Software profile
Common Worship Lectionary
The official Church of England app and website for the lectionary, or set daily readings. It includes collects, post-communion prayers and simple Sunday service sheets.
30-second answer
What to know before you open the full record
- What it is
- The official Church of England app and website for the lectionary, or set daily readings. It includes collects, post-communion prayers and simple Sunday service sheets.
- Contexts worth testing
- Church of England clergy and worship teams following the Common Worship calendar, Parishes needing a concise source of daily readings, collects and post-communion prayers, Teams preparing a basic Sunday service sheet from authorised calendar material
- Published starting price
- £9 / year
- Relevant UK checks
- UK-specific evidence · UK registered
- Shortlist when
- Church of England parishes following the Common Worship calendar
- Check first
- Use the current week’s material to prepare a real service sheet, then confirm subscription ownership, shared-account rules, output format, accessibility, support and the workflow if the subscription ends
- Evidence date
- Sources checked 25 July 2026
This is an evidence-led starting point, not a ranking or hands-on verdict. Supplier sources establish what they publish; your church should test material workflows and resolve the questions below.
Five-minute assessment
Assess the likely fit and trade-offs
Directory assessment
Common Worship Lectionary is a compact Church of England calendar and service-preparation tool, not a general worship-band planner, presentation package, song library or church database. Its low stated annual cost and app/web access make it worth considering where a parish mainly needs reliable daily liturgical material and a quick, editable Sunday sheet. Teams needing fuller service design, extensive liturgical libraries, collaborative planning or robust publishing exports should test those requirements separately.
Decision framing
Shortlist when, then check first
- Shortlist when
- Finding the right Common Worship material and producing a simple service sheet without manually compiling the weekly calendar
- Test in a real workflow
- The official Church of England lectionary workflow in a low-cost app and web app
- Settle before buying
- Use the current week’s material to prepare a real service sheet, then confirm subscription ownership, shared-account rules, output format, accessibility, support and the workflow if the subscription ends
Decision evidence
Published details for a shortlist
These details are traced to the source shown. Supplier material establishes what the supplier publishes; it is not hands-on testing.
- GBP pricing
- Supplier sourcePublished GBP starting priceSource: Church of England national support services · checked 25 July 2026
Best suited to
- Church of England parishes following the Common Worship calendar
- Clergy, readers and worship planners needing daily readings and prayers
- Small teams preparing simple, date-specific Sunday service sheets
Evidence-backed strengths
- Official Church of England scope
- App and web-app access
- Daily readings, collects and post-communion prayers in one workflow
- Sunday service-sheet generation
- Low published annual price ceiling
Limitations and questions
- Only relevant where Common Worship material fits the parish’s worship practice
- Not a collaborative rota, worship-presentation, song-licensing, people-management or safeguarding system
- Exact current pricing, renewal, licence and account terms are not established by the reviewed national-support summary
- Product-specific hosting, DPA, export and support detail requires a written supplier response
What the supplier publishes
- Daily Common Worship readings
- Collects
- Post-communion prayers
- Calendar biographies and commemorations
- Sunday service-sheet generation
- Custom church name, introduction and footer on service sheets
- iOS, Android and web-app access
What does the supplier currently publish?
Pricing and trial
The Church of England’s current national-support page describes an annual subscription of less than £9. The exact current store, web-account, renewal and organisation-licence terms should be checked before purchase.
| Tier or starting point | Published price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Annual subscription | Less than £9/year | Current Church of England national-support material gives a ceiling rather than a precise price. |
Full due diligence
Evidence, operations and source record
Use this full record to test practical details, retain source links and take specific gaps to the supplier.
Published operations and support details
- Data protection information
- The reviewed product pages establish a user account for the web app but do not establish a product-specific DPA, hosting location, sub-processors, retention schedule or parish-controller arrangement. The app is primarily a worship-resource tool, but churches should still assess account and contact data, local service-sheet content and any linked account-provider terms before use.
- Integrations
- Hymns Ancient & Modern account for web-app sign-in
- Import and export
- Supplier describes generating customised Sunday service sheets; confirm current print, download, file-format and backup options before integrating it into a parish publishing workflow
- Support
- Official web app directs users to contact support, The Church of England lists it as a national worship-planning resource
Sources reviewed
Sources support only the fields named beneath each link. Supplier material is not independent testing; external review material is included as a limited signal rather than a verdict.
- Official Common Worship Lectionary web app
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Official scope, Daily materials, Service-sheet generation, Account sign-in, Mobile-app availability - Church of England national support services
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Annual price ceiling, Web and app availability, Service-sheet function - Church of England Common Worship publications
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Church House Publishing context, Lectionary purpose, Supported device types
