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ANTI-ADDICTION DAY

MUSIC & WORSHIP RESOURCES

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Michelle Riley Jones, Lectionary Team Liturgist

Worship Planning Notes

Consider the following as you plan your Worship Service for this Lectionary moment:

• Have your bulletin cover display graphics that represent various types of addictions.
  
  
• Have your youth create banners and videos about overcoming addiction.
  
  
• Provide information on how to contact church-based and other local community resources for various addictions. This can be an insert in the bulletin and should always be readily available. See the 2011 Anti-Addiction Cultural Resource unit for suggestions.

1. Invocation, Litany, or Congregational Reading
Litany

Substance Abuse Awareness

O God, you are great, and your name is great in all the earth! Speak to us of your creation and of the purpose for which you have created us. Speak to us with urgency as we desperately search for answers to the plague of addiction.

Speak to us, Lord, with words of healing and victory.

Contemplating the global plight of addiction leaves us wounded and confused. The death and destruction that this plague brings humbles us and menaces the health and survival of many who love and care for us.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth; and it was good. We are marvelously and wonderfully made.

Rescue us from the hand of the wicked and cruel who profit from the demise of others. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom the Lord has chosen as his heritage.

Happy are those who take refuge in God instead of in the things of this world.

We know that our bodies are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in us. God, help us not to destroy these temples.

Addiction occurs in rich and poor; in educated and uneducated; in church folk and unchurched; in all ethnic groups, classes, professions, neighborhoods, and homes.

In the name of Christ, make us ready to accept the challenge of social wholeness as a high priority. Set the captives free and deliver your people from all that is against them.

Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. Let God arise and his enemies be defeated. We bind addictions of all kind and we release life-affirming love throughout creation. Amen.

2. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) Since Jesus Came Into My Heart. By Rufus H. McDaniel. Tune, (McDANIEL), by Charles H. Gabriel

(b) Victory in Jesus. Text and Tune, (BARTLETT), by Eugene M. Bartlett

(c) Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine. Text and Tune, (ASSURANCE), by Fannie J. Crosby

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

3. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) The Time for Praying. By Howard Helvey. Spiritual. For SATB

(b) Soon-a Will Be Done. Spiritual

(c) How I Got Over. Traditional

4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) And Yet I’m Still Saved. By Donald Lawrence

(b) Jesus Be a Fence around Me. By Sam Cooke

(c) Satan You Can’t Tempt Me. By Major Robertson

5. Liturgical Dance or Mime Ministry Music
(a) Chains. By Kirk Franklin

(b) All Things Are Working. By Tommie Walker, Kim Rutherford, and Fred Hammond

(c) Addicted to Jesus. By Carman. This would be a great song for a youth mime group.

6. Anthems
(a) My Shepherd Will Supply My Need. By Isaac Watts

(b) Amazing Grace. By John Henry Newton. Choral arr. by Evelyn Simpson-Curenton. For SATB voices

7. Modern Songs (Written between 2000–2010)
(a) Oh My Lord. By Joy Williams-Yetton and Justin York

(b) Presence (My Heart’s Desire). By Peter Furler, Tim Hughes, and Steve Taylor

(c) We Have Overcome. By Israel Houghton and Meleasa Houghton

8. Offertory Song or Instrumental
(a) My Name Is Victory. By Jonathan Nelson

(b) My Shepherd (Psalm 23). By Kurt Carr

9. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) Hymn Medley: Fill My Cup Lord/I Need Thee Every Hour. By Richard Blanchard,
Annie S. Hawks, and Robert Lowry

(b) Help Me Believe. By Kirk Franklin

(c) It’s Not in Vain. By John Stoddart

(d) Jesus, Lover of My Soul. By Charles Wesley. Tune, (SIMEON), by Simeon B. Marsh

10. Sermonic Selection
(a) His Eye Is on the Sparrow. By Civilla D. Martin. Tune, (SPARROW), by Charles H. Gabriel

(b) Try Jesus (He Satisfies). By Nathan Carter. For SSATB and SSA trio

(c) Heart’s Desire. By Wesley Tuttle

(d) Run ‘Til I Finish & Run to You. By Smokie Norful

(e) Thou Art a Shield for Me: Psalm 3. By Freda Tapp

11. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) Why Not Trust God Again. By Kurt Carr

(b) I Receive Your Love. By Israel Houghton, Aaron Lindsey, and Martha Munizzi

12. Benediction Sung or Spoken
Sung
(a) Always Remember. By Andraé Crouch

Spoken
(b) Go Forth, Knowing. By Eugene Blair

Cites and Additional Information for Music and Material Listed

1. Invocation, Litany, or Congregational Reading
Litany
Substance Abuse Awareness. Amendments made by Michelle Riley Jones.
Location:
2. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) Since Jesus Came Into My Heart. By Rufus H. McDaniel. Tune, (McDANIEL), by Charles H. Gabriel
Location:
(b) Victory in Jesus. Text and Tune, (BARTLETT), by Eugene M. Bartlett
Location:
(c) Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine. Text and Tune, (ASSURANCE), by Fannie J. Crosby
Location:
(d) I Need Thee Every Hour. By Annie Hawkes. Tune, (NEED), by Robert Lowry
Location:
3. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) The Time for Praying. By Howard Helvey. Spiritual. For SATB
Location:

(b) Soon-a Will Be Done. Spiritual
Location:
(c) How I Got Over. Traditional
Location:
4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) And Yet I’m Still Saved. By Donald Lawrence
Location:
(b) Jesus Be a Fence Around Me. By Sam Cooke
Location:
(c) Satan You Can’t Tempt Me. By Major Robertson
Location:
5. Liturgical Dance or Mime Ministry Music
(a) Chains. By Kirk Franklin
Location:
(b) All Things Are Working. By Tommie Walker, Kim Rutherford, and Fred Hammond
Location:
(c) Addicted to Jesus. By Carman. This would be a great presentation for a youth mime group.
Location:
6. Anthems
(a) My Shepherd Will Supply My Need. By Isaac Watts
Location:
(b) Amazing Grace. By John Henry Newton. Choral arr. by Evelyn Simpson-Curenton. For SATB voices
Location:

7. Modern Songs (Written between 2000–2010)
(a) Oh My Lord. By Joy Williams-Yetton and Justin York
Location:
(b) Presence (My Heart’s Desire). By Peter Furler, Tim Hughes, and Steve Taylor
Location:
(c) We Have Overcome. By Israel Houghton and Meleasa Houghton
Location:
8. Offertory Song or Instrumental
(a) My Name Is Victory. By Jonathan Nelson
Location:
(b) My Shepherd (Psalm 23). By Kurt Carr
Location:
9. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) Hymn Medley: Fill My Cup Lord/I Need Thee Every Hour. By Richard Blanchard, Annie S. Hawks, and Robert Lowry
Location:
(b) Help Me Believe. By Kirk Franklin
Location:
(c) It’s Not in Vain. By John Stoddart
Location:
(d) Jesus, Lover of My Soul. By Charles Wesley. Tune, (SIMEON), by Simeon B. Marsh
Location:
10. Sermonic Selection
(a) His Eye Is on the Sparrow. By Civilla D. Martin. Tune, (SPARROW), by Charles H. Gabriel
Location:
(b) Try Jesus (He Satisfies). By Nathan Carter. For SSATB and SSA trio
Location:

(c) Heart’s Desire. By Wesley Tuttle
Location:
(d) Run ‘Til I Finish & Run to You. By Smokie Norful
Location:
(e) Thou Art a Shield for Me: Psalm 3. By Freda Tapp
Location:
11. Invitational Song
(a) Why Not Trust God Again. By Kurt Carr
Location:
(b) I Receive Your Love. By Israel Houghton, Aaron Lindsey, and Martha Munizzi
Location:
12. Benediction Sung or Spoken
Sung
(a) Always Remember. By Andraé Crouch
Location:
Spoken
(b) Go Forth, Knowing. By Eugene Blair
Location:

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