All Saints’ Day celebration has a long history in the worship life of the Christian Church. It began as a commemoration of the martyrs who had died for the faith,
and it has since become a day when we honor and remember those who, in death, have joined the Church Triumphant, as well as the faithful saints of the present who
serve Jesus Christ. Martin Luther held that all Christians are simultaneously sinner and saint–a sinner because of our rebellious nature, but a saint because of salvation in Jesus.

Today, by reading their names and lighting a candle for each, we remember those of our congregation who have died and who have been baptized during the past year.
Afterward, there will be an opportunity for anyone in the congregation to come forward to light a candle in memory of someone dear to them. This will proceed
spontaneously and at will; there will be no ushers directing you. Following the lighting of the candles, we proclaim the message of hope and life eternal through
Jesus Christ. May all the saints, past and present, endure forever in God’s grace!

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