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Worship: Sermon Prep

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Sermon/Prep

Invite artists of all ages to illustrate your Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or First Sunday of Christmas sermon. Use one of our Illustrate-Your-Own rhyming verse sermons for free. (Please share appropriate credits on all platforms: used by permission of the author, Rev. Emily Meyer.) And please let us know you're using them: ministrylab@unitedseminary.edu.

     

FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS/NEW YEARS & EPIPHANY REFLECTION VIDEO

Free for members (MN UCC, UMC & PC(USA) congregations), this ~15-minute reflection video is based on Psalm 148 - and is appropriate throughout the Season after Epiphany. Join all creation in praising God for new birth, the New Year, and the hope of the Light of the World. The video is suited to insert as a sermon, reflection time, or prayer in in-person or online worship. It will also work well as an opening or closing of a gathering.

The video is comprised of images from congregations across Minnesota and features music from Julia Bloom of Cabin of Love.

Register to receive the video link here.

Books

     

In Our Library

Martin Luther's Christmas Book