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 PDF): 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 RonningThe National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) has also put together a Spanish resource.Also available is the 2008 liturgy published by the Lutheran Network for Brain Disorders and Mental Illness.