LCMS Worship — August-September 2024 resources

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod produces monthly worship planning resources, including Three-Year Series prayers, One-Year Series prayers, lectionary summaries, hymn suggestions and more.

Featured Resources

2024 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music — Look back on articles, interviews and memories from the conference

Psalm sheet series — Find studies, devotions and prayers for all 150 psalms

LCMS church musician coalition — Help us get to know you as we assemble a coalition of LCMS church musicians

Read the monthly worship column in The Lutheran Witness

Prayers of the Church

Three-Year Series B — 2023–24

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.

Aug. 4 — Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

Aug. 11 — Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

Aug. 18 — Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Aug. 25 — Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sept. 1 — Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sept. 8 — Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sept. 15 — Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sept. 22 — Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sept. 29 — St. Michael and All Angels

Archives

Aug. 4 — Tenth Sunday after Trinity

Aug. 11 — Eleventh Sunday after Trinity

Aug. 18 — Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

Aug. 25 — Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

Sept. 1 — Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

Sept. 8 — Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

Sept. 15 — Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

Sept. 22 — Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

Sept. 29 — St. Michael and All Angels after Trinity

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 — 2023–24 and 2024–25

Historic One-Year Series calendars — 2023–24 and 2024–25

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 B — Dec. 3, 2023, to Nov. 28, 2024: First Sunday in Advent through Thanksgiving Day

One-Year Series — Combined

Feasts, Festivals and Occasions — Combined

Archives

Resources

Stewardship

August feature — Stewardship integrity: Faithful competence

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

Worship Planning & Bible Studies

Hymn suggestions — Series B and One-Year Series

Bible studies — ‘The Word in Song’ on Hymns of the Day and Luther’s ‘A Simple Way to Pray’

Bulletin & Newsletter Items

Memory Verse Challenge

‘Pray For Us’ Calendars — Daily prayers for the church’s mission

‘Kids in the Divine Service’ — Bulletin insert series features Church Year, liturgy, sanctuary and general information

LCMS Worship

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