Liturgy for Sunday, June 20, 2021

Commemoration of the Emanuel Nine
​Northeastern Minnesota Synod

Commemoration of the Emanuel Nine

At the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, voting members designated June 17 as a commemoration of the martyrdom of the Emanuel 9—the nine people shot and killed on June 17, 2015, during a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC. On the Sunday closest to June 17 each year, ELCA congregations in NEMN    Synod join our siblings in Christ from the AME Church to host                  Commemoration of Emanuel 9 Sunday.  Resources for this Sunday are compiled by Together Here Ministries.
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We give you thanks, Holy God, for the faithful life and witness of Clementa, Cynthia, Susie, Ethel, DePayne, Tywanza, Daniel, Sharonda, and Myra, the Emanuel 9.  May their faith and witness to your saving love in the Lord, Jesus Christ, inspire all people to ensue paths of justice, courage and self giving love.