We are eager to include on this page worship materials from a variety of faiths. Please send John Humphries (jhumphries@nrcat.org) your suggestions about prayers and worship materials from your tradition.

Featured Resources

• “Because It Is Wrong,” a sermon drawing upon the book Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy, and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror by Charles and Gregory Fried.  Download the sermon.
• Lessons from sacred texts: Religious foundations for Christian, Jewish and Muslim efforts to end the use of torture, prepared for June 2011.

 Interfaith Prayers

• An interfaith prayer and bulletin insert to highlight the need to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
• "A Prayer to Mark Torture Awareness Month," provided by NRCAT for June 2009.
• "Prayer for an End to U.S.-Sponsored Torture" from NRCAT’s Countdown to End Torture, January 2009.
• "Buddhist Peace Prayer" by Brian Vaugh for NRCAT’s Countdown to End Torture, January 2009.
• "Prayer of Recommitment" by Rev. Carolyn Patierno for NRCAT, June 2008.

Jewish Prayers

• Misheberach for Victims of Torture, written by Rabbi Gilah Langner.
• Additional prayers from Rabbis for Human Rights - North America.

Christian Worship Service Materials

• "Christian Worship Resources for Torture Awareness Month" provided by NRCAT for June 2012.
• "The Church Responds to Torture," a comprehensive resource from No2Torture and the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, PC(USA), that includes prayers and other worship resources.
• Prayers on Stopping Torture from the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, PC(USA).
• "Stopping Torture as a Human Rights Issue - An Order of Worship for Human Rights Day: December 10, 2006" from the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, PC(USA).
• "Advent Campaign Against Torture" by Bill Mefford, Neal Christie, and Clayton Childers, United Methodist General Board on Church and Society, 2006.
• "A prayer for our nation" by Kermit Johnson, from the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.
• "Prayer of Confession for Sins Committed in Our Name"by Pastor Jim Peck, Congregational Church of Chico UCC, Chico, CA.
• Prayer Service for International Day in Support of Survivors of Torture (June 26) from No2Torture and the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, PC(USA).
• Advent 2009 resource - this 15-page document, commissioned by NRCAT, provides commentary on the scriptures and sermon notes for all four Sundays in Advent and for Christmas Eve, and it includes an introduction and bibliography.

Christian Sermons 

• "Torture: Morality and Accountability" by Thomas Ewell, preached January 10, 2010 at Unitarian-Universalist Meeting House, Whidbey Island, WA.
• "Will Heal" by Rev. Adam Blons, preached June 14, 2009 at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, CA
• "Being Outraged" by Pastor Jim Peck, preached May 3, 2009 at Congregational Church of Chico UCC, Chico, CA.
• "Breaking with the Past" by Quentin Chin, preached on Reformation Sunday, October 26, 2008 in Plainfield, MA. 
• "On Not Taking Vengeance Against Our Enemies" by Tom F. Driver, first preached in Old Parish Church, Sheffield, MA, 08/31/08. 
• "Torture IS a Moral Issue" by Reverend Rich Lang, Washblog, 07/05/08.
• Sermon notes prepared for June's Torture Awareness Month by Rev. Carol Wickersham, 2008.
• "Done to the Least of These" by Rev. Barbara Green, delivered in Houston, TX, October 2006.
• "Resistance" by Rev. Scott Alexander, River Road Unitarian Church, 6/4/06.
• "Who is Jesus Christ for Us Today?" by Dr. George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary, 5/1/06.

Jewish Sermons

• Please see these sermons from Rabbis for Human Rights - North America.