Quick Picks for Work-Themed Worship
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Selected Resources
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Prayers
- A Benedicite for Human Work - Let the marketers and advertisers bless you, great God, the entrepreneurs sing your praise....
- Litany for the Affirmation of Ministry in Daily Life - As a husband, Dad, physician, farmer, layperson, jail minister, and follower of Jesus Christ, Help me to know you are always present in and around me as I am present to those you have called me to minister in the name of Jesus....
- A Commissioning to Vocation in Daily Life - In the ministry of your daily life and work, will you proclaim by word and example the Good News of God in Christ? ....
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Hymns
- Take My Life & Let it Be (Traditional Hymn)
- How Clear is Our Vocation Lord (Traditional Hymn)
- Sing We of the Modern City (Traditional Hymn)
- God of Concrete, God of Steel (Richard Granville, Jones Frederick, R.C Clarke)
- All Who Love and Serve Your City (Erik Routley)
- God of Offices and Kitchens (Contemporary Lyrics with Traditional Tune)
Contemporary Songs
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- Benediction (Maeve)
- Hands and Feet (The Brilliance)
- Crags and Clay (Gungor)
- Servant King, From Heaven You Came (Graham Kendrick)
- God Of This City (Bluetree)
- Before You I Kneel. A Worker's Prayer (Keith and Kristyn Getty)
Vocational Interviews in Church
This Time Tomorrow
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Interview a member of your congregation about his or her work, on stage in the middle of the church service.
- How to Do Vocational Interviews in Church - Sample questions for vocational interviews during the church service, and examples of other churches doing this.
- Preparing People for Vocational Interviews (video) - Adding a pastoral meeting to the interview prep dramatically increases the impact of these interviews.
Commissioning Our People for the Workplace - What David Gill learned when he started commissioning workers as part of his Sunday service.
Work in Worship Resources
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These resources for Sunday worship come from "Work in Worship," edited and compiled by Rev David Welbourn. You can also download the entire Work in Worship book as a PDF.
Prayer Material for Services
- Opening Prayers about Work
- Thanksgiving Prayers about Work
- Confessions about Work
- Creeds about Work
- Offertory Prayers about Work
- Intercession Prayers for Work
- Closing Prayers about Work
Hymns, Psalms & Poems
Readings
- Bible Readings about Work
- Apocrypha Readings about Work
- Modern Readings about Work
- Quotations about Work
Sermons
- The Worth of All Work
- Address by the Archbishop of Canterbury
- Offering Our Work to God in the Sacrament
- All Work in His Service
- Restoring Fellowship in Unemployment
- Church Support for the Unemployed
- From Chaos to Creation
- Industry and the Work of God
- Work in God’s Plan
- Sermon on John 21:1-14
Sample Services
- A Harvest of Work Service in an Ordinary Local Church Setting
- A National Service Celebrating Industry
- A Rogationtide Service of Holy Communion for an Ordinary Local Church Setting
- A Cathedral Service Celebrating the Work of a County
- An Unemployment Service with Holy Communion
- An Unemployment Service without Holy Communion
- Transforming Chaos to Creation Church Service
- The Commissioning & Licensing of an Industrial Chaplain
- People and the Planet: A Service with Holy Communion
- The Blessing of a Ship
Private Prayer
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