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"Educate a Child" Resources for Worship

Children in Worship

Worship is central to the Reformed tradition. The Book of Order states:

In communal and personal worship God calls people to faith and discipleship. Those responding to this call offer themselves and the gifts which God has given them to be used in the life of the community of faith for ministries to the world and to one another (W-6.0001)

Integrating the needs and gifts of children into worship is not a one-time event relegated to a once-a-year special service. The worship resources included here can be used at any time …

Worship and Eco-Justice

What resources may help with discovering the biblical texts, reformed theological tradition, liturgical and musical resources for worship that includes care for all God's earth? How can worship be a part of our active earth-keeping activities, which we hope to integrate in all of our lives, as individuals and in our churches?

In the Presbyterian Church (USA) hymnals (including the new hymnal Glory to God), Book of Common Worship, Directory for Worship, and other worship planning tools, there are many great resources that name ways that all Creation praises God's name, and how we …

Labor Day Weekend of Prayer, Fasting and Action for Fair Food

 This Labor Day Weekend, the PC(USA) through the Presbyterian Hunger Program/Campaign for Fair Food and the Human Trafficking Roundtable invite you to a time of prayer, fasting and action for Fair Food.  These “sermon seeds” and the resources below have been prepared to assist you in this spiritual undertaking.

For generations the Florida tomato fields have been characterized by sub-poverty wages, lack of rights and human rights abuses including cases of modern slavery.  But a new day has dawned in the Florida fields …

Labor Day weekend resources

Psalm 24 reminds us “The Earth is God’s and all that is in it; the world and those who live within it.”  Labor Day is an opportunity for the church to reflect upon the church’s role in ensuring just and sustainable work that glorifies God and promotes the well-being of earth and all God’s people.

For more than a decade the PC(USA) has worked in partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and given birth to a comprehensive new model of sustainable agriculture:  the Fair Food Program.  Through this program, farmworkers, growers, and some of …