Teaching the Church Year in Sunday School
Do you ever struggle trying to come up with a plan or lessons to teach the Church Year? Watch for ideas and ways to teach the Church Year to your Sunday School students.
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Music of the Month: Light Divine: Three Pentecost Hymn Settings for Organ
This year, the Church celebrates the Day of Pentecost on May 23, marking the end of the season of Easter. The word “Pentecost” literally means “fifty,” as it falls fifty days after...
2021 Music Catalog
The 2021 Music Catalog offers a preview of brand new music for choir, organ, piano, and handbells to use throughout the Church Year.
The Power of Letters for Pastoral Care
The Epistle readings through much of the Easter season in the Three-Year Lectionary for Year B are from 1 John, a timeless letter of great encouragement for God’s children to love each...
God of the In-Between
The first few days of Holy Week have a weird in-between quality. We just celebrated Palm Sunday, when we remember the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem with shouts of “Hosanna!” The...
April 2021 Everyday Faith Calendar
Last year, our church celebrated Easter with a drive-in Easter service. In-person gatherings were not an option, but not gathering at all was not an option either. After weeks of...
The Fulfillment of Psalm 22 in Holy Week
Psalm 22 has one of the most memorable opening lines, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” These words are instilled into our memories as the words Jesus spoke from the cross....
Devotional Reading on Zechariah for Palm Sunday (Year B)
As we move through Holy Week, most of our devotions will focus on the Old Testament Readings. For Palm Sunday, we focus on the reading from Zechariah with an excerpt from LifeLight:...
How Do You Rest on the Sabbath Day?
As Lent is underway, many Christians throughout the world are participating in various spiritual disciplines. Some are fasting from a particular food, drink, or activity. Some are...
The Beautiful Routine of the Liturgy
A day or two before Ash Wednesday, I remarked to my husband, “I can’t wait for Lent.” In a dreary year of isolation, anxiety, moral quandaries, political polarization, disease, and...
Themes in the Season of Lent
To mark the first day of Lent, we’re sharing an excerpt from Heaven on Earth in which Arthur Just describes the theological accents in the season of Lent.
Music of the Month: Cross of Jesus: Six Preludes for Lent
Robert J. Powell has composed a well-crafted and accessible organ collection for Lent, Cross of Jesus: Six Preludes for Lent. This book offers settings that are appropriate to the...
Year C Reading for the Fifth Sunday in Lent
Today’s devotional reading comes from the letter to parents in Ezekiel and the Dry Bones: Arch Books.
Walther’s Sermon for The Epiphany of Our Lord: Matthew 2:1–12
This post is adapted from Gospel Sermons: Volume 1 by C. F. W. Walther.
The Gathering Light of Epiphany
The season of Epiphany is one that often gets overlooked in the Church Year calendar. We’re on board for Advent and Lent, with many congregations meeting midweek to mark these...
To Us a Child Is Born: Luther’s Interpretations on Isaiah 9:6–7
Christmas is a time of celebration that the Savior of the Nations is born! His name is revered throughout the earth as we rejoice in God’s promises fulfilled. Isaiah 9:6–8...
A Tangled Ball of Lights
I find myself fighting with a tangled ball of lights year after year as we decorate the Christmas tree. Since we have had children, this has gotten extraordinarily difficult.
1:17Parents Guide for Grandfather’s Story | Children’s Christmas Bible Story Book
Video Description: The last page of each Arch® Book contains a letter written for parents, grandparents and other adults who may read Arch® Books to their children. It provides a summary of the story,
7:11Grandfather’s Story | Children’s Christmas Bible Story Book Read Aloud by Ken Ohlemeyer
If you were a shepherd, what would you have done if angels appeared to you on a wintry night? Based on Luke 2:8-20 and Mark 16:1-20, Grandfather’s Story recalls how the first Christmas unfolded throug
5:48Donkey Daniel in Bethlehem | Children’s Christmas Bible Story Book Read Aloud by Ken Ohlemeyer
What do you think it would be like to be the donkey that carried Mary during the long journey to Bethlehem? Based on Luke 2:1-18, Donkey Daniel in Bethlehem tells the story of a donkey named Daniel as