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Them vs. Us: A Litany

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Them vs. Us: A Litany

Where do I fit in?

A group of any size can be divided into these two parts for this litany. It is based on a poem by Simone Poortman.

Them Us
Where do I fit in?

Them: If I am one of “them”, they are “us

Us: If I am one of “us”, who are “they”?

Them: Being one of “us” is only half”

Us: I miss “them”`

Them: Only when I am one of “them” can I be part of the
Complete “us”

Us: I know both: “them” and “us”

Them: How do I dare to become one of “them”
To become one of “us”?

Us: How do I dare to become one of “them”
To become one of “us”?

ALL: We are both them and us.
Amen.

This poem was shared during the 2006 World Council of Churches gathering in Brazil. Simone Poortman is from the Netherlands and is part of the WCC Disabilities Caucus.

From Jo Clare Hartsig, Ed., A2A Study Guide. http://www.uccdm.org

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I Call You Friend – A Liturgy of Welcome

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I Call You Friend
A Liturgy of Welcome

Designed by Heather Luehrs and Ann Ito, UCC DM

[Especially good for groups, conferences, retreats, etc.]

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Come to Your Senses, #1 Worship as Total Experience

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I invite you to make fuller use of our five senses in worship and to infuse them into the elements of your services of worship.

In this series, each column–“‘Do You Hear What I Hear?'” or “A Sound of Silence”, “A Wink of Color”, “Keeping in Touch”, “A Whiff of Faith” and “Tasting the Holy”–lifts up one sense. Its core is simple: Worship is a total experience which involves the whole person. However, worship is as complex as the depths of feeling and the holy connections it evokes. Woven together, environment and ritual invite worship to be an active response to an active God.
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Blessing of the Options: A Litany

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Suggested Use:
1. Multiple readings throughout the service.
2. Select several Leader/People/ALL segments to use once in the service.
3. Read the entire litany as a prayer with a pause between segments for silent reflection followed by

an Amen before reading the next segment.

From Genesis 1, 12 and 21; Psalms 8 and 139

ALL: God created us, reflecting God’s nature.
Our Creator blessed us; God saw that all God made
Indeed, was very good.
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