Be sure to mark your calendars with your day. Points: Outline:  20 points Leading Prayer: 10 points Overview Theme: In keeping with the topic of the class this semester and the year’s theme of love your neighbor, the theme of the prayer assignment this semester calls you to explore a world religion.  Part of exploring world religions and loving your neighbor includes broadening your knowledge of spirituality, both of religious and humanist traditions. For your prayer/reflection assignment, you may choose from a world religion or a humanist tradition.  For example, if the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) has interest to you, your prayer plan may include a traditional LDS prayer. If you are an atheist, then you may wish to research humanist traditions or share a piece of literature, music, or art that expresses your spirituality or foundational belief.    Format: Similar to your freshman and sophomore year, your prayer outline is to be formatted as follows. (A sample prayer follows these instructions.) 1. Upper right corner of page one (1): Name, Block, Teacher’s name, Date of Prayer 2. Broken into the following sections: Opening; Brief explanation of the religion, group, or your world view; Prayer or Text; Reflection; Intentions; Closing. 3. Bold and underlined section headings. Section Details: Opening Explain how you will open the prayer or reflection time.  For example, will you ring the prayer bowl, invite everyone to do the sign of the cross, or invite them to a moment of silence? Summary In one or two paragraphs summarize the religion, group, or what has contributed to your world view.  Either during or after your summary, be sure to cite the two resources you consulted or that have contributed to your world view. Your summary or your personal story will include a visual or audio resource, such as a video clip, drawing, photograph, or song. You need only have one visual or audio resource during your prayer/reflection presentation, so decide if it will be in the summary or the reflection/prayer. Prayer/Reflection This can be a prayer from the religion, a text from the group, or text that has meaning for you.  (A text can be a piece of art, video, song, piece of poetry or literature, or personal writing). Your summary or your prayer will include a visual or audio resource, such as a video clip, drawing, photograph, or song. You need only have one visual or audio resource, choose if it will be in the summary or the prayer. Intentions Two intentions related to events occurring in the world that are in need of social justice (loving your neighbor). These events do not need to be related to your person or topic.  With prior notification, these events may be changed due to current events at the time you lead prayer/reflection. Intentions may be followed with  “We pray to the Lord,” or a moment of silence.  If you have an idea for another way to close them, please share it with the teacher. Please note: .

1. Be sure to mark your calendars with
your day.
Points:
Outline: 20 points
Leading Prayer: 10 points
Overview
Theme:
In keeping with the topic of the class this semester and the
year’s theme of love your neighbor, the theme of the prayer
assignment this semester calls you to explore a world religion.
Part of exploring world religions and loving your neighbor
includes broadening your knowledge of spirituality, both of
religious and humanist traditions. For your prayer/reflection
assignment, you may choose from a world religion or a
humanist tradition. For example, if the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints (LDS) has interest to you, your prayer plan
may include a traditional LDS prayer. If you are an atheist,
then you may wish to research humanist traditions or share a
piece of literature, music, or art that expresses your spirituality
or foundational belief.
Format:
Similar to your freshman and sophomore year, your prayer
outline is to be formatted as follows. (A sample prayer follows
these instructions.)
1. Upper right corner of page one (1): Name, Block, Teacher’s
name, Date of Prayer
2. Broken into the following sections: Opening; Brief
explanation of the religion, group, or your world view; Prayer
or Text; Reflection; Intentions; Closing.
3. Bold and underlined section headings.
Section Details:

2. Opening
Explain how you will open the prayer or reflection time.
For example, will you ring the prayer bowl, invite everyone to
do the sign of the cross, or invite them to a moment of silence?
Summary
In one or two paragraphs summarize the religion, group, or
what has contributed to your world view. Either during or after
your summary, be sure to cite the two resources you consulted
or that have contributed to your world view.
Your summary or your personal story will include a visual
or audio resource, such as a video clip, drawing, photograph, or
song. You need only have one visual or audio resource during
your prayer/reflection presentation, so decide if it will be in the
summary or the reflection/prayer.
Prayer/Reflection
This can be a prayer from the religion, a text from the
group, or text that has meaning for you. (A text can be a piece
of art, video, song, piece of poetry or literature, or personal
writing).
Your summary or your prayer will include a visual or audio
resource, such as a video clip, drawing, photograph, or song.
You need only have one visual or audio resource, choose if it
will be in the summary or the prayer.
Intentions
Two intentions related to events occurring in the world
that are in need of social justice (loving your neighbor). These
events do not need to be related to your person or topic. With
prior notification, these events may be changed due to current
events at the time you lead prayer/reflection.
Intentions may be followed with “We pray to the Lord,”
or a moment of silence. If you have an idea for another way to
close them, please share it with the teacher.

3. Please note: Intentions have two parts: (1) the cause, (2) the
wish for those involved. For example, “(1) For those affected
by the Carr fire (2) that they may receive and feel the support of
those around them.”
Closing
Explain how you will close the prayer (e.g. ring the prayer
bowl, lead the sign of
the cross, or with “thank you.”)
Checklist:
· Citations: MLA,
· Margins: 1” top, bottom, sides
· Font: Times Roman 12pt, black ink
· Pages Numbered & stapled
· Double-spaced
World Religions Prayer - EXAMPLE
Suzi Que
World Religions Block 2
Ms. Angela Teacher
Prayer for February 23, 2017
Opening -
Let us be mindful that we are now as always in the Holy
presence of God and one another.
Summary -
Sojourner Truth was originally named Isabella Hardenbergh.
(Windley-Daoust 24). Sojourner had been born into slavery in
1797 and sold four different times. She had been very close to
her mother who had taught her to love God and was separated
from her when she was sold for the first time in 1808 (Queen).
Her experience of slavery “had left her soul crushed and
confused. Over time, however, she realized God loved the

4. white men who oppressed her - and that realization gave her a
new sense of dignity and strength” (Windley-Daoust 24). This
realization inspired her to become a preacher and take on a new
name: Sojourner Truth. She took this name because Sojourner
means one who is a temporary resident, someone always on the
move. Sojourner traveled all across the country speaking out
against slavery, for an end to the death penalty, and for
women’s rights (Windley-Daoust 24).
Prayer -
“Well, children, where there is so much racket, there must
be something out of kilter. I think between the Negroes of the
South and the women of the North-all talking about rights-the
white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s all this
talking about?’ Sojourner pointed to one of the ministers. ‘That
man over there says that women need to be helped into
carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place
everywhere. Nobody helps me any best place. And ain’t I a
woman?’ Sojourner raised herself up to her full height (six
feet). ‘Look at me! Look at my arm.’ She bared her right arm
and flexed her powerful muscles. ‘I have gathered into barns.
And no man could head me. And ain’t I a woman? I could work
as much, and eat as much as a man--when I could get it--and
bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne
children and seen most of them sold into slavery, and when I
cried out with a mothers grief, none but Jesus could hear me.
And ain’t I a woman?’ The women in the audience began to
cheer wildly. She pointed to another minister… ‘That little man
in black there! He says women can’t have as much rights as
men. ‘Cause Christ wasn’t a woman.’ She stood with
outstretched arms and eyes of fire. ‘Where did your Christ
come from? Where did your Christ come from?’ she thundered
again. ‘From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with
him!” (Windley-Daoust 25).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3AYiRT4no

5. (Pause for silent reflection)
Reflection -
Our country is still suffering from the after effects of slavery
and gender inequality: people are still being discriminated
against because of the color of their skin, women are treated as
less than men in so many ways. While I am thankful that the
laws have changed and there have been great strides towards
equality in our country, it is time for hearts to change, for all of
us to deepen our understanding and valuing of equality and the
dignity of every single human person. Virtues and vices begin
in the heart and then become action. It is time we transform our
hearts. Sojourner Truth gives such a wonderful example of
what this means through her example and witness by how she
learned to love the very people who enslaved her. I pray that
we all can be so loving.
Intentions -
1.We pray for the people of Charlottesville, Virginia especially
those who were killed or harmed during the recent conflict
there. We pray that everyone in our country will learn to see
and value the dignity of every human person especially those
who suffer because of racism and prejudice.
We pray to the Lord - Lord hear our prayer.
2. We pray for the people recently harmed by the violent
incident in Barcelona, as well as those who are displaced by the
war in Syria...for all of our brothers and sisters around the
world that we may all become conscious peacemakers in our
thoughts, words and all of our deeds.
We pray to the Lord - Lord Hear our prayer.
3. For any other intentions you all want to offer up….
We pray to the Lord - Lord hear our prayer.

6. Closing -
God we thank you for the example of Sojourner Truth an
amazing woman who stood for truth and justice for all. She is
an example of advocacy with tremendous love. Please help us
to follow her in fighting with love for the equal treatment of all
people.
Amen.
Works Cited
Queen, Edward L. “Sojourner Truth.” Encyclopedia of
American Religious
History, Third Edition, 2017, World Religions Online,
http://online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=97357&itemid=WE3
0&arti
cleId=195078. Accessed August 18, 2017.
Windley-Daoust, Jerry. Living Justice and Peace: Catholic
Social Teaching
in Practice. St. Mary’s Press, 2008.