November 15, 2009, is Caregiver Sunday. Get suggestions caregiving in your congregation and materials for people who provide care. This resource includes:
Use "Blue Christmas: A Service of Wholeness and Healing" as a worship aid to celebrate Christmas with your congregation.
While occupation may only be a portion of our call as disciples, the programmatic emphasis for the Sunday before Labor Day is appropriately, Christian Vocation Sunday. Cultivate a culture of call in your own congregation by claiming our theological perspective of the priesthood of all believers. Options for including this emphasis on call in the worship and activities of the congregation are included here.
A hymn lamenting gun violence by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. Words Only
A children's sermon for United Nations Day (October 24) for Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
An order of worship for Human Rights Day
This liturgy addresses concerns for torture. It could be used as the Advent candle is lit on the Sunday closest to Human Rights Day—December 10. A separate candle could be used. Place the candle in a prominent location with olive branches or barren grapevine around it.
A sermon for children on Human Rights Day (December 10).
A hymn for United Nations Day by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
This candle-lighting litany is designed to remember the children of Sub-Saharan African who are living with HIV/AIDS and to note ways in which the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is responding. The litany could be used on Presbyterian AIDS Awareness Sunday (second Sunday in October), World AIDS Day (December 1), or an appropriate day in the life of your congregation.