Digital Worship Resources

The Virginia Synod Office of the Bishop provides gospel readings and sermons for use in congregations. You can view and download these from either our YouTube Channel, or Vimeo account for use in your congregations Sunday service. You can also view these sermons each Sunday on our Facebook Page.

Written by Pastor Colleen Montgomery for local congregational use. Download here.

Zoom Worship

  • Discussion of Zoom Worship – Good Shepherd, Lexington
  • Offer Worship In a Breakout Room:Thanks to the leaders at Muhlenberg Lutheran for sharing the following tip for Zoom Worship.Consider using a Breakout Room for your Zoom Worship Service. By moving worship to a breakout room, you can create a Virtual Gathering Area in the main meeting to welcome individuals coming to worship and then your worship host can send assign people to the breakout room for worship.This approach allows people the chance to say “Hello” before and after worship and creates an opportunity for you to share your Zoom link more widely without worrying about having the main service Zoom bombed. ‘Using breakout rooms on Sunday morning also means that you can use the same Zoom link whether you are inviting people to worship or a Sunday morning Bible Study or Sunday School class.

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Ideas for Strengthening Digital Worship

  • Better Church Livestreaming: 5 Powerful Online Church Ideas

Organ Accompaniments

Below are links to downloadable mp3 audio files providing organ accompaniments for hymns for upcoming Sundays. All tunes are either in the public domain or copyrighted by Augsburg-Fortress, so there are no restrictions on playing the mp3 for your streaming worship or posting the words on your video feed or an accompanying bulletin. (Thanks to Nancy Delaney and Christ Lutheran Church in Roanoke for providing these.)

    • Day of Arising (ELW #374 – introduction plus four stanzas; text and tune (c) Augsburg-Fortress)
    • Thine the Amen (ELW #826 – introduction plus five stanzas; text and music (c) Augsburg-Fortress)

Fourth Sunday of Easter

    • Father Most Holy (ELW #415 – introduction plus four stanzas) NOTE: OneLicense subscription required in order to publish hymn text

5th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 14A)

6th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 15A)

7th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 16A)

8th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 17A)

9th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 18A) – Aug. 2, 2020

10th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 19A) – Aug. 9, 2020

    • Oh, Sing to the Lord  (ELW #822 – guitar and piano one stanza introduction plus five stanzas; 1:57)

11th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 20A) – Aug. 16, 2020

    • Healer of Our Every Ill (ELW #612 – refrain introduction plus four stanzas – OneLicense required to reprint text; 3:32)

12th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 21A) – Aug. 23, 2020

13th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 22A) – Aug. 30, 2020

14th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 23A) – Sept. 6, 2020

    • In All Our Grief (ELW #615 – introduction plus four stanzas – OneLicense required to reprint text – 2:43 )

15th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 24A) – Sept. 13, 2020

    • I Come with Joy (ELW #482 – introduction plus five stanzas – OneLicense required to reprint text – 1:54)

16th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 25A) – Sept. 20, 2020

    • Lord of Light (ELW #688 – introduction plus four stanzas – OneLicense required to reprint text and/or music – 3:52)
    • As Saints of Old  (ELW #695 – introduction plus three stanzas – OneLicense required to reprint text and/or music – 2:26)

17th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 26A) – Sept. 27, 2020

18th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 27A) – Oct. 4, 2020

    • Thine the Amen (ELW #826 – introduction plus five stanzas – 3:21)

19th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 28A) – Oct. 11, 2020

20th Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 29A) – Oct. 18, 2020

Reformation Sunday  – Oct. 25, 2020

All Saints Sunday  – Nov. 1, 2020

    • Give Thanks for Saints (ELW 428 – Introduction plus four stanzas – 3:04 – OneLicense required to reprint text)

23rd Sunday after Pentecost – Nov. 8, 2020

24th Sunday after Pentecost – Nov. 15, 2020

    • Lord of Light (ELW #688 – introduction plus four stanzas – OneLicense required to reprint text and/or music – 3:52)
    • As Saints of Old  (ELW #695 – introduction plus three stanzas – OneLicense required to reprint text and/or music – 2:26)

Christ the King Sunday – Nov. 22, 2020

    • For All The Faithful Women (ELW #419 – introduction plus three stanzas – 2:23 – OneLicense required to reprint text and/or music)

First Sunday in Advent – Nov. 29, 2020

    • The King Shall Come (ELW #260 – introduction plus five stanzas – 2:11 – Include Concordia Publishing permission info)

Second Sunday in Advent – Dec. 6, 2020

    • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (ELW #257 – Introduction plus two stanzas – 2:08 – see First Sunday in Advent (Nov. 29) for full hymn)

Third Sunday in Advent – Dec. 13, 2020

    • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (ELW #257 – Introduction plus three stanzas – 2:49 – see First Sunday in Advent (Nov. 29) for full hymn)

Fourth Sunday in Advent – Dec. 20, 2020

    • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (ELW #257 – Introduction plus four stanzas – 3:31 – see First Sunday in Advent (Nov. 29) for full hymn)

Christmas Eve and Sundays of Christmas – Dec. 25, 2020 and following Sundays

    • The First Noel (ELW #300 – Introduction plus five stanzas – 3:45)

Second Sunday of Christmas – Jan. 3, 2021

    • (See “Hymns for Christmas Eve and Sundays After Christmas” in the December hymn accompaniments folder)

First Sunday after Epiphany (Baptism of Our Lord) – Jan. 10, 2021

    • When Jesus Came to Jordan (ELW #305 – Introduction plus three stanzas – 2:52 – OneLicense required to reprint lyrics)
    • Baptized and Set Free (ELW #453 – guitar and piano accompaniment – introduction plus four stanzas – 2:06)

Second Sunday after Epiphany – Jan. 17, 2021

    • Here I Am, Lord (ELW #574 –  Refrain introduction plus three stanzas – 3:59 – OneLicense required to reprint lyrics)

Third Sunday after Epiphany – Jan. 24, 2021

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany – Jan. 31, 2021

    • Healer of Our Every Ill (ELW #612 – refrain introduction plus four stanzas – OneLicense required to reprint text; 3:32)

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany – Feb. 7, 2021

Transfiguration of our Lord – Feb. 14, 2021

Ash Wednesday – Feb. 17, 2021

    • Restore in Us, O God (ELW #328 –  Introduction plus four stanzas; 1:51; OneLicense required to reprint text)

First Sunday in Lent – Feb. 21, 2021

Second Sunday in Lent – Feb. 28, 2021

Third Sunday in Lent – March 7, 2021

Fourth Sunday in Lent – March 14, 2021

Fifth Sunday in Lent – March 21, 2021

    • Restore in Us, O God (ELW #328 –  Introduction plus four stanzas – 1:46; OneLicense required to reprint words)
    • God Loved the World (ELW #330 – Introduction plus three stanzas – 2:46; OneLicense required to reprint words)

Passion / Palm Sunday – March 28, 2021

    • See hymn postings for Passion / Palm Sunday 2020

Maundy Thursday – April 1, 2021

    • See hymn postings for Maundy Thursday 2020

Easter Sunday – April 4, 2021 (See also hymn postings for Easter Sunday and Easter Season 2020)

Second Sunday of Easter – April 11, 2021 (See also hymn postings for Easter Sunday and Easter Season 2020)

    • We Walk By Faith (ELW #635 – introduction plus five stanzas; 2:31;  OneLicense required to reprint tune)

Third Sunday of Easter – April 18, 2021 (See also hymn postings for Easter Sunday and Easter Season 2020)

    • Day of Arising (ELW #374 – introduction plus four stanzas; 2:27; text and tune (c) Augsburg-Fortress)

Fourth Sunday of Easter – April 25, 2021 (See also hymn postings for Easter Sunday and Easter Season 2020)

Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 2, 2021 (See also hymn postings for Easter Sunday and Easter Season 2020)

Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 9, 2021 (See also hymn postings for Easter Sunday and Easter Season 2020)

Seventh Sunday of Easter – May 16, 2021 (See also hymn postings for Easter Sunday and Easter Season 2020)

The Day of Pentecost – May 23, 2021

The Holy Trinity – May 30, 2021

    • Father Most Holy (ELW #415 – introduction plus four stanzas; OneLicense subscription required in order to publish hymn text; 2:34)

Second Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 10B) – June 6, 2021

Third Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 11B) – June 13, 2021

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 12B) – June 20, 2021

    • Evening and Morning (ELW 761 – introduction plus four stanzas; text: Augsburg-Fortress; 3:08)

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 13B) – June 27, 2021

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 14B) – July 4, 2021

Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 15B) – July 11, 2021

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Lectionary 16B) – July 18, 2021