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THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CYCLE

ANTI-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUNDAY

MUSIC & WORSHIP RESOURCES

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Wendell Craig Woods, Guest African American Lectionary Liturgist
Minister of Music, Shiloh Baptist Church, Plainfield, NJ

Worship Planning Notes

Domestic violence is a problem that has long plagued society. Its victims often feel powerless to act either out of fear or shame, perhaps both, and may find themselves suffering in silence. Emboldened by the inaction or inability to act of their victims, perpetrators of domestic violence may increase acts of abuse (physical, psychological, verbal, mental, etc.) as a means of further control.

God frowns upon human abuse and mistreatment, especially in the home. (See Malachi 2:13-16.) The Church must find her voice to confront the issue of domestic violence, calling to task those who would engage in such abusive behavior, and offer deliverance, healing, hope, reassurance, and empowerment to victims.

This service dedicated to Anti-Domestic Violence is designed to address this scourge on relationships that has affected many, and to offer help, hope, and deliverance to both the abused and the abuser. In addition to the standard service protocols which may already be established for any given worship environment, the following are a few suggestions.

• Have a small group present a short skit that shows the many facets of domestic violence—be it husband/wife; parent/child; sibling/sibling, etc. The skit should show better ways to build and maintain relationships of love and mutual respect.
  
  
• Invite a special guest to come and discuss the social and counseling services available to those affected by domestic violence. Ask them to provide pamphlets, brochures, and other materials to distribute to individuals who may have a need or who may know someone who may be in need.
  
  
• Show a video presentation that depicts the effects of domestic abuse (consider your audience as you decide how graphic the material will be), and after the video have either an altar prayer for healing or a period of silent meditation, concluding with a song (or liturgical dance) of healing.
  
  
• Provide an opportunity during the service for a testimonial from an individual who has or individuals who have experienced and overcome domestic violence. Their story(ies) can offer hope and inspiration to others who may yet be going through similar situations.

1. Responsive Reading—Psalm 46:1-3, Psalm 121 (NRSV)

Minister:	God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Congregation:	Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
Minister:	Though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
Congregation:	Though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
Minister:	I lift up my eyes to the hills—from where will my help come?
Congregation:	My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Minister:	He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
Congregation:	He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Minister:	The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
Congregation:	The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
Minister:	The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
ALL:	The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.

2. Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Leader 1:	Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace;
Response:	Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Leader 2:	Where there is injury, pardon;
Response:	Where there is doubt, faith;
Leader 1:	Where there is despair, hope;
Response:	Where there is sadness, joy.
Leader 2:	O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console,
Response:	To be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love,
Leader 1:	For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
ALL:	It is in dying that we are born to eternal life!

3. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) I Must Tell Jesus. Text and Tune, (ORWISGBURG), by Elisha A. Hoffman

(b) I Need Thee Every Hour. By Annie S. Hawks. Tune, (NEED), by Robert Lowry

(c) Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. By Charles Wesley. Tune, (BEECHER), by John Zundel

(d) Never Alone. Text attr. to Ludie D. Pickett

4. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) I Want Jesus to Walk with Me. Arr. by Colin Lett

(b) Glory Hallelujah! Since I Laid My Burdens Down. By Wallace Cheatham

(c) Jesus Is a Rock in a Weary Land. Arr. by Glenn Burleigh

(d) You Better Mind. Arr. by Jester Hairston

5. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) Safety. By Oscar Williams, Jr.

(b) Jesus Is My Help. By Melvin Crispell

(c) Safe in His Arms. By Darius Brooks

(d) Safe in the Arms of Jesus. By Kevin Bond

6. Liturgical Dance or Mime Ministry Music
(a) I Need You Now. By Smokie Norful

(b) I’m Coming Out. By Dorinda Clark-Cole and Asaph A. Ward

(c) Encourage Yourself. By Donald Lawrence

(d) I Will Live. By Carlton Jenkins

7. Anthems and Sacred Choral Music
(a) Peace Be Still. By Dick Tunney, Melodie Tunney, and Beverly Darnall. Arr. by David Lantz, III

(b) He’s Watching Over Israel. By Felix Mendelssohn

(c) We Walk by Faith. By J. Paul Williams. Music by Jan Sanborn

(d) I Need Thee Every Hour. Arr. by John Ness Beck

8. Modern Songs (Written between 2005–2012)
(a) Turning around for Me. By Vashawn Mitchell, Leiman Gray, Calvin Rodgers, and Phillip Feaster

(b) Never Would Have Made It. By Marvin Sapp and Matthew Browne

(c) Trust Me. By Richard Smallwood

(d) Love Lifted Me. By Philip Nathan Thompson, Zenzo Matoga, and J. J. Hairston. Arr. by Eric Davis

9. Offertory Song or Instrumental
(a) Unity. By Glorraine Moone

(b) Koinonia. By V. Michael McKay

(c) After This. By J. J. Hairston. Arr. by Eric Davis

(d) What the World Needs Now (Instrumental). By Burt Bachrach and Hal David

10. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) My Help (Cometh from the Lord). By Jackie Gouche Farris

(b) I Love the Lord. By Richard Smallwood

(c) If It Had Not Been for the Lord on My Side. By Margaret Pleasant Douroux

(d) Come Here, Jesus, if You Please. Traditional. Arr. by Roland M. Carter

11. Sermonic Selection
(a) You Can Make It. By Betty Griffin Keller

(b) No Weapon. By Fred Hammond and Alvin Moore

(c) Jesus, Precious King. By Roberta Martin

(d) Lord, Make Me an Instrument. Arr. by M. Roger Holland, III

12. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) Jesus Is the Answer. By Andraé Crouch

(b) The Potter’s House. By V. Michael McKay

(c) Up Where We Belong. By Will Jennings. Music by Buffy Sainte-Marie and Jack Nitzsche

(d) My Peace I Leave with You. By Wendell Craig Woods

13. Benediction Song or Instrumental
(a) Blest Be the Tie That Binds. By John Fawcett

(b) We Won’t Leave Here Like We Came. By Maceo Woods. Arr. by Nolan Williams

(c) Reach Out and Hold to His Hand. By George Jordan. Arr. by Kenneth Morris

14. Audio Visual Aids
(a) Secret Lives of Ministry Wives. Written and Produced by Nicole Morgan

(b) She Had Enough (with scenes from The Color Purple). By Kristy Lee

(c) Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America. Documentary

15. Other Recommendations
(a) Let There Be Peace on Earth. By Sy Miller and Jill Jackson

(b) He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand. Traditional. Arr. by Hezekiah Brinson, Jr.

(c) I Believe I Can Fly. By Robert Kelly

Cites and Additional Information for Music and Material Listed

1. Responsive Reading—Psalm 46:1-3, Psalm 121 (New Revised Standard Version)

2. Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Location:
3. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) I Must Tell Jesus. Text and Tune, (ORWIGSBURG), by Elisha A. Hoffman
Location:

(b) I Need Thee Every Hour. By Annie S. Hawks. Tune, (NEED), by Robert Lowry
Location:

(c) Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. By Charles Wesley. Tune, (BEECHER), by John Zundel
Location:

(d) Never Alone. Text attr. to Ludie D. Pickett
Location:

4. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) I Want Jesus to Walk with Me. Arr. by Colin Lett
Location:

(b) Glory Hallelujah! Since I Laid My Burdens Down. By Wallace Cheatham
Location:

(c) Jesus Is a Rock in a Weary Land. Arr. by Glenn Burleigh
Location:

(d) You Better Mind. Arr. by Jester Hairston
Location:

5. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) Safety. By Oscar Williams, Jr.
Location:

(b) Jesus Is My Help. By Melvin Crispell
Location:

(c) Safe in His Arms. By Darius Brooks
Location:

(d) Safe in the Arms of Jesus. By Kevin Bond
Location:

6. Liturgical Dance or Mime Ministry Music
(a) I Need You Now. By Smokie Norful
Location:

(b) I'm Coming Out. By Dorinda Clark-Cole and Asaph A. Ward
Location:

(c) Encourage Yourself. By Donald Lawrence
Location:

(d) I Will Live. By Carlton Jenkins
Location:

7. Anthems and Sacred Choral Music
(a) Peace, Be Still. By Dick Tunney, Melodie Tunney, and Beverly Darnall. Arr. by David Lantz, III
Location:

(b) He's Watching Over Israel. By Felix Mendelssohn
Location:

(c) We Walk by Faith. By J. Paul Williams. Music by Jan Sanborn
Location:

(d) I Need Thee Every Hour. Arr. by John Ness Beck
Location:

8. Modern Songs (Written between 2005–2012)
(a) Turning around for Me. By Vashawn Mitchell, Leiman Gray, Calvin Rodgers, and Phillip Feaster
Location:

(b) Never Would Have Made It. By Marvin Sapp and Matthew Browne
Location:

(c) Trust Me. By Richard Smallwood
Location:

(d) Love Lifted Me. By Philip Nathan Thompson, Zenzo Matoga, and J. J. Hairston. Arr. by Eric Davis
Location:

9. Offertory Song or Instrumental
(a) Unity. By Glorraine Moone
Location:

(b) Koinonia. By V. Michael McKay
Location:

(c) After This. By J. J. Hairston. Arr. by Eric Davis
Location:

(d) What the World Needs Now (Instrumental). By Burt Bachrach and Hal David
Location:

10. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) My Help (Cometh from the Lord). By Jackie Gouche Farris
Location:

(b) I Love the Lord. By Richard Smallwood
Location:

(c) If It Had Not Been for the Lord on My Side. By Margaret Pleasant Douroux
Location:

(d) Come Here, Jesus, If You Please. Traditional. Arr. by Roland M. Carter
Location:

11. Sermonic Selection
(a) You Can Make It. By Betty Griffin Keller
Location:

(b) No Weapon. By Fred Hammond and Alvin Moore
Location:

(c) Jesus, Precious King. By Roberta Martin
Location:

(d) Lord, Make Me an Instrument. Arr. by M. Roger Holland, III
Location:

12. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) Jesus is the Answer. By Andraé Crouch
Location:

(b) The Potter's House. By V. Michael McKay
Location:

(c) Up Where We Belong. By Will Jennings. Music by Buffy Sainte-Marie and Jack Nitzsche
Location:

(d) My Peace I Leave with You. By Wendell Craig Woods
Location:

13. Benediction Song or Instrumental
(a) Blest Be the Tie That Binds. By John Fawcett
Location:

(b) We Won't Leave Here Like We Came. By Maceo Woods. Arr. by Nolan Williams
Location:

(c) Reach Out and Hold to His Hand. By George Jordan. Arr. by Kenneth Morris
Location:

14. Audio Visual Aids
(a) Secret Lives of Ministry Wives. Written and Produced by Nicole Morgan
Location:

(b) She Had Enough (with scenes from The Color Purple). By Kristy Lee
Location:

(c) Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America. Documentary
Location:

15. Other Recommendations
(a) Let There Be Peace on Earth. By Sy Miller and Jill Jackson
Location:

(b) He's Got the Whole World in His Hand. Traditional. Arr. by Hezekiah Brinson, Jr.
Location:

(c) I Believe I Can Fly. By Robert Kelly
Location:

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