‘Set Apart to Serve’ Curriculum

Set Apart to Serve (SAS) is a Synodwide effort to build an intentional culture of church work formation and recruitment in every LCMS congregation, family, school, district and entity. Together, we pray that the Lord of the harvest will supply His church with pastors who preach and teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and commissioned church workers who will teach and share God’s Word in their full-time church work vocations.

The SAS church work recruitment curriculum, published by Concordia Publishing House, is designed for early childhood through adulthood. It is suitable for use in a congregation’s Sunday school program or in a Lutheran school setting.

The curriculum grounds church work and all vocations in God’s grace in Jesus Christ. Each child will learn about God’s love for them and how He works through people to ensure that the world hears the saving Gospel.

The SAS curriculum is available at no cost to LCMS schools.

The kit includes the following:

Welcome Letter

Early Childhood Student Book*

Grades 1–3 Student Book*

Grades 4–6 Student Book*

Grades 7–8 Student Book*

God’s Calling for Your Life: An Explanation of Church Work*

Five 22″ × 17″ posters:

What Is a Church Worker? (3)

How Does the Church Work Together?

Christian Education

Digital Deliverables

Leader Guides for Early Childhood, 1–3, 4–6, and 7–8

Grades 9–12 Leader Guide and Student Handouts

Adult Leader Guide and Student Handouts

Two Chapel Services

Order from cph.org

Enrich your use of the SAS curriculum

Looking for ways to go deeper in your lessons about church work vocations? Additional activities and projects have been developed to use alongside the SAS curriculum.

View curriculum ideas

Learn more about this Synodwide effort

lcms.org/set-apart-to-serve