Here are some living wage resources for Living Wage Sunday, bulletin inserts, newsletters, etc.:
Living Wage Sunday Background
Living Wage Sunday
Central Illinois Organizing Project
www.livingwagebloomington.wordpress.com
Scripture – Revised Common Lectionary – Proper 10 (15) – July 13, 2008
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 (Roman Catholic 13:1-23 or 13:1-9)
1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 Let anyone with ears listen!”
18 “Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. 23 But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
Themes
We are called to live lives of faith, bearing fruit in the world.
The Kingdom of God is one of righteousness and justice, and is something we can work for here and now.
We can hear and understand God’s word, but there are impediments along the way.
- No root: trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person falls away
- Choked by thorns: cares of the world, lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing
- Sown on good soil: this is the one who hears the word and understands it, bears fruit and yields a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty
Listen
“There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American [worker] whether he is a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid or day laborer.”
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian and Jewish faith traditions, including both Scripture and doctrine, lift the dignity of the worker, the value of work, and the relationship to justice.
Living wage is a key justice issue facing our community.
Learn more at: www.livingwagebloomington.wordpress.com
Respond
Sign the Petition to Put Living Wage on the Ballot.
Volunteer to Help the Effort.
Pray for Justice in Our Community.
Verses and Quotes
Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an overflowing stream. Amos 5:24
You shall not withhold the wages of poor and needy laborers … You shall pay them their wages daily before sunset, because they are poor and their livelihood depends on them …
Deuteronomy 24:14-15
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice;
who makes his neighbors work for nothing, and does not give them their wages …
Jeremiah 22:13
Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
James 5:4
“There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American [worker] whether he is a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid or day laborer.”
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“That world of the poor, we say, is the key to understanding the Christian faith … The poor are the ones who tell us what the world is and what service the church must offer to the world.”
Oscar Romero, February 17, 1980
About CIOP
CIOP is a faith-based community organization with 12 Bloomington-Normal member congregations and 34 member congregations and organizations throughout the region.
www.ciop.org
309.827.9627
Bulletin Insert
Living Wage Sunday
Central Illinois Organizing Project
“Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an overflowing stream.”- Amos 5:24
Listen
“There is nothing but a lack of social vision to prevent us from paying an adequate wage to every American [worker] whether he is a hospital worker, laundry worker, maid or day laborer.”
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian and Jewish faith traditions, including both Scripture and doctrine, lift the dignity of the worker, the value of work, and the relationship to justice.
Learn more at: www.livingwagebloomington.wordpress.com
Respond
Sign the Petition to Put Living Wage on the Ballot.
Volunteer to Help the Effort.
Pray for Justice in Our Community.
About CIOP
CIOP is a faith-based community organization with 12 Bloomington-Normal member congregations and 34 member congregations and organizations throughout the region.
www.ciop.org
309.827.9627
June 26, 2008 at 4:45 pm