You can find both worship resources and links to a wide variety of other worship resources below. These include links, in the list of online worship materials, to past Refugee Sunday/Sanctuary Sunday service materials provided by a range of Christian groups and denominations.

For Refugee Week 2025, we have provided:

• two Prayers for Refugee Week 2025 on the theme of community
• suggested Intercessions for Refugee Week 2025
• Bible reflections based on the Revised Common Lectionary readings for the day.
• You might also want to look at some recent reflections: Inderjit Bhogal on ‘Loving those who are different’ (BRF), Cardinal McElroy’s ‘Catholic Social Teaching and Solidarity with Refugees and Immigrants at a Time of Uncertainty: A U.S. Perspective‘, and Theos’ ‘An island of neighbours? The Government’s new focus on integration’.
• a list of events taking place in the Thames Valley – are there any that you could share in or promote?

The Methodist Church in Britain has a list of possible hymns for Sanctuary Sunday. In addition, you might want to consider “Let us build a house where love can dwell” by Marty Haugen, “At the table of the world,” by Brian Wren, “Lord, who left the highest heaven”  and “When Jesus lived among us” by Timothy Dudley Smith.

Welcome Churches has a helpful video story to share. They also have suggestions for Scripture readings and hymns.

Refugee Week has suggestions of simple everyday acts that create a welcome.