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Annual Candle Lighting Service for Mental Illness

 

The All-Lutheran Candle Lighting for Mental Illness is held during the month of October. On the Sunday of their choice, Lutheran congregations are encouraged to light a candle and pray for persons with mental illness and for their families.



Download 2010 Candle Lighting resources
(files are PDFPDF Format): 
  A Candle Lighting service from the Lutheran Network on Mental Illness – a predecessor organization
  A sample liturgy from Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran, Juneau, Alaska 
  A litany by Pastor Jeff Ronning

The National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) has also put together a Spanish resource.

Also available is the 2008 liturgyPDF Format published by the Lutheran Network for Brain Disorders and Mental Illness.

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