Video Contest
Congregation Entries
Be the change. Be the gospel. Freed in Christ to serve.
Is religion still relevant? If living Lutheran means believing grace is given freely to all, does going to church make a difference? A recent Pew Research Center survey found Americans... »
29 Votes
A week in the life of living Lutheran at Leaven
We are working both in and outside of our church community to be a positive and relevant force for good change.... »
19 Votes
Skatechurch Sacramento
Skatechurch is a ministry based on using skateboarders to reach other skaters in a culturally relevant way for Christ in the Sacramento community. By skateboarding together, building relationships, and sharing... »
26 Votes
On a mission to live Lutheran
When their former church voted to leave the ELCA, over 100 members and their pastor started something new. Now a Synodically Authorized Worshipping Community, Lutheran Mission of Seguin is a... »
51 Votes
Car wash
Mary Jorgensen Bernau, a member of St John's Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Iowa, shares a memorable moment from the youth mission trip showing how you can always give just... »
6 Votes
Living Lutheran in three words
The creation of this video has given us time to pause and reflect on the many blessings St. Paul's Lutheran Church has been granted and the many ways we, in... »
6 Votes
Life as a mission congregation
We actually created this video for our recent synod assembly to highlight what being a mission congregation is all about. But the theme seemed to fit nicely here as well.... »
1 Votes
Living Lutheran — Living Grace
Living Lutheran is about doing all kinds of things. This video contains a short list from a few of us at Living Grace Lutheran Church, a mission congregation in Urbana,... »
5 Votes
Fight 'restless soul syndrome'
All of us have encountered late-night TV commercials that promise to cure whatever ailments we may have. We at St. Paul's have decided that what we offer and what God... »
11 Votes
Zion Lutheran — Gathered to grow, sent to shine
The congregation of Zion Lutheran Church in Iowa City, Iowa, lives through the words of our mission: Gathered to grow, sent to shine. Whether it be volunteering at vacation Bible... »
2 Votes
What are those Lutherans doing now
Unique actions by people of faith make for a fun and meaningful time.... »
8 Votes
Noises of Living Lutherans
Short clips of sounds around church - doing and preparing for ministry... »
5 Votes
Holy Cross — living Lutheran
The members of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Menomonee Falls, Wis., came together to describe what living Lutheran means to them. This video features members of Holy Cross conveying their... »
61 Votes
Living Lutheran with cross & crown: Entry 5
Member of the church, Jill Hetzel, shares how she lives Lutheran.... »
1 Votes
Living Lutheran with cross & crown: Entry 4
Member of the church, Jan Patterson, shares how she lives Lutheran.... »
1 Votes
Living Lutheran with cross & crown: Entry 3
Member of the church, Amanda Hetzel, shares how she lives Lutheran.... »
1 Votes
Living Lutheran is living communally
Jacob's Porch is a Christian community in Columbus, Ohio, in the University District of Ohio State. We focus on intentional and intimate community in the hopes of fostering a Christ... »
100 Votes
The tuning
In living Lutheran we find ourselves stopped at times when doing good works. We have doubts, make mistakes or just have a lack of inspiration, but when we live Lutheran,... »
22 Votes
Central Lutheran Church Winona — living Lutheran
This is our video for the 2011 ELCA "Living Lutheran" video contest. The video is based around our meal we call the Feast that we serve every Wednesday at 5... »
1 Votes
Living Lutheran with cross & crown: Entry 2
Member of the church, Andy Camou, shares how he lives lutheran.... »
1 Votes
Friday Fun Fest — How we are freed to serve
This video gives a description of our Friday Fun Fest ministry. We invite 150 elementary school students from Loves Park Elementary to play games, enjoy a snack and learn life... »
13 Votes
Living Lutheran with cross & crown
Member of the church, Jim Dreher, shares how he lives lutheran.... »
1 Votes
Change the world!
At St. James we do many things to try to change the world and believe that Living Lutheran is done in our every day living. It's about Jesus and about... »
16 Votes
Who is that masked man? Why, it's Martin Luther!
People at Immanuel live Lutheran so well that we have even started to look like our founder!... »
10 Votes
Change for change — living Lutheran at St. Stephen's, Hicksville, N.Y.
As part of living Lutheran, and led by the youth in our congregation, St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Hicksville, N.Y., is collecting spare change each week in water bottles and... »
4 Votes
St. Paul Lutheran, Morgantown, W.Va., is living Lutheran
One of our most important ways of living Lutheran is feeding people. Our steeple provides an important reminder of this identity. As Jesus fed the multitude and continues to feed... »
26 Votes
St. James lives Lutheran
The congregation of St. James Lutheran Church in Lexington, S.C., lives Lutheran through day-to-day activities. Whether we are helping feed the hungry or worshiping Christ on Sunday, our mission is... »
18 Votes
How we live Lutheran
The children of Immanuel -- freed to love, celebrate, grow, laugh and serve.... »
22 Votes
Living Lutheran at Barner's Church
Barner's Church has been "living Lutheran" for over 200 years by supporting our members, the community and our world. We've donated over $300,000 in the last 60 years using proceeds... »
5 Votes
Epiphany — Living Lutheran
This is how our small congregation shares God's love and supports our community.... »
20 Votes
Free In Christ To Serve — YOU!
Direct from historic Hollywood, Calif., HLC Studios Presents: From LUCAS and Pastor Dan Hooper and the congregation of HLC: "Free In Christ to Serve -- YOU!" Starring: Bill & Karla... »
9 Votes
Living Lutheran 'Focusing on Jesus' Light'
Members of our Lutheran church, St. John's Lutheran in Sacramento, Calif., brought overwhelming love and support to the Pop family. Newborn Elizabeth Cady Pop was diagnosed with rare a skin... »
10 Votes
What does it mean to be Lutheran?
A brief video explaining what it means to be Lutheran from the congregation of the Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Atlanta.... »
7 Votes
Freed in Christ to serve: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Casper, Wyo.
The congregation of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Casper, Wyo., is connected by a hallway to Shepherd of the Valley Care Center. There is no "us" and "them" in this... »
3 Votes
Living Lutheran in Missoula, Mont.
Who is that masked man (or woman), and what are those Montana Lutherans up to?... »
2 Votes
We are freed to ...
Christ Lutheran Church offers many opportunities for each of us to get involved and serve each other in many ways. This video shows just a handful of those opportunities.... »
12 Votes
Freed In Christ to serve ... with a spirit of joy
At Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church in Orlando, Fla., God's grace inspires us to gratefully love and serve others in the world from Orlando to Haiti to Africa and beyond.... »
29 Votes
Living Lutheran
Our church is Faith Lutheran Church in Joliet, Ill., and this is how we live Lutheran every day.... »
5 Votes
St. Jacobs Spaders Lutheran Church
This is our church's explanation of how we live Lutheran today. If you enjoy, it please give us your vote.... »
15 Votes
St. James in Gettysburg lives Lutheran every day!
How we live Lutheran at home, at work, and in the community.... »
9 Votes
How we live Lutheran at Lord of Mercy
This video shows how we live Lutheran at Lord of Mercy Lutheran Church in Sparks, NV. It also shows how we are freed in Christ to serve our neighbors both... »
12 Votes
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Milwaukee — living Lutheran
Living Lutheran is doing, being, the people of God in our community.... »
8 Votes
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Casper, Wyo. — living Lutheran
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church serves the community of Casper, Wyo. -- including the people, cats and dogs.... »
2 Votes
Christ Lutheran special report
Our Sunday school class does a special report on living Lutheran.... »
2 Votes
Living Lutheran the Texas way — St. John's Waller, Texas
St. John's is a congregation of the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod of the ELCA. We are a rural church serving in a Metropolitan area. The video depicts congregational family, youth... »
16 Votes
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Several members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Boise, Idaho, explain in their own words what "living Lutheran today" means to them.... »
3 Votes
Sion Lutheran Church — living in Christ
Evangelical Lutheran Church Sion. Puertoricans living in Christ to serve.... »
23 Votes
Really, really, freed!
Created by Abera Desta and Jane Sinclair At Trinity Lutheran Church in Westbrook, Maine, each new day is an opportunity to follow JESUS,embrace the needs of all people, and share... »
66 Votes
St. Paul's is freed in Christ to serve
Each summer, St. Paul's adds over 80 children to its existing Christian education enrollment of around 30 to teach the word of Christ. Through months and months of preparation, our... »
69 Votes
We're Lutheran. It's what we do.
We asked the congregation to write down what they were doing to serve others. Not necessarily the official church-sponsored activities, but what they were doing in their own lives --... »
19 Votes
Living Lutheran across the globe
Osseo Evangelical Lutheran Church is in rural Wisconsin, and when we commissioned congregation member Karen Ressel to serve as an ELCA missionary with the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Uganda,... »
23 Votes
Our Savior's, Rockford, Ill. — living Lutheran
Our Savior's Lutheran Church, of Rockford, Ill., has a hands-on approach to living Lutheran with a toe tapping tone.... »
18 Votes
Prince of Peace lives Lutheran by lifting up the community
Prince of Peace Lutheran in Largo, Fla., believes in opening our doors and sharing God's love with our neighbors. We show God's strength by giving our community "a lift" through... »
14 Votes
Holy Spirit
The people of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Shawnee, Okla., have taken a leap of faith. Rather than being tethered to their old building, they have chosen to build... »
12 Votes
Outside my own little world
Our entry is a music video created by the middle school and high school youth at the church. The singing and instruments for the video are done by the music... »
0 Votes
Grace, love and power at Shekinah Chapel
Our motto at Shekinah is to bring them in, train them up and ship them out. This is an example of how we live Lutheran.... »
11 Votes
Augustana prayer shawl ministry
Follow the tale of the yarn. How the quiet prayer shawl ministry impacts many lives.... »
61 Votes
Mountain View has a mission
Pastor Glenn Zorb of Mountain View Lutheran Church in Phoenix, Ariz., discusses the mission of the church with pictures and videos from mission trips past with interviews of youths who... »
8 Votes
Rising from the ashes
The Welcome Ministry created a living church out of the ashes and rubble of St. Paulus Lutheran Church, which burned down in the 1990s. The Free Farm, which was constructed... »
2 Votes
Living Lutheran through gracious living
Vacation Bible Camp kids show they are freed in Christ to serve, by decorating over 1,000 eggs to donate to the Salvation Army! Music used in video: Song: "The Way... »
11 Votes
Breaking bread
Once each month, the youth of St. Paul's cook an elegant dinner for the five residents of the church's homeless shelter. The dinners are planned, shopped for, and cooked by... »
24 Votes
Luther Place living Lutheran
Our congregation is Luther Place Memorial Church in Washington, D.C., and this is how we live Lutheran. We are transformed by grace, radical welcome, loving service, challenging injustice, courageous action,... »
113 Votes
The youth of Providence Lutheran Church living Lutheran
Lutherans have many opportunities to show the community that living Lutheran makes a difference. And you don't have to do anything different than living your lives normally. The music used... »
11 Votes
Trinity Lutheran Church lives Lutheran!
Collage of pictures describing the life at Trinity Lutheran Church, Findlay, Ohio. This was created and submitted by the TLC Youth.... »
40 Votes
What faith are we passing on to our youth?
Youth and adults from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Fayetteville, Ark., (http://www.gslc-arkansas.org), in conversation with Kenda Creasy Dean's book "Almost Christian", explore the contrast between the faith of the Apostles' Creed... »
105 Votes
How the youth of Holy Trinity live Lutheran
These are the opportunities that the youth of Holy Trinity have to live Lutheran. The music used in the video is "Freedom Come" by Faithland, found at www.godlychristianmusic.com.... »
8 Votes
Zion in Anoka, Minn. — Living Lutheran
A lighter look at how "Martin" and Zion Lutheran Church, Anoka, Minn., takes the "95 Theses" into the 21st century -- living out the statements of faith in our daily... »
47 Votes
The 'Lutheran Laugh-In' presented by the Lutheran Parish of Northern Dutchess
We are "freed in Christ to serve" with boundless joy, good humor and laughter as we nurture a feeling of "oneness" among the members of our newly formed three-point parish.... »
15 Votes
New Life Lutheran Church — living Lutheran by serving
At New Life Lutheran Church, we know that God has given us the gift of His love and, having that gift, we should share it with the community around us... »
60 Votes
Cathedral in the Night: worship and justice, fellowship and food
This video is a brief introduction to Cathedral in the Night. We are a community of the housed and the homeless, the lost and the found, the rich and the... »
23 Votes
St. Timothy, Geneseo, N.Y.
St. Timothy is a community of the people of God, called to minister to all people! See the amazing ways the Spirit moves through St. Timothy.... »
34 Votes
Embedded in the community
Cross of Grace Lutheran Church, a 1-year-old mission, provides blood pressure screenings, health information to adults and material to educate youth on healthy eating. We provide a booth at the... »
32 Votes
Freed in Christ from the plague of "We've never done it that way before"
Immanuel and Trinity Lutheran Churches are finally relieved from the plague of "We've never done it that way before," and are freed in Christ to serve the Golden, Ill. community... »
4 Votes
Through our hands ...
God's Work, Our Hands. ... At Saint Andrew Lutheran Church ALL ARE WELCOME! We have been freed in Christ to serve. Though a small congregation, we work together to meet... »
28 Votes
The Divine Service — the center of our Lutheran life
The Divine Service of word and sacrament is the heart and center of our Lutheran faith.... »
33 Votes
Border Lutherans: San Lucas — Eagle Pass, Texas
Our congregation is San Lucas in Eagle Pass, Texas, and this is how we live Lutheran. We have encounters with God's word and we celebrate God's grace. Like Martin Luther... »
33 Votes
Communion never tasted so good
In a world where communion has gone stale, one youth group breaks down the walls of food injustice. Freed in Christ to serve communion bread as Jesus would have eaten:... »
23 Votes
Freed in Christ
In a world where Sunday morning is plagued with stale wafers, one youth group will attempt the unattemptable. In Woburn, Mass., at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, five youths and... »
24 Votes
Living Lutheran in Loveland
This video, about the ways in which we live Lutheran in Loveland, Ohio, tells the story of women who are in Section 8 housing in Loveland, Ohio. We are in... »
67 Votes
Grace in the city — we're in the city for good — Phoenix, Ariz.
The people of Grace Lutheran Church in Phoenix, Ariz., live Lutheran in central Phoenix through our Five Guiding Principles 1.) Jesus is Lord 2.) Pray, Seek & Follow God's Will... »
45 Votes
Living Lutheran in Knoxville: hunger, education and accompaniment
A quick view at how Gloria Dei Lutheran Church has lived and continues to live as Lutheran Christians in Knoxville, Tenn. We worship, walk with our neighbors, provide for the... »
18 Votes
LIving Lutheran at Arndt's Lutheran Church
Our congregation recently began a new mission (April 2010) because "Jesus called us" to look out into our greater community and meet a need. The aging population is a huge... »
67 Votes
Mission moments
Those of us who live in this beautiful area are fully aware that we are freed in Christ to serve in mission -- for the mountain that looms over our... »
81 Votes
Living Lutheran-Faith Worship Center at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
The bread cast upon the waters long ago in Africa through the mission of the ELCA after many years has returned and is giving life to the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran... »
13 Votes
BLC Living Lutheran
Young, old, male, female, employed, retired, married, single, new members, lifelong members, conservative, liberal, certain, questioning--all free to serve one another and all of God's creation humbly in love. We... »
8 Votes
Hugs for humanity
The Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity was invited to participate with the Nothing But Nets program to help stop a deadly disease - malaria. Our members, friends and neighbors... »
44 Votes
St. John, Sudbury, Mass., — Hands of service
Original music under still photos of hands of service at St. John.... »
0 Votes
Hearts and hands of God's children
Redeemer Lutheran Church highlights the following ministries: God's Global Barnyard confirmation students fundraising, Shared Meal, Stitching Angels.... »
63 Votes
Life began in a garden ...
Two mission partners ... one rural and one urban ... plant a garden called "Peace" in a city neighborhood. It's the gift of new creation and a witness to God's... »
77 Votes
Living Lutheran in State Center, Iowa
See how the members of St. Paul Lutheran Church in State Center, Iowa, have been "Living Lutheran" for over 125 years by living in hope, growing in faith and serving... »
33 Votes
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Pemberville is living Lutheran!
At Bethlehem Lutheran Church we are celebrating our 150th anniversary, and one way we are living Lutheran is by our "Pray it Forward" program. Watch and see what a difference... »
129 Votes
Living Lutheran at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
The Lutheran Church of the Resurrection is proud to participate in the ELCA's contest,"Living Lutheran". This video shows a small part of how we are nurturing and expanding our ministries... »
10 Votes
Serving Boldly at Ascension Lutheran Church
History of one of the oldest Lutheran Churches in Milwaukee and how they are serving boldly.... »
0 Votes
Peace marches in the light of God
Peace Lutheran Church in Joplin, Mo., is freed in Christ to serve and continues to do so, despite the destruction of its building in the devastating May tornado that hit... »
63 Votes
Saint Matthew Lutheran, our first 60 years
A brief history of our congregation's first 60 years. As told by the Rev. Ingrid Wengert and charter member Dorothy Shockey.... »
3 Votes
Partners in Faith progressive service
In the spring of 2010 four neighboring congregations, Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church, Temple Beth-El, Spring Creek United Church of Christ and St. Anskar Episcopal Church, came together to better... »
15 Votes
Living Lutheran at Faith, Springfield, Ill.
Faith Lutheran Church in Springfield, Ill., is your church for new beginnings. Because of what Jesus has done for us, we are set free to serve, worship, pray and live.... »
195 Votes
Freed to love
At St. John St. Paul, we make it our greatest priority to share God's love by embracing, accepting and inviting all to be apart of our family. We have been... »
31 Votes
Living Lutheran and laying foundations
For the past three years members of St. Paul-Reformation (St. Paul, Minn.) and members of Christ the Liberator (Nahualapa, El Salvador) have been laying a foundation of accompaniment across cultures.... »
342 Votes
Living Lutheran 24/7
Here's an 88-second video about how Gustavus Adolphus Church in St. Paul, Minn., lives Lutheran. Becoming a child of God in baptism. Knowing that we are saved by grace through... »
9 Votes
Livin' Lutheran Campus Ministry
We love living Lutheran, serving God and sharing the good news of Jesus at University Lutheran Church of the Epiphany and Lutheran Campus Ministry in St. Cloud, Minn.!... »
319 Votes
Living Lutheran - St. Luke's Lutheran Church
This video is for the ELCA video contest from St. Luke's Lutheran Church in West Collingswood, NJ. The saying that best exemplifies this church is ,"quality over quantity". Our congregation... »
78 Votes
Reverse offering (This is our way of living Lutheran) An invitation to stand in the margins
The reverse offering is just the beginning. A ministry with gang members in Yakima, Wash., begins with Pastor Jim Engel reading Father Greg Boyle's book, "Tattoos on the Heart." Central... »
73 Votes
Be the blessing
On May 22, 2011, Bethany Lutheran Church of Cherry Hills Village, Colo., canceled services. We canceled services to go out into the community to serve people in need. Over 800... »
93 Votes
Living Lutheran at LCOS, Tampa, Fla.
What it means to live Lutheran in today's world. Lutheran Church of Our Saviour in Tampa, Fla.... »
40 Votes
Living Lutheran — creatures of His zoo
We are God's creatures doing His work in His zoo!... »
420 Votes
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