Worship Resources

Add New Dimension to Your Worship

Worship resources from Lutheran World Relief connect your congregation to an inspiring world of Lutherans putting their faith into action.

Use news from the field, devotionals and prayer guides to tie current events and issues of justice into your worship service or fellowship events. Incorporate a video and Scripture-focused follow-up discussion for a great Sunday or Wednesday night service.

LWR has a wide range of resources, many of which you can incorporate into your worship services. Click here to browse our entire selection, or choose from the resources highlighted below.

Resources

LWR General

Bulletin Insert: Simple Acts. A World of Difference.
Inspiration and ideas to be a part of LWR’s ministry. Great to use on an LWR Sunday. 3 panels; 5½” X 8½”. Call 800.597.5972 to order.

Pull-Up Display
Adds a striking visual element to your sanctuary for an LWR Sunday. Free loan for up to 3 weeks (shipping to you is free; return shipping at your cost). Single-sided; 31½ “ X 78”. Call 800.597.5972 to arrange a loan.

Quilts & Kits

Today and every day, Lutheran World Relief Quilts and Kits give families throughout the world a helping hand, a sign of comfort and hope for the future. Bring the work of the quilters and kit-makers into worship with a blessing and dedication of their labors of love.

Dedication of LWR Quilts & Kits
Written by Shirley Splittgerber, Omaha, Nebraska, Nebraska Synodical Women’s Organization. Download PDF.

Litany of Thanksgiving and Hope for Quilt & Kit Dedication Sunday
Written by Pastor Emeritus Ed Whetstone, Salem Lutheran Church, Catonsville, Maryland. Download PDF.

Litany of Thanksgiving and Dedication
Written especially for a Quilt Dedication Sunday. Download PDF.

Litany of Blessing for Lent
Written by Pastor Emeritus Ed Whetstone, Salem Lutheran Church. Download PDF.

Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund Pew Envelopes
Great to use for your congregations Quilt & Kit Dedication Sunday. Encourage everyone to be part of this special ministry by ensuring much-need funds are available for handling and shipping LWR Quilts and Kits around the world. 6” X 3½”. Call 800.597.5972 to order.

Fair Trade

Fair Trade helps farmers and artisans build a better future for themselves, their families and their communities. By supporting Fair Trade, we make choices in line with our faith values and affirm human dignity.

Elements of Worship: Liturgy, Music, and Prayers for Justice
Liturgy, music and prayers for justice. Great resource for planning a Fair Trade Sunday. 8 pages; 8½” X 11”. Download PDF.

Eco-Palms

Your church’s commitment to using Eco-Palms for Palm Sunday will play an important role in protecting forest, local jobs and sustainable livelihoods in the harvesting communities.

Eco-Palm Flier: Celebrate Justice this Palm Sunday
Outlines the important benefits of Eco-Palms over conventionally harvest palms for Palm Sunday and other church-related events. 5½” X 8½”. Call 800.597.5972 to order.

Eco-Palm Poster: Celebrate Justice
A great way to show your support for Eco-Palms. Display prominently on Palm Sunday. 11” X 17”. Call 800.597.5972 to order.

Giving

Your financial gifts to Lutheran World Relief provide sustainable support for LWR’s long-term commitment to some of the world’s most impoverished communities.

Pew Envelopes: Extend Christ’s Hands to Meet Human Need and Rekindle Hope
Use for a special Lutheran World Relief Sunday or make available year-round for anytime giving. 6” X 3½”. Call 800.597.5972 to order.

Advent Pew Envelopes
Advent is a perfect time to take a special collection for those in need around the world. 6” X 3½”. Call 800.597.5972 to order.

Quilt & Kit Shipping Fund Pew Envelopes
Great to use for your congregations Quilt & Kit Dedication Sunday. Encourage everyone to be part of this special ministry by ensuring much-need funds are available for handling and shipping LWR Quilts and Kits around the world. 6” X 3½”. Call 800.597.5972 to order.

Water

Water affects every aspect of life. Without clean, reliable sources of water, farmers can’t grow crops to sell and feed their families. Be a part of LWR’s effort to help fill the well and make sure families have the life-sustaining water they need now and well into the future.

Fill the Well Bulletin Insert
Use for worship bulletin insert or in church newsletter. 5½” X 8½”. Download only: black and white or color.

Fill the Well Water Devotional
Good for adult forums, Bible study or other groups. Also good as sermon starter. 8½” X 11”. Download only.

Fill the Well Children’s Sermon
Explores the story of the woman at the well and connects it to the work of Lutheran World Relief. 8½” X 11”. Download only.

Fill the Well Video
Incorporate into a temple talk or sermon. Watch on YouTube.

Fill the Well Online Video
Bolivian children performing a water skit. Incorporate into a temple talk or sermon. Watch on YouTube.

Lutheran Malaria Initiative

Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease that kills more than a million people a year, the majority of them children. LWR is working to make sure people have the knowledge and tools they need to prevent malaria.

LMI Prayer Card
Insert into worship bulletins to pray together during a servie. Features a prayer by the Rev. Joshua McCrory Hatcher of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Annapolis, Maryland. 3¼” X 4¾”. Call 800.597.5972 to order.

Give a First Chance (video)
Incorporate into a temple talk or sermon.

LWR’s Malaria Work in Tanzania
Incorporate into a temple talk or sermon.

LMI Video
Incorporate into a temple talk or sermon.

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