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Tragedy at Virginia Tech

Home > Tragedy at Virginia Tech

This collection of resources have been developed in response to the recent tragedies that occurred on the campus of Virginia Tech.

News and Stories

  • Commentary: Faith amid the Virginia Tech tragedy
  • Faith doesn't take away the pain, but it does help us "find a way," says the pastor of the Blacksburg (Va.) United Methodist Church. 
  • Faith-based media spots address campus shootings
  • United Methodists are reaching out to the people of Virginia with faith-based messages of comfort and hope.
  • Korean church leaders urge healing after shootings
  • Korean and American Korean Methodist church leaders call for 'healing, reconciliation and peace.'
  • Commentary on Va. Tech: For such a time as this
  • The director of youth ministries for the Virginia Annual Conference delivers a message to church leaders everywhere.
  • Illinois church remembers campus shooting victim
  • Austin Cloyd was raised as a child of faith, taught by her family to pass on her blessings to others.
  • Virginia Tech shooting: What the church is saying
  • United Methodists offer their thoughts, observations and prayers on the tragedy in Blacksburg.
  • Virginia Tech tragedy reflects gun violence epidemic
  • As they grieve for victims of the deadly shooting rampage, United Methodist leaders condemn U.S. gun laws as lax.
  • Virginia Tech Wesley Foundation offers safety, solace
  • The United Methodist campus ministry becomes a spiritual hub for grief and prayer in the wake of the April 16 massacre.

Prayers and Litanies

  • Pastoral Prayers
  • Prayer of Lament
  • A Lamentation: I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray!
  • A Litany for a Great Tragedy: Virginia Tech
  • Collect Our Tears
  • Lives Interrupted
  • A Prayer in the Face of a Rampage Shooting
  • A Prayer for Our Children (Hymn)
  • Come to Us, Loving God
  • See all Worship resources for times of violence
  • See all Worship resources for grief and loss

View all General Board of Discipleship resources

View all Cokesbury resources (free)

Statements

  • The Deaths at Virginia Tech
    A Statement from Jim Winkler, General Board of Church and Society

Reflections

  • Musings of a Mom
    A personal reflection on having children in college.
  • The Upper Room Prayer Wall
    Add your prayers with those from around the world.

View all General Board of Discipleship resources

Learning Resources

  • FaithLink: The Virginia Tech Tragedy
    A free edition of FaithLink, an adult curriculum from Cokesbury
  • Positive Solutions to Youth Violence
    A youth resource from www.iLeadYouth.com
  • Finding Healing After Trauma
    From DevoZine
  • Websites and print resources on school violence
    From GBOD.org's Christian Education area

View all Cokesbury resources (free)

View all General Board of Discipleship resources
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