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Work-In-Worship.Pdf WORK IN WORSHIP (Revised edition 1997) A COLLECTION OF MATERIAL FOR THOSE COMPILING "WORK THEME" SERVICES Compiled and edited by David Welbourn 1 CONTENTS Introduction Section 1: Prayer Material for Services 5 Section 2: Hymns, Psalms & Poems 89 Section 3: Readings 113 Section 4: Sermons 138 Section 5: Sample Services 165 Section 6: Private Prayer 225 2 INTRODUCTION The previous edition of Work in Worship was published in 1985. It has served its purpose well, but now looks considerably dated - for example in the way it assumed that work is typically male, full-time and in manufacturing industry, as well as in its use of gender-exclusive language. A new edition is now needed, one that takes into account the very changed - and ever-changing - work scene of today. The opportunity is also taken to incorporate some of the valuable new material produced since 1985. The retention of our original title, however, indicates that we still stand four-square behind the aims of the first Work in Worship; that is, our purpose is to provide material which will assist clergy and others in the task of compiling "work theme" church services. The most significant differences from the 1985 edition are that (1) we now include whole "sample" services (presenting, as it were, complete meals not just individual dishes); and (2) we offer the material in electronic format. We provide Prayer Material for Services under various headings – Opening, Thanksgiving etc – which are intended as building-blocks for a work-theme service. But before going any further, let us briefly consider some basic principles of service compilation, and ask ourselves what purposes should be served in services of worship. In its essence, worship is about praise and adoration of God, recognition of what he is and what his purpose is in relation to us and the world. It is also about orienting ourselves to the divine purpose, equipping ourselves to be more effective agents in carrying that purpose out. In much lower order of priority, it is about presenting our wishes to God, but always in the context of acknowledging God, his purpose and his claims. A service of worship is not primarily a vehicle for imparting information, although this will have its place if, again, it is part of our orienting ourselves towards God and his purpose. Other important questions to ask are, Who is this service for? What are their needs and circumstances? What is their experience of the world of work, or unemployment? How much can they reasonably be expected to take of what is new or unfamiliar? To what extent should a work- theme service be based on worship frameworks to which members of the congregation are already accustomed? Or (given that such a service may be especially intended to accommodate non-regulars from the world of work), to what extent should the normal congregation be prepared to suspend their normal habits and expectations? Sections 2 – 6 Worship services as well as involving the saying of prayers of different kinds, will normally contain Hymns, Readings and a Sermon. Suggestions for these are contained in Sections 2 to 4. Section 5 provides Sample Services which are, for the most part, based on services that have actually taken place. The aim here is to give some examples of how the principles outlined above can be applied in a number of different settings. Some of these services have been considerably revised because as originally offered they were liturgically unbalanced. One, in particular, was over-didactic and its intercessions were too geared to imparting information; a Eucharistic 3 service had an overlong Ministry of the Word, and some had too much new material for an average church congregation to absorb. The main point in including the sample services is to demonstrate overall structures. A service compiler may wish to emulate a particular structure. Perhaps, when putting on a subsequent work-theme service, he or she will wish to use the basic structure again, but with alternative "openings", prayers of thanksgiving, confession etc., hymns, readings. Also, as in the 1985 edition, we include - as our final section - material for private prayer. Its arrangement is various sections should be self-explanatory Using lay people in the preparation of services When it comes to preparing work-theme services it should be borne in mind that working lay people are likely to know more about working life than the average clergyperson or minister. This is true even of clergy who have themselves had experience of the world of work, for that world has changed so much in recent years that even comparatively recent experience could be out-of-date. There is therefore an important role for lay people in the preparation of work-theme worship, particularly with regard to sermons. While the clergyperson, who by training possesses theological and liturgical skills, will normally take final responsibility for the theology and structure of the service, the actual content should be decided collaboratively. A note on copyright Some of the material we use in this publication is copyright, and where we are aware that this is the case we indicate so. But as was bound to happen with material taken from a range of sources, e.g. "work theme" service sheets, individuals' private compilations, there will be inadvertent infringements of copyright. In these instances we can only crave the original authors' and/or publishers' indulgence. Similar considerations apply also, of course, to the compilers'-of-services own use of our material. 4 SECTION ONE PRAYER MATERIAL FOR SERVICES Opening Page 6 Thanksgiving Page 13 Confession Page 19 Creeds Page 27 Offertory Page 31 Intercessions Page 39 Closing Page 75 5 OPENING INTRODUCTIONS We have gathered here this day to give thanks and praise to Almighty God for his love and gifts given to us day by day. We praise him for the gifts of creation and the work we are called to do, and we offer in thanksgiving all the work of our County. We remember those without work; and it is our hope for them that, in God's love and in our dedication and service, they may find support and opportunity to use their skills. So as we give our thanks and praise, we join in the prayer our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ taught us saying: Our Father… ****** Human enterprise is not simply an end in itself; it is the means and the medium through which people fulfil their ultimate destiny. We are here today to give thanks to God for all that Commerce and Industry mean to our country, our economy and our lives. We thank God for the value that our businesses create, which can secure the public services we and our families need. We thank God for the network of international contacts that mean that never again will Europe be devastated by war. The new Europe is being built by people in different countries working together towards common goals. We thank God for the opportunity to contribute to the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, to the ultimate benefit of all the citizens of Europe as a whole. We thank God for the difference that industry can make to the quality of the air we breathe, the water we drink, our nation's transport and communications infrastructure. We thank God for the ability to develop and apply the most advanced technology in the cause of peace, and to improve the quality of life for all. We thank God for our colleagues: their competence, capacity, commitment and comradeship. Business is about ordinary people working together, often in very difficult circumstances, to achieve extraordinary things. And we pray to God that we will be able to meet adequately the responsibilities and obligations of management. This we do in the name of him who taught us that to lead is to serve, and whose service is perfect freedom, Jesus Christ our Lord. ****** 6 Let us give thanks today for the work of our (town, city, region, county etc.) and for the privilege of sharing in that work. Let us give thanks today for the providence of God and for the gift of work. We have gathered here this day to given thanks to Almighty God for his love and gifts given us day by day. We praise him for the gifts of creation and the work that we are called to do, and we offer in thanksgiving all the work of our (town, city, region, country etc.). ****** The world is God's and if we are to be effective as the body of Christ, we need to bring together the often separate worlds of work and church, to know about that which forms so much of our everyday lives and to look afresh at that experience in the light of God's purposes. In the words of David Adam, We need to reveal that our God is in all the world and waits to be discovered there... Typing pool and workshop, office and factory are all as sacred as the church. ****** A lot of people enjoy their work. Many do not. Yet without the world of work our society would collapse. All of us depend on industry, commerce and the services offered to us by national and local government, banking, insurance, medical and social welfare, education, scientific research and a host of other activities. The majority of people spend most of their adult life in some sort of work, and we consider full employment to be one of the measures of a contented society - so that those who have no work are seen, and feel themselves, to be disadvantaged.
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