UMCOR Worship Resources

The scallop shell (right) is a symbol of Holy Baptism with the three drops of water indicating the Trinity. The shell is also the symbol of Saint James the Greater, evangelist and first martyred apostle.

Art

• Christmas clip art.
• Matthew 25: "I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me" (with nice clip art of Jesus).

Bulletin Inserts

• UMCOR Church Bulletin Inserts (published once a month).
• After Walls of Water, Hope for Half a Dozen Countries: Asian Tsunami Emergency Response.
• Sudan: Enormous Suffering.

Children's Sermons

• Joseph and the Famine (Genesis 45:3-11, 15).
• Our Offerings and the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering (Deuteronomy 26:1-11).
• Topsy-turvy God (Luke 1:46-55, Advent/Christmas).

Music

• O God, that Great Tsunami by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
• A Storm Came to Honduras by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
• Christ-Centered Advent & Christmas Music (listen to it online).
• God, How Can We Comprehend? by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
  a hymn in response to the Afghan refugee crisis.
• God Who Weeps When We Are Weeping by Marnie Barrell.
• God, You Give Us Recreation: A Hymn for Souper Bowl by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
• God, Whose Love Is Always Stronger by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
  A prayer-hymn for a time of war and anxiety.
• God, You Wrap Your Love Around Us: A Hymn for Blanket Sunday by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
• Jesu tawa pano (Jesus, we are here): A Hymn from Zimbabwe (online music).
• Where Is Bread? A Hymn Calling Us to Alleviate Hunger and Poverty by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.

Prayers and Poems

• Psalm 23, The Lord Is My Shepherd.
• Poems and Prayers for Inspiration and Reflection.
  Over 30 poems, prayers, and songs.

Worship Services & Collections of Resources

• Advent/Christmas resources.
• For the Healing of the Nations, a service of worship (refugees).
• One Great Hour of Sharing for UMCOR Worship Resources.
• Spiritual Resources for the Aftermath of September 11.
• World AIDS Day Worship Resources.