LCMS Worship — November-December 2023 resources

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod produces monthly worship planning resources, including Three-Year Series prayers, One-Year Series prayers, lectionary summaries, hymn suggestions and more.

Advent midweek services

Suggestions for liturgy, psalms, readings and hymns

Advent devotions

Hymn verses, Scripture readings and prayers for the home

2023-24 hymn suggestions

Three-Year Series B and One-Year Series

2023-24 Lectionary summaries

Three-Year Series B and One-Year Series

2024 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music

Save the date: July 9-12, 2024, at Concordia University, Nebraska

Prayers of the Church

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod provides prayers for congregations to use in worship services. Both responsive and ektene prayer forms are provided for most days.

Three-Year Series A — 2022–23

Nov. 5, 2023 — All Saints’ Day (observed)

Nov. 12, 2023 — Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Nov. 19, 2023 — Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Nov. 23, 2023 — Day of Thanksgiving

Nov. 26, 2023 — Last Sunday of the Church Year

Three-Year Series B — 2023–24

Dec. 3, 2023 — First Sunday in Advent

Dec. 10, 2023 — Second Sunday in Advent

Dec. 17, 2023 — Third Sunday in Advent

Dec. 24, 2023 — Fourth Sunday in Advent

Dec. 24, 2023 — Christmas Eve/Vigil (Christmas Eve Propers)

Dec. 25, 2023 — The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Day)

Dec. 31, 2023 — First Sunday after Christmas

Dec. 31, 2023 — New Year’s Eve

Jan. 1, 2024 — Circumcision and Name of Jesus

Archives

One-Year Series — 2022–23

Nov. 5, 2023 — All Saints’ Day (observed)

Nov. 12, 2023 — Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity

Nov. 19, 2023 — Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity

Nov. 23, 2023 — Day of Thanksgiving

Nov. 26, 2023 — Last Sunday of the Church Year

One-Year Series — 2023–24

Dec. 3, 2023 — First Sunday in Advent (Ad Te Levavi)

Dec. 10, 2023 — Second Sunday in Advent (Populus Zion)

Dec. 17, 2023 — Third Sunday in Advent (Gaudete)

Dec. 24, 2023 — Fourth Sunday in Advent (Rorate Coeli)

Dec. 24, 2023 — Christmas Eve/Vigil (Christmas Eve Propers)

Dec. 25, 2023 — The Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Day)

Dec. 31, 2023 — First Sunday after Christmas

Dec. 31, 2023 — New Year’s Eve

Jan. 1, 2024 — Circumcision and Name of Jesus

Archives

Church Year

Lectionary Series

Scripture readings are arranged according to the church’s calendar and are intended to be read at weekly gatherings of God’s people.

Three-Year Series calendars

Historic One-Year Series calendars

Daily Lectionary

Collect of the Day

Lectionary Summaries

Synopses of Three-Year Series and One-Year Series readings are designed for worshipers to read in weekly Divine Service bulletins.

Three-Year Series B — Dec. 3, 2023, to Nov. 28, 2024: First Sunday in Advent through Thanksgiving Day

Three-Year Series A — Nov. 27, 2022, to Nov. 26, 2023: First Sunday in Advent through Last Sunday of the Church Year

One-Year Series — Combined

Feasts, Festivals and Occasions — Combined

Archives

Lectionary Dates & Season Colors

The Church Year calendar is organized into three sections: Sundays and seasons, feasts and festivals, and commemorations. The seasons of the Church Year are marked by certain liturgical colors.

Sundays and Seasons

Feasts and Festivals

Commemorations

‘The Colors of the Liturgical Seasons’

Resources

Worship Planning

Hymn suggestions — Series A and One-Year Series

Service suggestions — Liturgy, psalms, readings, hymns and collects

Bulletin & Newsletter Items

Memory Verse Challenge

‘Pray For Us’ Calendars — Daily prayers for the church’s mission

‘Kids in the Divine Service’ — Bulletin insert series features Church Year, liturgy, sanctuary and general information

Bible Studies

‘The Word in Song’ — Hymn of the Day Bible studies

Luther’s ‘A Simple Way to Pray’ — Bible study by Rev. Dr. John W. Sias

Bible study archives

LCMS Worship

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