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.
Read MoreAugsburg Fortress has great worship resources for congregations and individuals available for 2021, some as inexpensive as three or four dollars.
Do a quick search for conspiracy theories and Google will give you over 100,000,000 results to explore. Conspiracy theories used to be confined to rumors and small groups of ardent believers.
The internet and social media have given conspiracy theories like QAnon and those who believe them a feeling of credibility and a highly effective way to broadcast their beliefs to a larger audience.
Read MoreLutheran college choirs have been preparing for their annual holiday concerts and invite you to attend from the safety of your home. The links to these events, and details, are posted on the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians website.
Read MoreWe hope that everyone in our Cal Lutheran community finds moments of hope and peace this season.
Visit our site to experience the beauty of our talented students performing their annual Christmas concert virtually.
Read MoreThe Rocky Mountain Synod is extending an invitation to join them in an Epiphany Weekend Zoomfest, Friday evening, January 8, through Sunday, January 10, 2021. Join via Zoom or Facebook live, and a Sunday worship service 9am MST, 10am PST. The detailed ZOOMfest program bulletin can be found here.
Read MoreAll 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).
Read MoreListen to devotional music available through Augsburg Fortress: “O Laughing Light;” “Nunc Dimittis;” “All Praise to Thee.”
Read MoreFind 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreJoin Presiding Bishop Eaton as she lights the candles and says a prayer for the fourth week of Advent.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreConcordia 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreJoin Presiding Bishop Eaton as she lights the candles and says a prayer for the third week of Advent.
Read MoreBring 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreSpirit 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.
Read MoreIsn’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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