The following notification is being sent from the Synod office on behalf of Bishop Larry.
We join to celebrate together in a Synod-wide service this Reformation Sunday, October 30th, 2022 with the theme "The Church in God's World Today" .
The service will livestream from Hosanna Lutheran in Edmonton, beginning at 10:00 am. You are invited to join through Hosanna Lutheran's website at http://hosannalutheran.ab.ca/. The service will be posted for later viewing here.
We celebrate this the Church in God's World with our partner synod in Colombia. Sunday's sermon is presented by the national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Colombia (IELCO), Bishop Atahualpa, in Spanish with English subtitles. Find the sermon recording here. An English translation is available here. The bulletin for this service is available here. Music prerecorded by Bishop Larry and Pastor Olav Traa (St. Paul's, Olds), which might be used as a prelude or for special music, is availabe here.
These materials are also available on the Synod website.
As is the practice at the host congregation, this service will include Holy Communion. If you would like to participate in communion on-line, please prepare the elements ahead of time (bread or crackers, and wine or juice). You may also wish to dedicate a space for worship with a candle, a small bowl of water in remembrance of baptism, and a cross.
We pray that, as we join from home or gather with others from our congregations, we will be blessed by worshipping together, knowing that we are one church, one Synod, one body in Christ, and that our voices rise together from all corners of the Synod of Alberta and the Territories, joining those of our partners in mission in Colombia.
Blessings,
Marla Berg
Office Administrator
Synod of Alberta and the Territories
