worship in prison
Offering an encounter with faith that has integrity in prison is a pretty tall order – faith has its hardest task amongst the most broken in our community. These liturgies are an attempt to give expression to faith in prison. Some of them include prayers and psalms written by people in prison; there are also services for different times in the church calendars, for inductions and commissionings … And scattered within them are some thoughts and reflections about the context and culture within the prisons, which helps form the shape of the worship.
Resources and Downloads:
Christmas 2007:
Port Phillip – Christmas Day 2007 (PDF)
Christmas 2008:
Blog posts about worship in prison:
- Zizek, prisons, justice and investment
- when the need for hope to come doesn’t make it happen…
- don’t you hate a travelogue when you haven’t been there yourself?
- chapel opening at Barwon Prison
- the story waiting to be told
- a few random bits from sunday in the prison
- Holy Saturday
- Good Friday for the prison
- when the inevitable is no longer sure
- angels
- light in the darkness – christmas day in the prison
- if there isn’t a god, we need to invent one fast
- searching for the faith
- for all we know
- deviations from the norm
- an embryo of hope
- when advent isn’t about waiting
- christmas
- this is what you do
- midwinter worship in the prison
- midwinter
- mid-winter in the prison
- the five second rule
- enough with the analysis already
- more reflections on easter… and a workshop tomorrow
- we’re all in this together
- pietas
- sunday in the prison – letter writing
- jubilate – easter sunday
- prove us wrong
- when hope goes to hell
- we wait here at the foot of the cross
- praying for resurrection
- my god, my god, why have you forsaken me…
- what’s next – easter and communal justice
- your faith has made you well
- what’s coming up…
- there probably isn’t a happy ending – but that won’t stop us starting
- just one more!
- christmas blessing
- are we there yet?
- advent prayer
- god of the waiting
- we come afraid
- biting off more than we can chew
- a hundred accumulated fragments
- today’s workshop
- we come broken
- where all is made new
- a breath of different air