Worship Resources for Welcoming Communities - Along the Arc

ed. Brethren Mennonite Council for LGBTQ Interests

2017, 106 pp

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Call to Worship - Advent Welcome	by Anna Beth Roeschley
Call to Worship - Psalm 107	by Anna Beth Roeschley
Affirmation of Faith - And So We Tell the Story	by Ken White
Litany - Litany of Hope and Struggle	by Carol Wise
Litany - Rejoicing in Holiness	by Carol Wise
Litany - Come to the Waters	by Regina Shands Stoltzfus
Full Sermon - If we Live by the (Queer) Spirit, Let Us Be Guided by the (Queer) Spirit	by Ry Sigglekow
Call to Worship - Return to Love	by Anna Beth Roeschley
Confession and Assurance - Limitless Compassion of Christ	by Joanna Harader
Confession and Assurance - The Word was Love	by Lisa Ann Pierce
Call to Worship - Congregation 40th Anniversary	by Anna Beth Roeschley
Call to Worship - In Difficult Times	by Ken White
Gathering - This is My Body	by Carol Wise
Full Sermon - Brokenness, Resurrection and Hope	by Brian Flory
Full Sermon - Peace Beyond Welcome	by Mark Rupp
Full Sermon - Listening to the Ancestors, Telling it to our Children	by Regina Shands Stoltzfus
Liturgy - Pride Sunday	ed. Calgary Inter-Mennonite Church
Liturgy - Trans Day of Remembrance	by Jonathan Bay
Liturgy for Gender Transition - Honoring and Celebrating Karen	by Brenda Dyck
Full Service - A Celebration of Spiritual Friendship	by Ken White
Full Service - Ritual for those Left after a Difficult Ministerial Separation	by Ken White

Along the Arc is a worship resource for welcoming congregations. It includes litanies, prayers, readings, etc. written by LGBTQ and allied Mennonite and Brethren people for anabaptist LGBTQ-affirming communities.

Genre	Other Parts of Worship, Confessing Faith, Complete Worship Service, Congregational Prayer, Worship Anthology, Assurance, Affirmation, Call to Worship, Sermon Starter
Topic	Gender/Sexuality
Season	All Church Seasons, Advent Season
Event	Wedding Anniversary, Peace Sunday, Pride Month, Wedding, Milestones, Ministry Leadership Transitions
Expression	General Writing/Recording, Other Words for Worship
Type	Print
Audience	Adults, Leaders
Language	English
Publisher	Brethren Mennonite Council for LGBTQ Interests