Resources for local preachers

Here are some suggestions of resources which could help aid your Planning of worship

The Lectionary

You can find a link to the current lectionary here: – Click Here

Instructions for using Chrestos (Entering preaching dates)

Chrestos is the online system that we use for creating the quarterly preaching plan here you can find aids to entering and updating your availability: HERE

Preaching Resources

Here you can find list of resources available A-Z by church: Preaching Resources

Roots – follow the lectionary and have prayer, song and activity suggestions for each week

Bible Project – The Bible Project is a company which create podcasts and short videos exploring themes and passages in the Bible.

Music

Check out the Singing the Faith website for hymns, or if you need inspiration each week Singing the Faith plus also collates hymns for the lectionary which you can find here.

If you're interested in using some more contemporary music you can check out Hillsong, Bethel, Rend Collective on YouTube – there are also loads of other options but those are a few to start you off.

There are also websites like weareworship which is a website which collates worship songs and creates chord sheets etc. However you could use the theme function to help narrow your search.

Resound Worship is "a collective of British worship songwriters, established in 2006, seeking to resource the church with songs that engage heart, mind and soul. Songs we love to sing, that deeply feed us. These songs are birthed in the local church and then refined by a process of collaboration and peer critique through our songwriting groups, before they are shared more widely on our website".