O God of justice and love, you illumine our way through life with the words of your Son. Give us the light we need, and awaken us to the needs of others, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Amen.
When we come before God in worship, we bring our whole selves. What does that actually mean? For many people in the ELCA it means coming to worship with the assistance of a mobility, audio, visual, or sensory device.
Unfortunately, in many of our churches or places of worship, it is our siblings in Christ who have disabilities and need such devices who feel the least welcome at the table.
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Have you ever known a “prepper”? Preppers are people who prepare for emergencies or disasters by storing large quantities of items they might need.
Being prepared is an important life skill all can develop. It goes beyond having what you need and extends to planning the response you’ll make when something unexpected happens.
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In this time of world-wide crisis, congregations throughout this church are not able to gather for worship as the body of Christ. While you cannot be together in person, we can hear the word of God and hold each other in prayer. We offer this brief resource as an aid for prayer in the home. As with our prayers in the gathered assembly for worship, you are encouraged to prepare or adapt them locally for your context.
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Listen to devotional music available through Augsburg Fortress: “Filled with His Voice;” “Many and Great O God;” “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”
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These petitions are offered as guides to prayer for the global, social and outreach ministries of the ELCA, as well as for the needs and circumstances of our neighbors, communities and world.
Download a Word doc, or PDF for letter size printout or legal size printout, or view the ELCA resource page.
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According to articles by Foundation for Economic Education, a libertarian think tank, and Fox News, The World Health Organization (WHO) has revised its position to say that countries around the world should not rely on lockdowns to stop outbreaks of the coronavirus.
The advice comes as the number of new COVID-19 cases is rising in the United States and across Europe, with some leaders considering new lockdowns to bring the numbers down.
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This week’s Gospel presents a strange, parable, exaggerated to the point of ridiculous. A king sends out invitations to a wedding banquet, but no one responds.
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Listen to devotional music available through Augsburg Fortress: “Filled with His Voice;” “Many and Great O God;” “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”
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10th Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary 28
Lord of the feast, you have prepared a table before all peoples and poured out your life with abundance. Call us again to your banquet. Strengthen us by what is honorable, just, and pure, and transform us into a people of righteousness and peace, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
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These petitions are offered as guides to prayer for the global, social and outreach ministries of the ELCA, as well as for the needs and circumstances of our neighbors, communities and world.
Download a Word doc, or PDF for letter size printout or legal size printout, or view the ELCA resource page.
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Bishop Elizabeth Eaton provides this week’s series of devotions to observe the Season of Creation 2020.
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Enjoy the suggested hymn: “Light Dawns on a Weary World” (Evangelical Lutheran Worship, 726), as part of this week’s Season of Creation devotion.
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Recently, a massive section of Greenland’s ice cap broke off in the northeastern Arctic. As one observer put it, “This is yet another alarm bell being rung by the climate crisis in a rapidly heating Arctic.”
Faith Lens is a Weekly Bible studies that engage youth and young adults in connecting world events with the Bible, faith, and everyday life.
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Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Anglican Church of Canada, provides this week’s series of devotions to observe the Season of Creation 2020.
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Pastor Cyndi Jones, the Pastor of Disability Ministry from Pacifica Synod, celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with this sermon on the healing of Bartimaeus.
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Enjoy the suggested hymn, Now the Green Blade Rises (Common Praise, 237) , as part of this week’s Season of Creation 2020 devotion.
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Enjoy the suggested hymn, He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (Lift Every Voice and Sing II, 217), as part of this week’s Season of Creation 2020 devotion.
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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, The Episcopal Church, provides this week’s series of devotions to observe the Season of Creation 2020.
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