50 Days Ablaze

"They asked each other, 'Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?'" Luke 24:32

The 50 Days Ablaze Missions/Outreach Journey is for individual and congregational spiritual growth and commitment. St. Luke developed 50 Days Ablaze with the 50 days from Easter to Pentecost in mind, but a congregation can use it at any time in the year.  The participation is three-tiered: 

• Individual - Members read daily devotions based on the seven mission responses of the Ablaze initiative.

• Group - Members meet weekly in small group Bible studies based on the seven mission responses.

• Congregational - Members participate in weekly worship services and hear sermons based on the seven mission responses.

50 Daily Devotions

Daily Devotions were written for 50 Days Ablaze! by Rev. Barry J. Keurulainen, Senior Pastor of St. Luke Lutheran Church and School, Cabot, Pennsylvania, and were approved by LCMS Doctrinal Review.  They are posted below in seven sets, along with accompanying pages and a front and back cover.

Please feel free to download these devotions and reproduce them for your congregation's use. These devotions may not be edited, sold or used for other purposes without the prior written consent of the author. Effort was made to give credit where it is due; please include the copyright page and bibliography when distributing copies of the devotions.

The following are PDF files. You will need Acrobat Reader to open them.

The devotions are large files and may take several minutes to open.

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
"Learn" Devotions (Days 1-7)
"Pray" Devotions (Days 8-14)
"Give" Devotions (Days 15-21)
"Tell" Devotions (Days 22-28)
"Send" Devotions (Days 29-35)
"Go" Devotions (Days 36-42)
"Celebrate" Devotions (Days 43-49, includes Day 50)
Bibliography   
Back Cover (includes 7 weekly Bible verses)

1. Point your Internet browser to www.lcms.org. 2. Click on "Ablaze Movement" on the left hand side of the page.

3. When the next screen appears, click on "Report Your Ablaze! Activity".

4. Zion Lutheran Church is a registered congregation with the Ablaze! movement. To locate Zion, fill out the form with city, state, and country, and click the "Search" button.

5. When the page returns, click on the link for Zion Lutheran Church. This will take you to a page where you will answer questions about the event that took place and how many people were reached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

6. This final page will ask a series of questions about the event including, date of the event, a description, and who is entering the information on behalf of the church.

7. Scroll to the bottom of the page and enter the required information in each available field. When complete, click the "Submit" button to enter the information into the LCMS database. Note: the number of people reached will not immediately update. This occurs only once per week.

8. After a successful entry of all the required information, the web site will present a Thank You, and make it possible for you to report additional activity. If no further information is available, the submission of data is complete and has been registered with Ablaze! and Zion Lutheran Church.