Life Week 2026: Sunday, January 18 – Saturday, January 24, 2026
“I praise you Lord for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14).
This Word of God reveals the care and intention that God takes in the creation of each and every human being. It teaches us that from the very first moments of our conception, God’s hands are upon us, carefully and lovingly crafting each one of us through our fathers and mothers. And while each person is created by God with their own unique characteristics and personalities, the care that God takes in creating each person shows us that every person, from the moment of fertilization on, is precious to God regardless of their age, size, condition, or ability.
- Download Life Week 2026 Flyer
- Check out more resources: Store: Life Sunday 2026
- Y4Life in Washington, D.C. – January 22-24, 2026
- Y4Life Summit – February 20-22, 2026
- Y4Life College Leadership Retreat – March 27-29, 2026
Click on the images above to download information about our Mascot Video Challenge and T-Shirt Design Contest.
Life Week 2026 Zoom Link
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83862063962
Meeting ID: 838 6206 3962
Passcode: 823940
Use the link above for all Life Week 2026 online presentations.
All Zoom sessions begin at 7:00 p.m. CT/8:00 p.m. ET. Find more details below.
Life Week 2026 | Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Coloring Pages
- Download: Life Week 2026 Coloring Pages
Daily Themes:
Sunday, January 18 – Fearfully and Wonderfully Made … As God’s Own
Focus: An overview of the Created-Redeemed-Called Gospel-motivation and practical suggestions for sharing the sanctity of life.
Join live on Zoom.
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Aric Fenske
Monday, January 19 – Fearfully and Wonderfully Made … With a God-Given Identity
Focus: Exploring the creation vs. evolution debate from a Lutheran perspective and how it affects our identities as children of God in our vocations.
Prerecorded for flexible use.
Speaker: Rev. Darrell Debowey
- Activity Sheet – Day 2 – With a God-Given Identity
- Fact Sheet Day 2
- Life Week 2026 Devotion – Day 2 – Bauman
Tuesday, January 20 – Fearfully and Wonderfully Made … Despite the Pre-natal Diagnosis
Focus: Addressing prenatal testing and diagnoses, this presentation will discuss how to uphold the lives of those who have received an adverse prenatal diagnosis.
Join live on Zoom.
Speaker: Rev. Daniel Freeman
- Activity Sheet – Day 3 – Despite the Prenatal Diagnosis
- Fact Sheet Day 3
- Life Week 2026 Devotion – Day 3 – Jerabek
Wednesday, January 21 – Fearfully and Wonderfully Made … For a Forever Family (adoption and foster care)
Focus: The importance of both physical family and spiritual family for foster and adoptive children, as well as the issues foster and adoptive children may face as they become members of a new family.
Prerecorded for flexible use.
Speakers: Rev. Derek and Gretchen Roberts
- Activity Sheet – Day 4 – For a Forever Family
- Fact Sheet Day 4
- Life Week 2026 Devotion – Day 4 – Highby
Thursday, January 22 – Fearfully and Wonderfully Made … For Life
Focus: Affirming the value of life from the moment of fertilization and using apologetics to defend and uphold life from the beginning.
Watch on Facebook Live.
Speaker: Dr. Adam Francisco
Y4Life Speaker: Dr. Donna Harrison
Friday, January 23 – Fearfully and Wonderfully Made … Even When it Hurts
Focus: Supporting those who have experienced earthly suffering and pointing them to the hope and forgiveness found in Christ Jesus.
Join live on Zoom.
Panel Speakers: Rev. Todd Peperkorn, Ryan Bomberger, Rev. Harrison Goodman, Bev Yahnke
YA Speaker: Chrissie Gillet
- Activity Sheet – Day 6 – Even When It Hurts
- Fact Sheet Day 6
- Life Week 2026 Devotion – Day 6 – Peperkorn
Saturday, January 24 – Fearfully and Wonderfully Made … To Serve and Be Served
Focus: Leveraging one’s skills and talents to serve those in the community and reminding them of the love of Christ and His desire to serve the Church through the Sacraments.
Watch on Facebook Live.
Adult, Y4Life, and YA Speaker: Rev. Matthew Harrison
Youth Speaker: Rev. Todd Peperkorn