Resources for Responding to Violence

Resources for Responding to Violence

Bishop Scanlan follows-up to the “March for Our Lives” event and provides resources for Clergy. To read the letter, click here.

Ways for Our Faith to Confront Gun Violence:

Episcopal Public Policy Network
Office of Government Relations
Gun reform
http://advocacy.episcopalchurch.org/app/write-a-letter?3&engagementId=371853

Other Resources on confronting Gun Violence from TEC
https://www.episcopalchurch.org/library/topics/gun-violence

Liturgical Resources
http://bishopsagainstgunviolence.org/liturgical-resources/

From Episcopal Peace Fellowship
http://epfnational.org/liturgies/

December 14, 2017 marks the 5-year mark of the Sandy Hook tragedy.
National Vigil for Victims of Gun Violence: St Mark’s Episcopal Church Office
301 A Street Southeast Washington, DC 20003
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/congressional-members-staff-5th-annual-national-vigil-for-all-victims-of-gun-violence-tickets-37458606701

From Church Publishing and written in 2015:
Reclaiming the Gospel of Peace; Challenging the Epidemic of Gun Violence
https://www.churchpublishing.org/siteassets/pdf/reclaiming-the-gospel-of-peace/reclaiming-the-gospel-of-peace_chapter4.pdf



Protect Children Not Guns: We Can Do Better
Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/campaigns/protect-children-not-guns/

Prayers and litany from the Episcopal Diocese of Newark
https://dioceseofnewark.org/liturgical/anti-gun-violence-liturgies




Gun Violence Prevention Laws Save Lives: Conversing with your Congregation about Gun Violence
Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence
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Litany in Response to an Act of Mass Violence
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Rememberance after an Act of Mass Violence
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Resources for the 2016 National Gun Violence Prevention
Rabbis Against Gun Violence
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