It took a year to read the Bible, then almost 9 months to read the Apocrypha. Now, I'm going to try to offer reflections on the Narrative Lectionary. But, I won't be posting daily--at least, for a while.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Resources for dealing with the Boston Marathon bombings


GBOD offers churches resources for dealing with the Boston Marathon bombings. Details in press release below:

Numerous resources are available from the General Board of Discipleship (GBOD) to help congregations deal with the aftermath following the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

The resources include:

• Articles on how to deal with trauma, including how talk with children about the events in Boston
• Listing of hymns and songs in response to terrorism from The United Methodist Hymnal and other church songbooks
• Appropriate calls to worship
• Music for an offertory prayer song and a special hymn about coping with terrorist bombings
• Act of praise response to terrorism
Link to the resources at http://wp.me/pXFoE-om andhttp://bit.ly/YqZW9E.

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