Listen to the following choral recordings made available through Augsburg Fortress: “Where Charity and Love Prevail,” “My Hope is Built,” “What Wondrous Love Is This.”
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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 22
O God, we thank you for your Son, who chose the path of suffering for the sake of the world. Humble us by his example, point us to the path of obedience, and give us strength to follow your commands, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
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Our scriptures —and the liturgies, prayers, and songs informed by the scriptures—offer us abundant images for God. This abundance matters, especially as the church seeks to broaden its use of expansive and inclusive language.
All Creation Sings will include the informational appendix, “Scriptural Images for God.”
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Listen to the following choral recordings made available through Augsburg Fortress: “We Sing to You O God,” “Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song ,” “Christ, the Solid Rock.”
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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 20
O God, with all your faithful followers of every age, we praise you, the rock of our life. Be our strong foundation and form us into the body of your Son, that we may gladly minister to all the world, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
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Devotional Music Links: For your individual or group devotion, you may choose to listen to the following choral recordings made available through Augsburg Fortress: “May God Bestow on Us Grace,” “Creating God Your Fingers Trace,” “When to the World the Savior Came.”
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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 20
Because of his cross and resurrection, Jesus Christ makes bread available to all the peoples, including us — the bread of the eucharist when we can gather, but always the bread of his healing word. And so we come to see our neighbor in a stunning new way: another needy person beside us, under God’s mercy.
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Lutherans Restoring Creation is preparing a creation focused video worship service utilizing the lectionary texts for Pentecost 16 that congregations can download and use, available by Monday, 9/14/2020.
Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, The Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing, Rev. Lenny Duncan, Rebekah Bruesehoff, and others will participate, with music provided by Marty Haugen, the Rev. Dr. Leah Schade, and John Tirro.
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Rev. Paul Gehrs writes: “I write to you from Treaty 1 Territory: the land of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. I acknowledge that from time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have lived as stewards and defenders of this land; this work is ongoing.”
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When we gather for worship, we gather to be sent. One need that surfaced as part of the development process of All Creation Sings was a desire for more hymns and songs connected to the Sending.
Learn more by reading the full article here; viewing a list of the contents of All Creation Sings as well as a digital preview, or listening to a sample song, Let Us Enter In, recording by Bread for the Journey.
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For your individual or group devotion, you may choose to listen to the following choral recordings made available through Augsburg Fortress: “An Irish Blessing,” “Praise, Praise You Are My Rock,” “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen.”
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Worship in the Home: Sunday, August 9, 2020. Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 19.
“We and all our world also know the threat of death and chaos. But then, listen. God comes to Elijah not in wind, earthquake or fire, but in the sound of sheer silence and in a voice that gives him a mission. Those sounds may be little in the world, but they are the very presence of God.”
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These petitions are offered as guides to prayer for the global, social and outreach ministries of the ELCA, as well as for the needs and circumstances of our neighbors, communities and world. Thank you for your continued prayers for the life and mission of this church. Download a Word doc, or PDF for letter size printout or legal size printout, or view the ELCA resource page.
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For your individual or group devotion, you may choose to listen to the following choral recordings made available through Augsburg Fortress: “Bread for the World;” “The Fullness of God;” “Jesus Feed Us.”
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Worship in the Home: Sunday, July 26, 2020. Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 17.
Glorious God, your generosity waters the world with goodness, and you cover creation with abundance. Awaken in us a hunger for the food that satisfies both body and spirit, and with this food fill all the starving world; through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
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Presiding Bishop Eaton and leaders from The Episcopal Church, the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada have prepared a series of devotions to observe the Season of Creation 2020, Sept. 1–Oct. 4.
The season, which begins with the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, is a time to join with the global Christian community in renewing, repairing and restoring commitments to God, to one another and to all of creation.
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Worship in the Home: Sunday, July 26, 2020. Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 17.
“The risen presence of this crucified one is like the bread of the woman, enough for a multitude and life-giving, though usual religion, worried about both leaven and the cross, would call it unclean. Such is the surprising dominion of God.”
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For your individual or group devotion, you may choose to listen to the following choral recordings made available through Augsburg Fortress: “The Plans I have for You;” “God’s Plan;” “Be Thou My Vision.”
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For your individual or group devotion, you may choose to listen to the following choral recordings made available through Augsburg Fortress: “I Sing the Love that Dreamed Creation;” “Sing Praise to God;” and our favorite from the St. Olaf Choir, “Great is Thy Faithfulness.”
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Worship in the Home: Sunday, July 19, 2020. Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 15.
Faithful God, most merciful judge, you care for your children with firmness and compassion. By your Spirit nurture us who live in your kingdom, that we may be rooted in the way of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
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