Recommended Resource Collections

These “resource letters” include a reflection on each topic and highlight some of the best available resources. These collections are meant for downloading and are shared regularly with pastors and leaders throughout this synod and across the church.

The most recent entries are featured below. Click here to view the complete list.

Open for Exploration: Resources for Preaching

» Download the resource sheet: Open for Exploration: February 2010 (download .pdf file)

The following list is a sampling of resources for those who preach. The Resource Center maintains a large collection of additional resources on preaching and homiletics. Continue reading…

Open for Exploration: More Resources for Lent

» Download the resource sheet: Open for Exploration: January 2010 (download .pdf file)

Creation Waits with Eager Longing (external link) is a set of resources from Living Earth: A Lenten Journey. It includes a worship series and weekly themes of reflection, remembrance, rediscovery, repentance, reconciliation, and recommitment about becoming more faithful stewards of God’s creation.

For helpful information about the season of Lent, Palm/Passion Sunday, the Three Days and services of daily prayer, Continue reading…

Open for Exploration: Lent

» Download the resource sheet: Open for Exploration: Lent (download pdf file)

For a rich Lenten worship experience, be sure to consider the new Holden Prayer Around the Cross, a set of resources by Susan Briehl, Tom Witt, and Marty Haugen adapted from Holden Evening Prayer and Prayer Around the Cross. It includes fourteen sample liturgies that could be used in a variety of settings. To accompany Holden Prayer Around the Cross, a set of musical resources is available Continue reading…

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