Worship Planning Resources

LCMS Worship – Suggestions for 2021 midweek Advent services

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

LCMS Worship — October 2021 resources

Monthly worship planning resources include Three-Year Series prayers, One-Year Series prayers, lectionary summaries, hymn suggestions and more.

LCMS Worship — September 2021 resources

Monthly worship planning resources include Three-Year Series prayers, One-Year Series prayers, lectionary summaries, hymn suggestions and more.

LCMS Worship — August 2021 resources

Monthly worship planning resources include Three-Year Series prayers, One-Year Series prayers, lectionary summaries, hymn suggestions and more.

Searchable Church Art Gallery

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod presents a searchable church art gallery with hundreds of photographs that display our Synod’s rich visual heritage.

LCMS Worship — July 2021 resources

Monthly worship planning resources include Three-Year Series prayers, One-Year Series prayers, lectionary summaries, hymn suggestions and more.

LCMS Worship – Suggestions for midweek Lenten services – 2021

LCMS Worship provides suggestions for liturgy, psalms, readings, hymns and collects to use during 2021 midweek Lenten services.

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.

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.

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…