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LCMS Worship – Advent Devotions for the Family Table – 2021

LCMS Worship suggests the following Advent devotions for use at home. Family members may take turns reading the prophecy for each day from Nov. 28, 2021, to Christmas Eve.

LCMS Worship – Suggestions for 2021 midweek Advent services

LCMS Worship offers suggestions for Advent Midweek services based on the 2021 theme of “Behold.”

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission – Webinar: ‘David’s Harp and the Parish Based Music Conservatory’

Hosted by LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission, the Rev. Nathan Sherrill presented a webinar titled “David's Harp and the Parish Based Music Conservatory” on Oct. 7, 2021.

LCMS Disaster Response – Congregations, districts may host Lutheran Early Response Team training events

Congregations of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod may host Disaster Response training for individuals in their area to join a Lutheran Early Response Team. LERT is a network of volunteers trained to respond in times of disaster.

Hispanic Heritage Month: Q&A with the Rev. Zabdi Lopez

Bilingual ministry with the Rev. Zabdi Lopez, pastor of Hope Lutheran Church, Woodburn, Ore.

LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces – Fourth Quarter 2021 newsletter

The LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces newsletter reminds readers that — even during war — God is with us during challenging chapters and saves us to live with Him forever.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – September 2021 newsletter

LCMS Stewardship Ministry encourages stewards to imitate the Good Samaritan and remove the focus from the individual steward.

Casiodoro de Reina, translator and publisher of first complete Spanish Bible

Casiodoro de Reina, a monk in the Seville area of Spain in the mid-16th century, was one of the first Spaniards to embrace the principles of the Protestant Reformation.

LCMS Stewardship Ministry – November 2021 bulletin blurbs and newsletter article

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Stewardship Ministry creates bulletin blurbs and newsletter articles each month for congregations to use in church publications.

Welcome Media Kit

This “Welcome” media kit is designed to help pastors and congregations welcome their members and those in the wider community to come to church each Sunday and receive, through Word and Sacrament, the life that only Jesus can give.

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission – September 2021 newsletter

The September 2021 newsletter from LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission provides encouragement to withstand the pressures of life and reminds us that we are always victorious in Christ.

Juan de Frías, Lutheran martyr of Venezuela

In 1672, the Inquisition imprisoned four priests on the charge of being unrepentant Lutheran heretics. Three of the priests were Canary Islanders serving in Venezuela; the fourth was a native Venezuelan from Caracas named Juan de Frías.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission – Webinar: ‘Life Issues in the City’

Deaconess Tiffany Manor presented a webinar in which she delves into life issues as they are impacted in the city.

Life Together with President Harrison – September 2021

In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, takes stock of the ongoing work of the LCMS in recent months, through its 90,000 full-time and part-time workers across the Synod, in churches, schools, RSOs, universities and more.

Hymn of the Day studies – ‘The Word in Song’

LCMS Worship provides Hymn of the Day studies for the Lutheran Service Book to use with the Three-Year Lectionary and One-Year Lectionary.