Worship

Quick Picks for Work-Themed Worship

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Selected Resources

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? ....

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

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
Each Sunday invite a different person to answer 3 questions:

What will you be doing this time tomorrow?
What opportunities or challenges will you face?
How can we pray for you?

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

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

Hymns, Psalms & Poems

Readings

Sermons

Sample Services

Private Prayer

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