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ECONOMIC JUSTICE SUNDAY

MUSIC & WORSHIP RESOURCES

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Charles B. Cotton, Jr., Lectionary Team Young Adult Liturgist

Worship Planning Notes

Consider the following suggestions for involving your congregation in concrete actions:

• On the Sunday of the Worship Moment, sponsor a blanket drive before and after the service. Encourage your congregation to bring in lightly-used or new blankets. Select a ministry from your church that ministers through missions and outreach to deliver the blankets to a local homeless shelter, and at the completion of the Worship Moment, take all blankets that are collected to the shelter.
  
  
• Provide a congregational leaflet highlighting local outreach organizations that help the homeless, invalid, and poor. Ensure that the leaflet provides the essentials for parishioners to contact these organizations. Encourage members of your congregation to execute justice by volunteering their time and resources to one of the listed charities.
  
  
• Select a homeless shelter and provide dinner for its residents after the Worship Moment. Encourage parishioners to participate in this dinner. Use this time to celebrate the residents and make them feel welcomed, encouraged, and motivated. Select specific ministries that would like to extend their service beyond the Worship Moment to serve and greet the honorees. At the conclusion, provide a “dinner gift” for each person to remember this special Worship Moment and outreach.

1. Call to Worship

Economic Justice

Leader:	My brothers and sisters, now is the acceptable time to provide economic justice for all of God’s people! Will you be an advocate? Will you let your voice be heard as the battle wages to feed, clothe, and house those who are without?
People:	Yes, I will be an advocate. Yes, I will lift my voice in the battle to feed, clothe, and house those who are without.
Leader:	Will you seek economic justice and be a source of the same? Will you let your voice be heard for fairness in lending? Will you extract justice from those institutions that control the wealth that flows in and out of communities? You cannot do all things, but will you do what you can do?
People:	Yes, I will seek economic justice and be a source of the same. I will let my voice be heard for fairness in lending. I will act to extract justice from those institutions that control the wealth that flows in and out of communities. I cannot do all things, but that which I can do, I will do.
All:	Hallelujah, we are God’s hands, mouths, and feet in the earth. Lord, lead us, energize us, give us courage, give us strategies and new mercies day by day, for now is the acceptable time to provide economic justice for all of God’s people. We will be deterred by difficulties. We will not be fatigued by the weight of the enemy. We will not fail because our God is a God of justice and a God who gives victory. Amen. Amen. Amen!

2. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) Thy Way, O Lord. By Nina B. Jackson. Tune by E. C. Deas

(b) A Charge to Keep I Have. By Charles Wesley. Tune, (BOYLSTON), by Lowell Mason

(c) To the Work! By Fanny J. Crosby. Tune by William H. Doane

(d) Count on Me. By E. E. Hewitt. Tune by J. Lincoln Hall

(e) Grant Us the Strength. By Charles B. Cotton, Jr. and Nolan Williams, Jr. Tune, (FAITHFULNESS), by William M. Runyan

3. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel? Arr. by Moses Hogan for SATB div. a cappella

(b) If I Can Help Somebody. By Alma B. Androzzo. Arr. by Nathan Carter

(c) Lord, I Want to Be a Christian. Arr. by Moses Hogan for SATB a cappella

(d) Done Made My Vow. Arr. by Nolan Williams, Jr. for SATB a cappella

4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) You Get the Glory. By Kurt Carr
 
(b) Available to You. By Carlis Moody, Jr.

(c) Use Me. By Dewitt Jones, III

(d) Use Me. Arr. by M. Roger Holland, II

5. Liturgical Dance or Mime Ministry Music
(a) We Bless Your Name. By Nolan Williams, Jr.

(b) It Ain’t Over. By Anthony Jamar Brown

(c) The Prayer. By David Foster and Carol Bayer

6. Anthems
(a) “Ho, Every One That Thirsteth.” Arr. by C. Macfarlane

(b) Blessed Is He That Considereth. Arr. by Michael Wise

(c) Lord, Make Me an Instrument. Arr. by M. Roger Holland II

7. Modern Songs (Written between 2005–2010)
(a) You Are Not Forgotten. By Israel Houghton and Meleasa Houghton

(b) Heal the World. By Michael Jackson and Marty Paich

(c) Never Seen the Righteous. By Donald Lawrence

8. Offertory Song or Instrumental
(a) He Has Done Great Things for Me. Text and Tune, (GREAT THINGS), by Jessy Dixon. Arr. by Stephen Key

(b) My Offering. By Nolan Williams Jr.

(c) I Will Go in Jesus’ Name. By Clay Bogan III

(d) You Can’t Beat God Giving. By Doris Akers

9. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) Have Thine Own Way, Lord. By Adelaide A. Pollard. Tune, (ADELAIDE), by George C. Stebbins

(b) I Am Praying for You. By S. O’Malley Cluff. Tune by Ira D. Sankey

(c) I Need You to Survive. By David D. Frazier

(d) I Need Thee Every Hour. By Annie S. Hawkes. Tune, (NEED), by Robert Lowery

10. Sermonic Selection
(a) Ordinary People. By Danniebelle Hall and Ray Davies. This selection can be rendered as a solo.

(b) Lean on Me. By Kirk Franklin

(c) Spirit of the Living God. Text and Tune, (IVERSON), by Daniel Iverson

(d) Christ Is All. Text and Tune, (CHRIST IS ALL), by Kenneth Morris

11. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) I Surrender All. By Judson W. Van De Venter. Tune, (SURRENDER), by Winfield S. Weeden

(b) Jesus Christ Is the Way. By Edwin R. Hawkins

(c) I Give Myself Away. By Sam Hinn and William David McDowell

12. Benediction Song or Instrumental
(a) I’ll Say Yes. By Carol Cymbala

(b) Lord, Make Me More Holy. African American Traditional. Adapt. by Roland M. Carter. Tune, African American Traditional, arr. by Roland M. Carter

(c) As You Go, Tell the World. Anonymous. Arr. by Valeria Foster

(d) Here Am I. By Nolan Williams, Jr. Tune, (HERE AM I), by Nolan Williams, Jr.

Cites and Additional Information for Music and Materials Listed

1. Call to Worship—“Economic Justice.” By the African American Lectionary Liturgy Team

2. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) Thy Way, O Lord. By Nina B. Jackson. Tune by E. C. Deas
Location:
(b) A Charge to Keep I Have. By Charles Wesley. Tune, (BOYLSTON), by Lowell Mason
Location:
(c) To the Work! By Fanny J. Crosby. Tune by William H. Doane
Location:
(d) Count on Me. By E. E. Hewitt. Tune by J. Lincoln Hall
Location:
(e) Grant Us the Strength. By Charles B. Cotton, Jr. and Nolan Williams, Jr. Tune, (FAITHFULNESS), by William M. Runyan
Location:
3. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel? Arr. by Moses Hogan for SATB div. a cappella
Location:
(b) If I Can Help Somebody. By Alma B. Androzzo. Arr. by Nathan Carter
Location:
(c) Lord, I Want to Be a Christian. Arr. by Moses Hogan for SATB a cappella
Location:
(d) Done Made My Vow. Arr. by Nolan Williams, Jr. for SATB a cappella
Location:
4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) You Get the Glory. By Kurt Carr
Location:
(b) Available to You. By Carlis Moody, Jr.
Location:
(c) Use Me. By Dewitt Jones, III
Location:
(d) Use Me. Arr. by M. Roger Holland, II
Location:
5. Liturgical Dance or Mime Ministry Music
(a) We Bless Your Name. By Nolan Williams, Jr.
Location:
(b) It Ain’t Over. By Anthony Jamar Brown
Location:
(c) The Prayer. David Foster and Carol Bayer
Location:
6. Anthems
(a) “Ho, every one that Thirsteth.” Arr. by C. Macfarlane
Location:
(b) Blessed Is He That Considereth. Arr. by Michael Wise
Location:
(c) Lord, Make Me an Instrument. Arr. by M. Roger Holland II
Location:
7. Modern Songs (Written between 2005–2010)
(a) You Are Not Forgotten. By Israel Houghton and Meleasa Houghton
Location:
(b) Heal the World. By Michael Jackson and Marty Paich
Location:
(c) Never Seen the Righteous. By Donald Lawrence
Location:
8. Offertory Song or Instrumental
(a) He Has Done Great Things for Me. Text and Tune, (GREAT THINGS), by Jessy Dixon. Arr. by Stephen Key
Location:
(b) My Offering. By Nolan Williams Jr.
Location:
(c) I Will Go in Jesus’ Name. By Clay Bogan III
Location:
(d) You Can’t Beat God Giving. By Doris Akers
Location:
9. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) Have Thine Own Way, Lord. By Adelaide A. Pollard. Tune, (ADELAIDE), by George C. Stebbins
Location:
(b) I Am Praying for You. By S. O’Malley Cluff. Tune by Ira D. Sankey
Location:
(c) I Need You to Survive. By David D. Frazier
Location:
(d) I Need Thee Every Hour. By Annie S. Hawkes. Tune, (NEED), by Robert Lowery
Location:
10. Sermonic Selection
(a) Ordinary People. By Danniebelle Hall and Ray Davies. This selection can be rendered as a solo.
Location:
(b) Lean on Me. By Kirk Franklin
Location:
(c) Spirit of the Living God. Text and Tune, (IVERSON), by Daniel Iverson
Location:
(d) Christ Is All. Text and Tune, (CHRIST IS ALL), by Kenneth Morris
Location:
11. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) I Surrender All. By Judson W. Van De Venter. Tune, (SURRENDER), by Winfield S. Weeden
Location:
(b) Jesus Christ Is the Way. By Edwin R. Hawkins
Location:
(c) I Give Myself Away. By Sam Hinn and William David McDowell
Location:
12. Benediction Song or Instrumental
(a) I’ll Say Yes. By Carol Cymbala
Location:
(b) Lord, Make Me More Holy. African American Traditional. Adapt. by Roland M. Carter. Tune, African American Traditional, arr. by Roland M. Carter
Location:
(c) As You Go, Tell the World. Anonymous. Arr. by Valeria Foster
Location:
(d) Here Am I. By Nolan Williams, Jr. Tune, (HERE AM I), by Nolan Williams, Jr.
Location:

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