Liturgy
In response to the #MeToo movement and the growing awareness of sexual and domestic violence, many congregations have contacted us for information about creating faith services for healing, recognition, remembrance, and recovery.
We've gathered together resources that we've found on the internet to offer support for faith groups that would like to create their own healing service. Each community will approach these issues in its own way.We include these resources as examples of services, not as an endorsement.
Visit our Sermons page for examples of preaching/teaching about domestic and sexual violence.
If you or your community would like to share resources that have been valuable in creating liturgy addressing sexual violence, intimate partner violence, or trauma, please contact us via email.
Sexual Violence/Abuse/Harassment:
- 100 Sermons Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
- Prayers for Survivors: A Liturgy in Protest of Sexual Violence (from StrongWomenWrite)
- Liturgy for a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Betty Lynn Schwab (from United Church of Canada) - PDF
- Healing the Broken Heart: A Community Gathering for Those Affected by Sexual Violence (St. Joseph’s Catholic Community, Child Protection Task Force) includes liturgy template, video, and program)
- #MeToo: A Litany for Speaking Out or Not (Women of ELCA) - PDF
- Liturgy of Lament (FutureChurch response to clergy abuse)
- Yale Divinity School Community Eucharist in Conjunction with "Seeking Justice, Healing & Transformation: Response to Sexual Violence in US College and University Campuses" - PDF
Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence:
- 2018 Domestic Violence Awareness Month Liturgy Written by Rev. Lydia Mulkey (PDF)
- Worship Resources for Domestic Violence Awareness Sunday Compiled by Yvonne DeVaughn (PDF)
- Liturgy for Domestic Violence Awareness Month Submitted by COSROW members (United Methodist Church of Wisconsin) - PDF
- Prayers for the Faithful and Domestic Violence Awareness Liturgy (Archdiocese of Chicago) - PDF
- Remembering Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse (Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence Network) - PDF
- Liturgy for Healing from Abuse for Women (The Liturgical Commission of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia) - PDF
- 100 Sermons Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
BOOK: Telling the Truth: Preaching About Sexual and Domestic Violence. Editors: John S. McClure, Nancy Jean Ramsay. Available for free on google books at: https://books.google.com/books?id=evfZ4msdViUC