Enrich congregational and personal worship in your ministry setting with these resources...

Bulletin Inserts

On November 5-6, 2011, the Greater Milwaukee Synod is holding the Salvadoran Lutheran Church and its pastors up in prayer. These stories represent a few of the many stories which Salvadorans and North Americans carry in their hearts and represent a small slice of the work of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church pastors.

Brief text and photos which describe the work of Salvadoran Lutheran Church pastors and the current disaster

• Work of the Church - Letter size - 1 page
• Work of the Church - Letter size - 2 pages up
• Work of the Church - Legal size - 1 page
• Work of the Church - Legal size - 2 pages up
• Greater Milwaukee Synod - El Salvador Disaster Response Insert

Pastor Stories which can be used as a series of inserts or to create a booklet or poster:

• Profile of Pastor Francisco Carrillo, written in his own words shortly before he and his wife were martyred on November 4, 2006
• Meet Pastor Mártir
• Meet Pastor Margarita
• Meet Pastor Donal
• Meet Pastor Blanca Irma
• Meet Pastor Julio
• Meet Pastor Santiago
• Set of Bulletin Inserts Designed for Reformation through Advent 2011 - a great companion piece to the Devotional Resource located at the bottom of this page

Prayers

• Lord's Prayer - Responsive in Spanish & English
• Prayer of Healing ~ in English and Spanish, written by Pastor Santiago Rodriguez, Salvadoran Lutheran Church
• Partnership Prayer ~ in English and Spanish
• Offering Prayer ~ used by persmission from Lisa Frenz, Mt. Carmel ELCA, Portland OR
• Oración de Oferta - usado con permiso de Lisa Frenz, Mt. Carmel ELCA, Portland OR
• Carla's Prayer ~ written by Maryknoll Sister Carla Piette, shared by Jacqueline Maggiore at La Fiesta 2010
• Oraciónes de Carla ~ escrito por Hermana Carla Piette, compartido de Jaqueline Maggiore en La Fiesta 2010

Confessions and Statements of Faith

• Salvadoran Creed ~ a creed that has been used in Milwaukee area congregations for years, origin unknown
• Credo Salvadoreño ~ un credo que se ha utilizado en las congregaciones del área de Milwaukee, de origen desconocido

Orders for Worship - Sunday Mornings or Any Time

These worship services can be used as written or as sources for sammple prayers and excellent song suggestions.

• Celebrating Relationship ~ use this service as written or as a template for celebrating your companion synod and/or sister church relationship (originally from ELCA Global Mission)
• Global Worship Service of Word and Prayer ~ this service contains a Commitment to Mission which is appropriate for many settings
• Celebrating Those Who Go ~ a service which can be used to hold up ELCA missionaries (great for during Epiphany), or use elements from this service to bless members of your congregation who are traveling to visit and serve outside of your walls (originally from ELCA Global Mission)
• Celebrating the LWF (Lutheran World Federation) ~ this brief service has some lovely prayers (originally from ELCA Global Mission)
• Global Communion Service ~ incorporates songs from many cultures (originallyfrom ELCA Global Mission)

Lifting up the Story and the Power of the Holy Spirit in the Subversive Cross

• The Story of the Subversive Cross ~ from a 1991 Salvadoran Lutheran Church publication and translated into English
• Words on the Subversive Cross ~ English translation of the phrases on the cross and a photograph of the original cross
• Palabras en la Cruz Subversiva ~ en español e inglés
• Subversive Cross Litany ~ based on a reflection written by Bishop Medardo Gómez
• La Cruz Subversiva ~ reflexión por el Obispo Medardo Gómez
• Subersive Cross Poem online version and Subversive Cross Poem pdf ~ written by Jim Bodeen
• Subversive Cross Booklet ~ the resources listed above, formated in a ready-to-print booklet

Other Resources

• Singing for Jesus ~ a video clip from a worship service in El Salvador (listen for the kids leading the way!)


• Giving from Our Abundance 2011 -- A 35-Day Devotional Journey ~ daily devotions written by members of the Greater Milwaukee Synod El Salvador Committee and friends from the Salvadoran Lutheran Church. It is designed for congregational or individual use during the season of Thanksgiving...from Reformation Sunday up to the first week of Advent.