Justice and Hope Sunday - Worship Resources

Justice and Hope Sunday is hosted annually on the first Sunday of Lent. For additional resources and offering materials visit our webpage.

Litanies 

• Christ is Making All Things New (See below) 
• Sending and Blessing (See below; based On Lift Up Your Hearts #141) 

Offering Materials 

• For a video and slideshow image about the Centre for Public Dialogue access this page.

Prayer 

• Prayer of Confession - From Canadian Foodgrains Bank (See below)

Songs

• Songs of Opening/Gathering in Worship
  • All Ye Refugees (Sandra McCracken—download lead sheets on Sandra's website) 
  • He Shall Reign (Tom Wuest—find chords here)
  • From the Lift Up Your Hearts Hymnal: 647—Come, Sing to God with All Your Heart
• Songs of Confession/Assurance
  • Lift Up Your Hearts Hymnal:
    • 297 — Open our Eyes
    • 298 — Salaam/Peace
    • 663 — Pelas dores dest mundo/For the Troubles
    • 291 — How Long, O Lord, How Long
• Songs of Response
  • Rise Up (Bifrost Arts Music, sheet music included)
  • The Hope of the Poor (Psalm 9) (Wendell Kimbrough—sheet music available for purchase)
  • From the Lift Up Your Hearts Hymnal:
    • 295 -- Let Justice Flow Down
    • 299 -- Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us With Your Love
    • 926 -- God of Grace and God of Glory
• Songs of Sending
  • All Things Reconciled  (Tom Wuest)
  • From the Lift Up Your Hearts Hymnal:
    • 131 — Christ, We Climb with You the Mountain
    • 282 — Oh God of Every Nation
    • 289 — For the Healing of the Nations

Sermon Resources

Not sure how to preach about justice, hope, and advocacy or what to focus on? Here are some resources to get your wheels turning:

• What’s the theological foundation for preaching about biblical justice?
  • Church and Politics (Shiao Chong)
  • Let Justice Roll (Shiao Chong)
  • Imitating God: Doing Justice as a Condition of Authentic Worship (Nicholas Wolterstorff)
• How can I incorporate this biblical justice theme throughout the worship service?
  • Let Justice Roll: Worship Planning Resources with a Justice Theme (Jay Blankespoor, Elizabeth Vander Haagen)
• Other Sermons on biblical justice:
  • Four Week Justice Series: Just Amos (Office of Social Justice staff)
  • Justice and Advocacy: Sermon on Psalm 82:1-8 (Pastor Jack Van de Hoef)
  • Fearing a Covenant God: Sermon on Psalm 103 and Matthew 5 (Mike Hogeterp)