Telling peace
Stories of peace and worship resources for Advent
- "The peaceful island" - drawing by Aeden Joice Soliman, 10 years old, Philippines.
"Telling Peace" is a collection of liturgical resources for the four Sundays of Advent. It is the second of a collection of worship materials from different regions of the world, prepared in the framework of the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation 2011.
The resources for 2009, including four complete worship orders, liturgical texts and songs, come from Asia and were prepared by liturgists and musicians from different Asian regions.
The World Council of Churches' Worship and Spirituality team encourages everyone to use these texts and songs of peace and adapt them to particular contexts.
Full text version of the booklet "Telling peace" (2009):
A full text version of the booklet "Telling peace" will be available soon for download.
See also: "Imagine peace" (2008): Advent meditations and worship outlines from Latin America.
Songs for Peace
These songs of peace from Asia aim to express the motto that has been chosen for the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) : "Glory to God and Peace on Earth". They are not only suitable for the Advent season, but can be used in churches' celebrations as well as in other meetings during the whole liturgical year.
| Title | Midi | Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Al'leeluyaa |  |  |
| Alleluia | | |
| Come, Holy Spirit come | | |
| Come, O Prince of Peace | | |
| Hao mii chii-wit phraw phra jao hai (Released by love to share new life) | | |
| In the lands of Asia | | |
| Lord have mercy | | |
| Maranatha! | | |
| Maranatha! Haleluyah, Amen! | | |
| Na o e ha ma ni tei e nei au (O our God, you created this our world) | | |
| Oh Tuhan pimpin lah langkahku (O Lord God, set my feet on the way) | | |
| Rejoice and give thanks to God | | |
| Siirimigu Vanpuvi (Great Lord of Heaven and Earth) | | |
| The Lord is our light | | |
| The love of God abide with you | | |
| Varum Dheevenee (Come our Prince of Peace) | | |
Except for three songs (see below), all material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike (by-nc-sa) Licence:
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The copyrights for the songs "In the lands of Asia", "Oh Tuhan pimpin lah langkahhu" ("O Lord God, set my feet on the way") and "Na o e ha ma ni tei e nei au" ("O our God, you created this our world") belong to the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA). CCA grants churches the right to use these songs freely for non-profit purposes, provided they give credit to Christian Conference of Asia (CCA).
