LCMS Worship — November-December 2025 resources

Featured Resources

Advent is coming

Midweek service suggestions, table devotions, media kit and other resources are available at lcms.org/advent.

2025-26 Church Year

Hymn suggestions — Three-Year Series A and One-Year Series

Prayers of the Church

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod provides prayers for congregations to use in worship services. Both responsive and ektene prayer forms are provided for most days.

Three-Year Series C — 2024–25

Nov. 2 — Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 26)

Nov. 2 — All Saints’ Day (Observed)

Nov. 9 — Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27)

Nov. 16 — Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28)

Nov. 23 — Last Sunday of the Church Year (Proper 29)

Nov. 27 — Thanksgiving Day

Three-Year Series A — 2025–26

Nov. 30 — First Sunday in Advent

Dec. 7 — Second Sunday in Advent

Dec. 14 — Third Sunday in Advent

Dec. 21 — Fourth Sunday in Advent

Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve

Dec. 25 — Christmas Day

Dec. 28 — First Sunday after Christmas

Dec. 28 — The Holy Innocents

Dec. 31 — New Year’s Eve

Archives

One-Year Series — 2024–25

Nov. 2 — Twentieth Sunday after Trinity

Nov. 2 — All Saints’ Day (Observed)

Nov. 9 — Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

Nov. 16 — Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity

Nov. 23 — Last Sunday of the Church Year

Nov. 27 — Thanksgiving Day

One-Year Series — 2025–26

Nov. 30 — First Sunday in Advent (Ad Te Levavi)

Dec. 7 — Second Sunday in Advent (Populus Zion)

Dec. 14 — Third Sunday in Advent (Gaudete)

Dec. 21 — Fourth Sunday in Advent (Rorate Coeli)

Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve

Dec. 25 — Christmas Day

Dec. 28 — First Sunday after Christmas

Dec. 28 — The Holy Innocents

Dec. 31 — New Year’s Eve

Archives

Church Year

The Church Year calendar is organized into three sections: Sundays and seasons, feasts and festivals, and commemorations. The seasons of the Church Year are marked by certain liturgical colors.

Lectionary Series

Scripture readings are arranged according to the church’s calendar and are intended to be read at weekly gatherings of God’s people.

Three-Year Series calendars — 2024–25 and 2025–26

Historic One-Year Series calendars — 2024–25 and 2025–26

Daily Lectionary

Collect of the Day

Lectionary Summaries

Synopses of Three-Year Series and One-Year Series readings are designed for worshipers to read in weekly Divine Service bulletins.

Three-Year Series A — Nov. 30, 2025, to Nov. 26, 2026: First Sunday in Advent through Thanksgiving Day

Three-Year Series C — Dec. 1, 2024, to Nov. 27, 2025: First Sunday in Advent through Thanksgiving Day

One-Year Series — Combined

Feasts, Festivals and Occasions — Combined

Archives

Resources

Stewardship

November feature — Staying Out of the Ditches

Bulletin blurbs and newsletter articles — New content is available each month for congregations to use in publications

Worship Planning & Bible Studies

Hymn suggestions — Series A and One-Year Series

Hymn suggestions — Series C and One-Year Series