Christian Worship Anthology: Living for One World

This anthology is an adaptation of one we first used in 2007. It has been completely revised and updated for Living for One World and includes lots of new material.  The suggested Worship Outline has choices within it and the Additional Resources offers futher options, (including links to some very appropriate material on Cafod's website). We have followed your suggestions for a resource that you can adapt to your needs: you can download these materials as Word documents and then cut and paste to suit your requirements.  

 download the Worship Outline for "Living for One World" here

 download the Additional Worship Resources for 2011 here

see also the new drama: "Save our World" below

Interfaith Resource: Environment across Faiths

This is a collection of teachings on the environment, across different faith traditions, for use at your OWW event. You could: 

• select some of the passages to read at an inter-faith or multi-faith event;

• ask people from these respective faith traditions to say a few words of introduction before reading an excerpt; 

• use the teachings as a basis for a discussion on faith and the environment across various world faiths; 

• cut and separate the teachings from the sources and ask the group to match them together, as a discussion starter or as part of a quiz. This activity would lead nicely into a discussion on the similarities between faith traditions.

 Download 'Environment across Faiths' here

Pledges relating to Living for One World

You might like to incorporate pledges into your Faith Event as an act of commitment -

 Download  from the Pledges page

"Save our World" - a short drama for young people

This drama-presentation focuses on the theme of ‘stewardship’ and the duty of humans to protect the world in which we live. It would be suitable for Faith and Interfaith events. KS2 (7 - 11 year olds) and upwards.

 Download the  "Save our World" drama here

Environment and Islam: Islamic Relief. Summary Paper

 Download from Islamic Relief wesite leaflet page here

Islam and the Environment - a presentation for School assemblies for KS2

 Download from Islamic Relief website presentation page here

Peace and Justice – An Islamic Perspective - PowerPoint 1997 23.9MB

 This presentation looks at how peace and justice and lived out in Islam.  It covers:

- Islam – what does it mean?

- Life is sacred

- Islamic law

- The meaning of Jihad

- Armed conflict

- Islam and human rights

- Islam and environmental rights

- Islam and other faiths

The presentation is divided up into sections, which are marked by header slides, so you can use all or part of the resource in your OWW event.

Worship Anthology 2010 - PDF

‘We won’t get started on the journey of peace-building and peacemaking unless we’ve got a vision in front of us, a vision guiding us, a vision compelling us.  Visions are neither abstract and dreamy, nor are they precise roadmaps.  They arise out of the reality in which we find ourselves’ (Robert Pearce – author of the anthology).

This anthology contains a selection of worship and reflection material about peace and justice, and features the following sections:

- Introduction

- Setting the Vision

- Encounter

- Experience

- Transformation

- Struggle and Resilient Hope

- A suggested format for Corporate Worship

Prayers For Peace from Around The World

A collection of prayers for peace from different faiths - Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Jainist, Jewish, Shinto, Native African, Native American, Muslim, Baha'i, Sikh, Christian.

Use these as part of an inter faith event, or to bring a different outlook to this year’s theme of ‘peacing together one world’.

To print them off simply highlight the online text using your mouse, copy it (by right-clicking) and then pasting it onto a new word document.

Islam: central beliefs and practices

A basic introduction to Islam

Hunger and poverty: an Islamic perspective (PowerPoint 25.04MB)

Corresponding notes

Quotes from the Qur'an and sayings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) are presented alongside statistics on world hunger and poverty, to draw upon the connection between Islamic faith values and current development issues.

The notes provide further explanation of the meaning of the quotes from the Qur'an and sayings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

Hunger and Poverty: A Christian perspective

Quotes from the Bible are presented alongside statistics on world hunger and poverty, to draw upon the connection between Christian faith values and current development issues.

Charity: an Islamic perspective

A short, accessible introduction to an Islamic perspective on charity. Includes questions for discussion and case study on Islamic Relief, a faith based humanitarian aid agency.

Fasting: an Islamic perspective  

A short, accessible introduction to fasting in Islam, which highlights the connection between fasting and social responsibility. Includes questions for discussion and group activity.

Grace Across Faiths leaflet

A selection of prayers said before and after eating from a range of faith traditions, presented in a clear, visual format.

Christian Ecumenical Worship Anthology 2009

This anthology contains:

• Order of Service

• A collection of articles from across the developing world

• Readings and prayers

• Hymn suggestions

Many thanks to CAFOD for this anthology.

2008 OWW Order of Service: Growing Together through fairer trade

Human enterprise is one of our richest resources; through it everyone can be fed, clothed and housed - but only if the benefits of trade are shared fairly. Sadly, they’re not.

This order of service was developed for One World Week 2008. However, it still holds great significance in today’s condition.