Upcoming Themes

Does one of these things capture your interest? Do you find yourself considering worship materials you have that would connect with these themes? If so, this is your invitation.Please send your thoughts, worship materials, or anything that seems to connect with these themes.Thank you!

Does God Need Our Worship in the Year 2025?

Gathering Pentecost 2 2025. Submit contributions through GatheringWorship.ca by January 1, 2025.

Why do we worship? Does it make a difference to God if we worship and if The United Church of Canada worships? Does it make a difference to us and to the world if we worship? What is being born through our worship? What is the Spirit doing through our gatherings of prayer and praise? How are we being born again as a denomination through the act of worshipping God? Share your reflections on what worship means to your life and to your congregation.

Antisemitism and Supersessionism

Gathering Advent/Christmas/Epiphany 2025–26. Submit contributions through GatheringWorship.ca by March 1, 2025.

Embedded in Christian doctrines, preaching, prayers, and hymns, one often finds the idea that the Christian faith has taken over from or superseded the Jewish faith. Certain readings of the Gospel of John and other Christian scripture have been used to support this approach. This belief in supersessionism has led to horrific acts of antisemitism, stemming from the idea that the Jewish people are wrong in not choosing to follow Jesus. This issue will address ways of approaching the supersessionism found in scripture and in some of our most beloved hymns, such as “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” and “The First Nowell.”

Please share your experiences and worship materials.Your contributions create the richness of the Gathering worship resource. Submit through GatheringWorship.ca or by emailing to @email.