.

Words of Blessing
May God’s breath stream within you.
May God’s breath renew you.
May God’s breath invigorate you.
Walk with confidence into this day.  (Traditional Jewish blessing/wb)
All  Amen. May it be so.

OR

May the energy of the strong wind be on our back.
May the force of the storm not confound us.
May the caress of the zephyr calm and soothe all.
May the lives of all breathe in harmony with the wind.
May the Spirit Breath breathe freely through all creation.
All  And may it be so with us.  (Kathleen Glennon/hs)

Hymn/Song (Cont.)  “Life into Life, the Threads are Woven” (Tune: 'Stanley Street’)           28(v4-5) TEL
Life into life, your Holy Spirit
quickens the mind,
lifts humankind,
gives to our stream of days its current,
livens the slow,
charges the flow,
God of all time, all loves, all living,
hear as we bring our hearts' thanksgiving.

Life into life, the world goes spinning,
catching your light,
gaining new sight;
you give us hope, a fresh beginning,
life's very breath,
life out of death.
God of all time, all loves, all living,
hear as we bring our hearts' thanksgiving. (Shirley Erena Murray)
The people sit after the hymn

'This Week' at (NN)
Notices
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Significant Events
Journey Candles

Recessional Music

Fellowship
Morning tea is now served
You are invited to share in this time of fellowship

You are invited to keep this copy of the liturgy and take it home with you
to share with another member of your family, or with a friend

Please include any reproduction of hymns/songs for local church use
on your Music Licence returns, as appropriate

Some of the Resources used in Shaping this Liturgy:
Binkley, C. G. & J. M. McKeel. Jesus and his Kingdom of Equals. An International Curriculum on the Life and Teaching of Jesus. Santa Rosa. Polebridge Press, 2001.
Butcher, J. B. An Uncommon Lectionary. A Companion to Common Lectionaries. Santa Rosa. Polebridge Press, 2002.
Duncan, G. (ed). A World of Blessing. Benedictions from every Continent and Many Cultures. Norwich. The Canterbury Press, 2000.
Glennon, K. Heartbeat of the Seasons: Earth Rituals for the Celtic Year. Dublin: Columba Press, 2005.
(HoS) Hope is our Song. New Hymns and Songs from Aotearoa New Zealand. 2009. Palmerston North. New Zealand Hymnbook Trust.
Inclusive Readings. Year C. Brisbane. Inclusive Language Project, 2006.
Morely, J. All Desires Known. Expanded edition. London. SPCK, 1992.
Morwood, M. Praying a New Story. Richmond. Spectrum Publications, 2003.
(TEL) Murray, S. E. Touch the Earth Lightly. New Hymns written between 2003 & 2008. Carol Stream. Hope Publishing, 2008.
(WNC) Pratt, A. Whatever Name or Creed. Hymns and Songs. London. Stainer & Bell Ltd, 2002.
Prewer, B. D. Australian Psalms. Revised and expanded. Adelaide.  OpenBook Publishers, 2000.
Roberts, E. & E. Amidon. Earth Prayers from Around the World. 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.
(SLT) Singing the Living Tradition. Boston. UUA, 1993.
Vosper, G. Another Breath. Prayers for Celebration and Reflection. Brisbane: The Centre for Progressive Religious Thought Brisbane, 2009/2010.

Web sites/Other:
Milner, Howe, Collins, Sorrill. UUA Worship Web. Boston. UUA. http://uua.org/spirituallife/worshipweb/index.php
M Dobson. "God the Weaver". Stainer & Bell Ltd. Web site: hymns.uk.com
William Flanders. "Further Still". Skeptics hymns web site.<www.williamflandersmusic.com/>
Andrew Pratt. UK. "Pentecost". eMail. Direct from the author.