Singing from the Lectionary: Other occasions

Creeds
Offering songs and doxologies
Intercessory Prayer responses
Benedictions
Amens

Special Occasions
Baptism songs and blessings
Farewell songs
Confirmation songs
Welcoming new members
Ordinations / Commissionings
Funeral songs
Wedding and marriage songs
Songs for refugee and migrant awareness
Songs of lament (natural disasters / bushfires)
Songs of grief and lament (Overdose Awareness Day)
Songs for LGBTQI welcome / Pride Sunday

Mental Health Sunday
Harvest
Songs of Peace
Church Anniversary

Other festivals and significant dates
New Year's Day
Holy Name of Jesus (January 1st)

Aboriginal Sunday / Day of Mourning (January 25)

Mother's Day / Mothering Sunday (varies)

Earth Day (April 22)
ANZAC Day / Memorial Day / Remembrance Day (April 25)
National Sorry Day (May 24)
Visitation (May 31)
Refugee and Migrant Sunday (June 20)
Overdose Awareness Day (August 31)
International Day of Peace (September 21)
Social Justice Sunday (September 26)
Blessing of the Animals (St. Francis Day) (October 4)

Older Person's Sunday (October)

All Saints' Day (November 1)
St Andrew's Day (November 30)
Blue Christmas / Longest Night
Feast of the Holy Innocents (December 28)

Season of Creation

Season of Creation 1A Forest (6 September 2026)
Season of Creation 2A Land (13 September 2026)
Season of Creation 3A Outback/Wilderness (20 September 2026)
Season of Creation 4A River (27 September 2026)

Season of Creation 5A Blessing of the Animals (1 October 2026, St. Francis Day)

Season of Creation 1B Earth (1 September 2024)
Season of Creation 2B Humanity (8 September 2024)
Season of Creation 3B Sky (15 September 2024)
Season of Creation 4B Mountain (22 September 2024)
Season of Creation 5B Blessing of the Animals (4 October 2024, St. Francis Day)

Season of Creation 1C Ocean (4 September 2025)
Season of Creation 2C Fauna (11 September 2025)
Season of Creation 3C Storm (18 September 2025)
Season of Creation 4C Cosmos (25 September 2025)
Season of Creation 5C Blessing of the Animals (2 October 2025, St. Francis Day)

Coming up in the Lectionary

Proper 28A / Pentecost 33A (15 November 2026)

Reign of Christ A (22 November 2026)

General ideas for Advent (updated for 2026)
Kids songs for Advent (updated for 2026)

Advent 1B (29 November 2026)

Planning Further Ahead?
Advent 2B (2023 entry)
Advent 3B (2023 entry)
Advent 4B (2023 entry)
Blue Christmas (updated for 2026)
Longest Night / Winter Solstice (21 December 2026)

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Other useful resources
The Text This Week (sermons, prayers, liturgies)
Together to Celebrate (praise and worship songs)
Lectionary Liturgies (prayers for each week)
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Index of abbreviations (roughly alphabetical):

AA Alleluia Aotearoa(New Zealand Hymnbook Trust)
A&M: Ancient and Modern (2013 Edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern)
ACS All Creation Sings (Supplement to ELW)
AHB The Australian Hymn Book, published as "With One Voice" in NZ, UK (1977)
AoV, AoV2, AoVK, AoVNG As One Voice, As One Voice 2, As One Voice For Kids and As One Voice The Next Generation
ATN, ATA, ATOK, ATE, ATW, ATFG, ATAR: "All Together Now", "All Together Again", "All Together Everybody", "All Together OK", "All Together Whatever", "All Together For Good" and "All Together All Right".
CH Church Hymnary 4 (a.k.a. "Hymns of Glory Songs of Praise")
Cha Chalice Hymnal
ChaP Chalice Praise
CoC Carol our Christmas
CP Common Praise. Anglican (Canada).
CP(E) Common Praise. Church of England.
ELW Evangelical Lutheran Worship
FFS Faith Forever Singing
GA Gather Australia
G(II) / GC / GC(II) / G(3) Gather 2nd Edition, Gather Comprehensive, Gather Comprehensive 2, Gather 3.
GTB Gospelling to the Beat
GtG Glory to God (sampler of New Presbyterian Hymnal)

GP1, GP2, GP3 Global Praise 1, 2 and 3 (United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries)

GWA God Welcomes All (Supplement to Church Hymnary)

HiOS Hope is our Song (NZ Hymbook Trust)
HPP Hymns for a Pilgrim People
HPSS / PH Presbyterian (USA) Hymnal.
Iona Various Songbooks from the Iona community
Lau Laudate (Decani)
LBW Lutheran Book of Worship.
LUYH Lift up your Hearts
MP Mission Praise
MV More Voices (United Church of Canada)
MfL Music for Liturgy (from St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco)
NCH New Century Hymnal
NCYC: National Christian Youth Convention Song Book PfAS Psalms for all seasons
SFFS Sing the Faith/The Faith we Sing
SiS Scripture in Song
SLW Sounds of Living Water
SP Sing Praise
SP&P Sing! Prayer and Praise
Srce The Source
StB Sound the Bamboo
StF Singing the Faith (UK Methodist)
StJ/StS Sing the Journey, Sing the Story
Taize Various Songbooks from the Taize community
TFBF This Far By Faith
TiS Together in Song

TLUS Then Let Us Sing! from the United Church of Christ (Canada)

Tune In A collection of songs from Brunswick Uniting Church (my church!) Free download here
UMH United Methodist Hymnal
URW Upper Room Worshipbook
VT Voices Together
New Mennonite Hymnal! VF Voices Found
VU Voices United
W&R Worship and Rejuoice
WoV With one Voice (Lutheran Book of Worship)
ZSS Zion Still Sings

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