{"id":7305,"date":"2006-08-17T12:04:36","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T17:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:34:18","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:34:18","slug":"5091","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/08\/17\/5091\/","title":{"rendered":"World Communion Sunday to Focus on Domestic Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (August 17, 2006) \u2013 Evangelical Covenant Churches are  being encouraged to support the millions of women and children who are  victims of domestic violence by focusing worship services on the issue  October 1.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Women Ministries\u2019 Advocacy for  Victims of Abuse (AVA) project is spearheading Covenant Domestic  Violence Awareness Sunday. Also supporting the project through the  development of special resources are the departments of Ordered Ministry  and Christian Formation, as well as the Commission on Church Music and  Worship, and the Covenant Resource Center.<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on domestic  violence is a way churches can let members who suffer abuse know that  the congregation cares and wants to help, says Ruth Hill, executive  minister of Women Ministries. According to government and other studies,  the rate of abuse is roughly equal in households that attend church as  those that do not.<\/p>\n<p>Those statistics paint a disturbing picture, Hill says:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One in four women will suffer some form of abuse in their lifetime<\/li>\n<li>A woman is battered every 15 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Wife-beating results in more injuries that require medical treatment than rape, auto accidents, and muggings combined.<\/li>\n<li>Child abuse occurs in up to 70 percent of the homes that experience domestic violence.<\/li>\n<li>Young women ages 14-24 are the largest population of domestic violence cases.<\/li>\n<li>One in three girls will be in a controlling abusive relationship before she graduates from high school.<\/li>\n<li>One in four girls are sexually abused by a non-stranger before the age of 14.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many churches already are planning to celebrate World Communion Sunday on October 1. Hill says combining the two makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlobally,  one in three women will be raped, beaten, or otherwise abused in her  lifetime. On World Communion Sunday, we can remember all these women and  millions of children who are abused daily,\u201d Hill says.<\/p>\n<p>Resources will be available at the <a title=\"AVA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/women\/ava\" target=\"_blank\">AVA<\/a> website beginning next week and subsequently added, says Hill. They  will include sermon samples, text suggestions, bulletin inserts, a  liturgy, and a prayer of faith that would serve as the congregation\u2019s  declaration of commitment toward helping the abused.<\/p>\n<p>A newsletter  focusing on the day will be mailed Friday and will include comments from  Dave Kersten, executive minister of the ordered ministry, exhorting  pastors to step to the forefront in helping the abused.<\/p>\n<p>Congregations  also are encouraged take a special offering to benefit AVA, which is in  its second year of a three-year initiative. The money will help fund  the preparation of a 25-hour curriculum for clergy.<\/p>\n<p>People who  have been abused often turn first to clergy for help, but many ministers  say they feel inadequate to help or know how to refer to someone who  can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen pastors begin to speak about domestic violence, they  communicate compassion to people in their churches as well as their  willingness to be equipped,\u201d says Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=7305&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (August 17, 2006) \u2013 Evangelical Covenant Churches are being encouraged to support the millions of women and children who are victims of domestic violence by focusing worship services on the issue October 1. 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