Believe it or not, it is possible to talk about AIDS with children, even in a worship service. Use these guidelines for planning the discussion in your congregation.
For assistance in preparation for a service lifting up HIV and AIDS. These worship resources can be used for World AIDS Day (December 1), or any time throughout the year. AIDS is an important issue that impacts people in your congregation, community and around the world. The resource packet includes:
The traditional themes of the Sundays of Advent are hope, peace, joy and love. Many congregations light a candle each week and focus part of the liturgy on the concept for that week. Each of these words has unique meaning in a world where an estimated 33 million people are living with HIV or AIDS and an estimated 2.7 million more people are being infected with HIV annually. Since World AIDS Day usually falls between the first and second Sundays in Advent, we will focus on the themes of hope and peace. If you are incorporating these themes into your …
Journeys Through Revelation: Apocalyptic Hope for Today is the Horizons Bible study written by Barbara Rossing. The Horizons Bible study is published annually, and studied by individuals and groups, women and men throughout the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and other Reformed denominations. Journeys Through Revelation explores the mysterious images of Revelation to find a message of hope and promise.
See all the lessons for this study.
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Engage: The Gospel, Your Community and Discipleship, presented by Ray Jones at the 2010 Congregational Transformation Conference.
This Great Prayer of Thanksgiving is especially intended for use during a Thanksgiving celebration.
Use this collection of Thanksgiving litanies as you prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving.
While Thanksgiving is a national holiday, the tradition of giving thanks at the end of the harvest is a religious event celebrated in most cultures. The national practice of giving thanks in November is therefore quite biblical.
Scripture abounds with thanksgiving to God, for thanksgiving is part of the Christian way of life, no matter what the circumstances. These are just a few scriptures you may wish to use for a Thanksgiving liturgy.
For a church service Col. 1 is particularly appropriate, bridging the liturgy between Christ the King Sunday and the First Sunday in Advent. In lean years, other …
Each podcast (MP3 file) includes four lectionary readings for one of the Sundays or festivals of the church year: an Old Testament reading, a Psalm, an Epistle and a Gospel reading. Following each set of readings is a prayer for the day from the Book of Common Worship. May these scriptures be a source of challenge and hope as you prepare your heart and mind for Sunday worship, and may the Word of God guide and nourish you in the service of daily living.
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Five years before the 2010 earthquake sent Haiti into crisis, Presbyterian mission worker Mark Hare was already in the country, helping Haitian farmers grow significant amounts of food on small plots of land. Mark serves as an agricultural technician in and around Papaye, a town about 80 miles from the earthquake’s epicenter.
This colorful bulletin insert lifts up the work of Presbyterian mission worker Mark Hare and partners in Haiti.