Living Justly
Explore God's justice in Scripture, life and the world through seven flexible group sessions based on the Methodist Church's Principles for Justice.
- Biblically rooted – use Bible studies and activities to encounter ideas, images and experiences of God’s justice.
- Participative – respond together by nurturing seeds of justice in your church, community or in the world.
- Adaptable – you to decide which parts you want to use and how.
Heroes (in training)
Helping children in school years one to six recognise that we can all be heroes with God’s help.
The Justice Seeking Church study guide and report
Read the Justice Seeking Church study guide and report here
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We Have Voices: praying together for peace, justice and change
"A very valuable tool for pastoral/social situations, and helpful in personal prayers."
A book of prayers for peace and justice, adaptable for anyone leading public worship, collective or group prayers, services and reflections.
- Prayers which speak to the challenging issues of our times.
- Liturgical structure with empowering prayers for Lament, Solidarity, Courage and Sending.
Justice Conversations
A justice conversation is one where anyone is free to join in talking through what our priorities and principles should be as a Church. These can be held locally, with any size of group.
Please note: these resources were produced for the Walking with Micah process in 2022 and so the feedback process has ended.
Speaking from Experience
“Nothing about us, without us, is for us”. This powerful phrase is a reminder that the people who are most affected by decisions, should be involved in the conversations that impact on them. People who have experienced injustice know what it is like. They bring particular perspectives, both about the reality of those experiences, but also how things can be changed.
One of the key principles of the Justice Conversations is that we begin by listening.
“Speaking from Experience” is a 12 minute film in which 8 people with different experiences of injustice speak about those experiences, what a just world looks like to them, and how they think a justice-seeking church can work for changes which will tackle the root causes of injustice.
There may be people within your group with experiences of injustice, but it should not be assumed they will want to talk about them. This film is offered as a way to enable each group to begin their Justice Conversations by listening. Other ways include listening to what people with experiences of injustice have already written or said, through books, blogs or programmes.
Download an mp4 video file of Speaking from Experience here
You can see the full testimonies of the people who contributed to the Speaking from Experience film, along with other contributors, here.
Gordon Brown gives the Methodist Justice Lecture
Moving the Dial: Developing Practices of Justice
A resource from All We Can: Methodist Relief and Development to help local churches explore and embody the 'Practices of Justice' from the Methodist Church's Justice-Seeking Church strategy.