Healthcare Access Sunday Resources

This page links to church statements, sermons, theological reflections, prayers, and other resources for a church service focused on healthcare access.

• Church Statements

Mennonite Church USA Healthcare Access Resolution, August 2004 Draft

Mennonite Church USA Response/Discussion Questions for Access Resolution

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Caring for Health: Our Shared Endeavor

Statements from Faith Leaders on Health Care for All

 

• Sermons and Theological Reflections

  Cover the Uninsured Week Sermons and Worship Resources

  Sermon by Rev. Jackson H. Day "Getting to the "G" Word"

  Sermon by Douglas Kaufman "Justice and Health Care Access"

  Health Care Justice - What It Looks Like to Women by Rev. Marjorie Signer

  Universal Health Care, A Faith Agenda by Bishop Leontine T. C. Kelly

  Quotes, Resolutions, and Policy Statements from various Faith Communities

  The Jewish Mandate for Health Care by Rabbi Jonathan M. Brown

  Medical Coverage for All by Rabbi Chuck Briskin

  Theological Grounding as an Ethical Imperative from the Ohio Council of Churches

  Why Should People of Faith Care about Health Care Reform? by Bernadine Grant McRipley

   

• Worship and Study Resources

  Children’s Lesson Plan: "God’s Blessing: 'Water' Shared by Community"

  Children’s Lesson Plan: The Parable of the Good Samaritan

  Youth Lesson Plan: The Parable of the Good Samaritan

  Health Care Access Presentation by Health Care Task Force of St. Noel Catholic Church

  Interfaith Litany of Prayer and Reflection Adapted from resources in the 2003 Cover the Uninsured Week Interfaith Kit

  Prayers

   

• News Items

Faith groups aim to create uproar for uninsured by National Catholic Reporter

Rising Cost of Health Benefits Cited as Factor in Slump of Jobs -- New York Times, August 19, 2004

Can we now talk about healthcare? By Hillary Rodham Clinton from New York Times Magazine, April 18, 2004

Higher Costs, Less Care Data Show Crisis In Health Insurance, Washington Post, Tuesday, September 28, 2004

 

• Fact Sheets and other resources

  A quiz about the facts and myths of the U.S. health care system

  Fact Sheets from Cover the Uninsured Week -- basic information on the issue of health care coverage in America, particularly on Americans who do not have health insurance.