Resources Celebration of Life Materials

A Life Observance Sunday is a wonderful way to promote and celebrate life in your congregation! The materials below are provided to support your efforts in conducting a Celebration of Life event and can be downloaded and printed free of charge.

Christian Life Resources generally recommends that a Life Observance celebration take place on the Sunday closest to March 25 (the Annunciation of our Lord).

Other suggested dates are:

• Father’s Day
• Mother’s Day
• Mission Festival (Date of the Congregation’s Choosing): Click Here to Review Life Sunday Mission Festival Notes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

As always, CLR provides additional materials and support to fit your unique plans. We’ll be happy to help – contact us today!

Bible StudiesBulletin CoversBulletin InsertsOrders of ServiceSermon StudiesSermonsSongsOther Materials

Bible Studies

Bulletin Covers

Bulletin Inserts

Orders of Service

Sermon Studies

“The Meaning of Life: A Gift From God” Series (Three-Week Series)

Life Sunday Series

Sermons

“The Meaning of Life: A Gift From God” Series (Three-Week Series)

Songs

Other Materials

Submit materials

Christian Life Resources continues to develop this resource enabling pastors to choose among a variety of original materials to conduct a special Life Observance Sunday in their churches. Materials focus on various beginning-of-life and end-of-life topics, as well as family issues such as:

• Abortion
• Birth Control
• Chastity
• Cloning
• Dating
• Depression and Suicide
• Divorce
• Education
• End-of-Life
• Euthanasia
• Family Relationships
• Gay Marriage
• Homosexuality
• Infertility
• Medical Ethics and Organ Donation
• Mother’s Day / Father’s Day
• Post Abortion Syndrome
• Single Parenting
• Stem Cell and Genetic Research

Pastors from the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) are invited to submit pro-life Sunday materials to our office so that others may benefit too. As a thank you, we offer honorariums for accepted submissions.

Materials List

Materials being assembled include (but are not necessarily limited to):

• Sermon ($25 each)
• Sermon outlines ($50 each)
• Bible studies (student and leader guides) ($75 each)
• Complete orders of service (including identified Scripture readings with intros, prayers and hymns from Christian Worship) ($35 each)
• Original text hymns (using public domain melodies) ($35 each)
• Original text and original music hymns ($75 each)
• Children’s sermon outlines ($35 each)
• One-part children’s hymns (original text and music) ($35 each)
• Two-part or more children’s and/or adult choir hymns (original) ($75 each)
• Banner design ($35 each). Include a hard-copy of the design.
• Black and white reproducible bulletin cover (original design) ($50)
• Other types of submissions will be considered based on individual merits and possibilities (honorarium negotiable).

Submission Information and Restrictions

All submissions should be emailed or sent to:

Christian Life Resources
Box 56
Richfield, WI 53076

Submission of any material grants CLR full rights for publicizing the information in any format provided the honorarium(s) has/have been paid. Limited resources means some submissions may not be accepted. CLR is not obliged to return submissions. For more information, please contact us. Thank you!