New Advent/Christmas resources help congregations reach out to their communities and plan their Advent midweek services.
Worship
LCMS Worship: Brief Advent Table Devotions — 2020
LCMS Worship suggests the following Advent devotions for use at home. Family members may take turns reading the prophecy for each day from Nov. 29 to Christmas Eve.
LCMS Worship: 2020-21 hymn suggestions for Series B and One-Year Series
LCMS Worship provides hymn suggestions for Three-Year Series B and the One-Year Series to use during the 2020-21 church year.
LCMS Worship: Suggestions for 2020 midweek Advent services
LCMS Worship provides suggestions for liturgy, psalms, readings, and hymns to use during 2020 midweek Advent services.
The Church — Praying
Prayer is the sign that the church is still breathing, however labored that breath may be. The cross leads us to despair of everything — save Christ!
Encouragement and resources for reopening churches
LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison encourages and suggests resources for congregations as they begin or plan for resuming in-person worship.
Video: How to do family devotions
Pastor Sean Daenzer, director of Worship for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and chaplain for the LCMS International Center, shares how to do family devotions at home.
Collects for the Present Pandemic
In the rapidly changing circumstances of this global pandemic, pastors will know best how to adjust, compose and extemporize prayers for the needs of services, broadcasts and other occasions.
Prayers to use during the pandemic — Palm Sunday and Holy Week
LCMS Worship provides updated prayers of the church for Series A and One-Year Series that congregations may use on Palm Sunday and during Holy Week.
Psalm 91 memory challenge
Join your brothers and sisters in Christ as we memorize Psalm 91 together.
‘We tremble not, we fear no ill’: As COVID-19 spreads, the Word of God remains
To abide by social distancing guidelines, many LCMS churches are offering online-only services.
Prayers to use during the pandemic — Series A and One-Year Series
LCMS Worship is providing updated prayers of the church for Series A and One-Year Series that can be used by your congregation March 22 and March 29.
Propers in Time of Pestilence
When calamity and death strike, we do not put God on trial to accuse or excuse His unexplainable actions in the world. Instead, we implore His grace in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has taken up our…
Daenzer installed as Synod worship director
The Rev. Sean Daenzer will also serve as chaplain at the LCMS International Center in St. Louis.
LCMS Worship: Lenten resources
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and Concordia Publishing House offer Lenten resources to help congregations plan 2020 worship services.
Media kit features Easter theme
The kit is designed to allow each parish to add its own information and details about Holy Week and Easter services.