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Church resources
Traidcraft provides a range of ideas and resources for worship, study groups and church publications to promote the fair trade message.
Resources may be copied freely for use within local churches and groups.
Worship, prayer and youth resources
 | Harvest Worship 2010 Get on our big red fair trade bus for your harvest worship this year. Resources inspired by stories from Gospel House, Sri Lanka. Download the PDF version Download the PowerPoint presentation |
 | This service has been written specially for us by Helen Garton, of the United Reformed Church. Like our other material it draws heavily on the work we are doing with small and marginalised tea producers. This service addresses some of the big issues and explores the scriptural basis of our response. As well as being an ordained minister and a widely-published creator of worship resources, Helen has worked in the tea industry. Download the tea service PDF. |
 | Our latest church pack has all you need to help you make fair trade part of your worship this Fairtrade Fortnight. You’ll find themed prayers, reflections, readings, preaching notes, producer stories and activities for young people all based on our work with tea producers in India and Africa. Used with our Big Brew and Make It Fair materials, these worship resources will provide a powerful focus for churches wanting to celebrate faith in action in a direct and effective way. Download the church pack PDF. |
 | Advent Worship Resources A story of hope and promise from Kenya. Prayers and preaching notes. Download the PDF |
 | Harvest Blessings Harvest worship resources inspired by stories from Eksteenskuill, South Africa. Download the PDF version
Download the presentation (PowerPoint) |
 | Our message to the churches Traidcraft Chief Executive Paul Chandler has delivered a vital message about the role churches can play in helping us fight poverty through trade. Use Paul's presentation to get your church involved. Download the presentation (PowerPoint) Download the script |
 | Fair Trade Covenant Service This Fair Trade Covenant Service has been devised to help you mark and celebrate your church’s commitment to fair trade. Based on the traditional covenant service used in the Methodist Church, it includes readings, prayers and liturgy from several traditions, and at the end, you’ll find some producer stories which reinforce the “rainbow” theme. We hope it will be used as an act of re-dedication by churches already supporting trade justice, as well as by those that are just starting out on the fair trade journey. Download the service (PDF file) Download the PowerPoint version |
 | Lent and Easter resources A versatile pack for use in church services, homegroups, prayer meetings or for individual reflection. It contains producer case studies; prayers; children's activities; event ideas and a Good Friday service based on 6 prayer stations. It also has biblical reflections on the themes of poverty, faith that bears fruit, fasting, perseverance and justice. Download the Lent and Easter PDF.
Download the producer pictures as a PDF
(for use with the Good Friday service). |
Leaflets and posters
Your resources
If you have created worship resources - prayers, reflections, preaching notes, activities - and you'd be happy to share them, please send them to us. We may not be able to use them all - but they may be just the thing we need for our next set of resources!
If you have any comments or queries about our resources or want to contribute your own, please contact Peter Collins on 0191 497 6465 or email him.
Your views
We welcome feedback and suggestions for expanding this area of the website, and would also appreciate knowing how and where the resources are being used.
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