All Creation Sings provides six hymns and songs under the Christmas heading; the topical index offers additional suggestions. One brand new hymn is “Night Long-Awaited / Noche anunciada” by Félix Luna (text) and Ariel Ramírez (music).
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Listen to devotional music available through Augsburg Fortress: “O Laughing Light;” “Nunc Dimittis;” “All Praise to Thee.”
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Find a peaceful place to pray, perhaps a table. You may wish to light a candle near where you pray and incorporate other symbols of Christmas.
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In this difficult year, please join us in a Service of the Longest Night, which will be available for viewing Monday, December 21, 2020, at 5pm MST, 4pm PST, on our Facebook, Youtube, Vimeo, and gcsynod.org/longest-night.
Worship will be enhanced if you have four candles that you can light along the way as you will be invited. The order of worship is below, or view/download as PDF.
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Join Presiding Bishop Eaton as she lights the candles and says a prayer for the fourth week of Advent.
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The 13 bishops of the class of 2019 will be leading a joint synodical Epiphany of Our Lord service on Jan. 6, 2020, 6pm MST, 5pm PST. This worship service will air via the Southeastern Synod’s Facebook page, YouTube channel, and website.
Join in as we confess, lament, lean into the light of God shining brightly in Holy Scripture, proclamation of the Word, and musical offerings from across the church.
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Concordia College in Moorhead is offering congregations a worship service recording for Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. The service includes lessons, carols, poetic readings and music performed by Concordia students and alumni.
On December 21, 2020, the service may be viewed on the Concordia website or downloaded to share on your congregation's website. Participants are encouraged to have a candle available for the service.
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The holidays expose underlying family dynamics in many families. Time together, gift giving, and special meals can all offer an opportunity for favoritism among siblings and cousins, or at least the illusion of such.
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Join Presiding Bishop Eaton as she lights the candles and says a prayer for the third week of Advent.
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Bring your troubles and cares to a Blue Christmas Service from Women of the ELCA (WELCA), 6pm MST, 5 pm PST. Register now to participate. The service (webinar) will take place via Zoom. More info on the WELCA website.
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The National Lutheran Choir Christmas Festival comes to audiences free in a virtual, multi-media format on December 11, 7pm MST, 6 pm PST. Watch at NLCA.com.
The Incarnation: For the Healing of the World brings music from around the globe announcing the birth of Christ with messages of peace and joy that nothing – not even a pandemic – can take away.
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Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center offers special Daily Advent Devotions free by email this year. Subscribe on this page and opt in to the Advent Devotions from Pastor Steve Holm.
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Isn’t that the easiest question in the world to answer? Actually, it can be one of the hardest. When someone asks, “Who are you?” how do you respond?
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Join Presiding Bishop Eaton as she lights the candles and says a prayer for the second week of Advent.
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On December 6 the church commemorates Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, or as he is more commonly called, St. Nicholas.
In this time when we are often worshiping at home, it is very fitting to find ways to mark St. Nicholas Day at home.
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When we come before God in worship, we bring our whole selves. What does that actually mean? For many people in the ELCA it means coming to worship with the assistance of a mobility, audio, visual, or sensory device.
Unfortunately, in many of our churches or places of worship, it is our siblings in Christ who have disabilities and need such devices who feel the least welcome at the table.
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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.
Download a Word doc, or PDF for letter size printout or legal size printout, or view the ELCA resource page.
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