Social Justice Topics

Litany

Litany: Remembering Those Who Prepared the Land and Those Who Grew the Civil Rights Movement

As we celebrate African American History Month, it is important to give thought to some of those committed to bringing a greater measure of justice to this nation. This resource focuses not on heroes...
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Prayer Service

Storms of Injustice

This prayer service invites us to look at the storms of injustice which seem so often to envelop our world, others’ responses to these storms, and what our own might be.  
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Prayer

Prayer for African American History Month

This prayer for African American History Month helps us to celebrate African American culture, mourn the long struggle against injustice and discrimination, and look with hope to the future.  
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Prayer

In Memory of Rosa Parks, A Role Model for Justice and Peace

Rosa Parks sparked a movement by her courage; she was able to move beyond her fears and put herself on the line for human dignity and basic civil rights. This prayer serves as an invitation to take...
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Rosa Parks: Overcoming Fear for the Sake of Justice

Rosa Parks was a woman of faith and vision, long committed to working for civil rights before she refused to give up her seat on the bus. This resource puts her action in context and offers her...
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Extinguishing the Fire of Human Trafficking

This prayer calls us to see, reflect, and act on the problem of human trafficking around the globe, to reject indifference, and to move beyond our comfort zones to bring this injustice to an...
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Pope Francis Responds to Migrants with “Courage and Creativity”

Pope Francis, in his message on Migrants and Refugees, reminds us that ours is a church without borders, an open, inclusive church. He calls for courage and prays that we may all “enlarge our...
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Prayer Service

Prayer Service: In A Time of Community Distress

In a time of misunderstanding, racism, and violence, we turn to a psalm of lament to help us call for God’s mercy on all of us, just as he rained down manna in the wilderness.  Our vocation as...
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Prayer Service

Prayer Service for Christian Unity

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated from the 18th-25th of January each year. It is a significant time during which churches around the world express their longing for and commitment...
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Prayer

Prayer for Migrants (English and Spanish)

With the global community, we pray for those who see home and all it means disappear as they flee violence, injustice, and poverty. We pray for those weary travelers who now live in daily...
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Prayer

Prayer to End Human Trafficking

On January 11, Human Trafficking Awareness Day, we join with the global community in remembering all those who fall victim to human trafficking and to the effects of contemporary slavery which are...
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Prayer

Prayer for Christian Unity

We pray to bring unity to our human community. We ask that we be healed and made whole as the family of God; we pray to draw deeper into communion with God and one another.