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Worship & Prayer Resources
following a natural disaster such as
Bushfires in Australia
(If you would like to share resources/links, please send
them to jeneewd@textweek.com.)
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Liturgical Resources in response to Australian Bushfires, Uniting
Church in Australia National Assembly. |
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Resources for ministering during times of tragedy including bushfires
and floods, Richard Schwedes, Lutheran Mission. |
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A Service of
Prayer, Comfort and Thanks during Times of Difficulties, North
Tasmania Lutheran Parish. |
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In Times of
Catastrophe, prayers, Psalms, songs, compiled by Andrew Ruddell. |
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Lutheran Church of Australia resources, prayer suggestions. |
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Service of Worship During the Firestorm,
Rev. Mark Wiley, Mesa Verde United Methodist Church. United Methodist Church
General Board of Discipleship. (written for California Wildfires) |
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"Is This the End?" As We Pray and
Look for Hope in Southern California, the Rev. T. Anne Daniel, United
Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. (written for California
Wildfires) |
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Children's Lesson Plan in Light of California Fires, Kathy Dawson,
Assistant Professor of Christian Education, Columbia Theological Seminary.
PCUSA. |
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Service of Holy Communion in a Time of National or International Tragedy,
United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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Hymns and Resources after the Cyclone, United Methodist Church GBOD. |
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Response to
Myanmar Cyclone, Reformed Church World Service. |
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A Prayer Service for Victims of the Asian Tsunami, Homebush Uniting
Church, Sydney, Australia, Uniting Church in Australia. |
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Service of Prayer for Those Harmed by the Earthquake and Tsunamis, The
Upper Room Chapel, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
| A Service of
Scripture, Prayer, and Music in the Aftermath of the Great Tsunami, Rev.
Barbara Stumpf, Deer Creek Harmony Presbyterian Church, Darlington, MD. |
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Liturgy for those affected by the Asian Tsunami, Wellsprings of the
Gospel. |
| Liturgy
for Tsunami Victims, Fr. Neal A. Salan, The Anglican Parish of
Daylesford. |
| Community Prayer
Service for Tsunami Victims, Plymouth United Church, UCC, Rev. Ginny
Brown Daniel, Spring, Texas. |
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| Reflections, Sermons and Articles:
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Mustard Seeds. A
lectionary-based ideas resource for leaders of contemporary worship, Ann
Scull, Gippsland, Australia.
Ann is writing from Gippsland, Australia, in the area of the Bushfires. |
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Church Responds to Bushfire Tragedy, Insights, 2009. |
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Wildfires and Prayer, Karenlee Mannerino, spirituality.com. |
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Elyn's Journal,
thoughts and photos from Elyn MacInnis, from the China earthquake area. |
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"When It Takes a Cyclone to Awaken Conscience," Mark D. Johnson's
Weblog. |
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6 Ways to React to the Cyclone, John Piper, desiringGod blog. |
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After the
Tsunami: Stories of Hope, Survival, Generosity and Strength of Human
Spirit. Beliefnet. |
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Don't Miss:
A Christmas
Tsunami and
An Epiphany Tsunami, Nathan Nettleton, Laughing Bird Liturgical Resources, South
Yarra Community Baptist Church, Melbourne, Australia. |
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Homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Father Thomas
Welbers, Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, January 2, 2005. |
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The Tsunami Disaster; One Christian Response, Daniel B. Clendenin, PhD,
The Journey with Jesus. |
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Tsunami,
William Loader, Murdoch University. |
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Reflection, Paul Nuechterlein, Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary. |
| "Time after Time," Rev. Nancy
Rockwell, The Congregational Church in Exeter, UCC. 2 January 2005. |
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"A Christmas Tsunami - revised, adapted," a Lutheran revision of Nathan
Nettleton's "A Christmas Tsunami" by Edward F. Markquart. |
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"Disaster and Discipleship," Rowan Smith, Proclaiming Gospel Justice,
The Witness. (Lectionary reflections for the Second Sunday after the
Epiphany, January 16, 2005.) |
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"Home by
Another Way," Rev. Nancy
Rockwell, The Congregational Church in Exeter, UCC. 9 January, 2005. |
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| Prayers:
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Prayers/Blessing in response to bushfire tragedy in Victoria. Alison
Kershaw, Denmark, Western Australia. |
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Prayer Circle for Families in the Fires, Victoria, Australia.
BeliefNet. |
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Prayer for those Caught in Australian Wildfires, Terry Hall p/Br. St. Gregory, Monastic
Mumblings. |
| Prayers for
Myanmar and China, United Methodist Church GBOD. |
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Prayer for Burma in the Cyclone's Aftermath, Rosalie E Dunbar,
spirituality.com. |
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Meditation: Counting Sparrows, Safiyah Fosua, Director of Invitational
Preaching Ministries of the Center for Worship Resourcing of The United
Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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Tsunami Prayers and the Twelve Days of Christmas, Daniel Benedict,
Worship Resources Director, The Center for Worship Resourcing, the United
Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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Prayers for those affected by the Asian Tsunamis, Colin Lunt. |
| Tsunami
Prayers and Resources, Simon Barrow. |
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| Hymns, Music, Art:
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Songs of Lament in the wake of Victorian bushfires, annotated suggestions from Natalie Sims,
Singing from the Lectionary. |
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"Black Saturday," hymn written following the bushfires, Norman Habel,
2009, Tune: AMAZING GRACE. (scroll down) |
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"O God of Mighty Wind and Flame," Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. Tune:
ELLACOMBE CMD. Church World Service. |
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"God We've Known Such Grief and Anger," Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
Tune: In BABILONE 8.7.8.7. D. Church World Service. |
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Songs of Sadness & Sustaining, David MacGregor,
Music.Musings.Meanderings. |
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CHURCH PowerPoint,
Australian Fires, Rev. Dorothy Okray. Free PowerPoint
slides for Worship Services. |
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CHURCH PowerPoint,
Mission (China, Myanmar, Midwest Tornados/Floods), Rev. Dorothy Okray. Free PowerPoint
slides for Worship Services. |
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Disaster in Myanmar PPT background (with
Psalm 46 text), Don Silva, SundayGraphx. |
| "May Hope Rise Out Of
Tragedy," Paul Mittermaier, tune: Melita 88 88 88 (Navy Hymn).
Response to cyclone in Myanmar. |
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"When Every Source of Hope is Torn," Andrew Pratt, in response to
2008 cyclone in Myanmar. |
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When in Creation: A Hymn After the Tsunami and Earthquake Disaster,
Tommy Shapard, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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Two Hymns after a Tsunami, Andrew Pratt, United Methodist Church General
Board of Discipleship. |
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"In Every Face We See the Pain," Andrew Pratt, United Methodist Church
General Board of Discipleship. |
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"O God, That Great Tsunami," A Hymn for Relief in the Recent Earthquake
and Tsunami Disaster, Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, adapted by Peter Holden. |
| Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette:
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| "In Times Like These," Paul
Janssen. |
| Navy Hymn Tsunami Verse,
Tsunami verse by The Rev. Michael S. Jones. |
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