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Evangelical Lutheran Worship
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Renewing Worship
At the turn of the Millennium, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America embarked upon a several-year process with a view to
renewing worship in
the ELCA
and the creation of worship resources to succeed Lutheran Book of Worship.
From early days, the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Canada was granted standing in the ELCA's
Renewing Worship project. The Canadian dimension of the Renewing
Worship project was shepherded by Karen
Johnson-Lefsrud [e-mail] of
Victoria, British Columbia,
and André Lavergne [e-mail]
of New Hamburg, Ontario. Now that the Renewing Worship Project has issued in a new
constellation of Evangelical Lutheran Worship resources, Ms. Debbie
Lou Ludolph [e-mail] of Eden Mills,
Ontario, has joined the Canadian coordinating team.
Evangelical Lutheran Worship
Our new worship, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, is available in
electronic as well as print form and provides a "core" collection of hymns and liturgical
material.
Evangelical Lutheran
Worship includes 10 musical settings of the Holy
Communion --some familiar and some new-- and a Service of the Word; service
outlines and descriptions; the complete Psalter; Luther's Small Catechism; over 700
hymns, songs & service music pieces; liturgies for Lent and the Great Three Days;
Welcome to Baptism liturgy in addition to liturgies for Baptism and Affirmation of
Baptism; Marriage, Funeral and Healing services; expanded prayer resources; Daily
Prayer services (Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Night Prayer, Responsive Prayer);
more.
A Few Fast Facts
The rate of adoption for our new worship book is astonishing, especially in the ELCIC.
Here are some fast facts, accurate at September 1, 2007:
- Evangelical Lutheran Worship is in its 5th printing.
- Some 772,000 copies have been ordered in North America (ELCA + ELCIC).
That's about 1 copy for every 6-7 ELCA/ELCIC Lutherans combined.
- In Canada, 40,000 copies have been spoken for. That's 1 copy for every 4-5
ELCIC Lutherans.
- About 300 ELCIC congregations have placed congregational orders representing
between 60% and 70% of the ELCIC worshipping community. Many other congregations have
ordered copies for the choir or for exploration by congregational leaders.
- All ELCIC synods and seminaries have copies as do other church-related institutions.
- Many supporting resources are now available for musicians and other worship ministers.
Dedicated Web Site
Augsburg Fortress Canada has created a dedicated Evangelical Lutheran Worship website.
The Road Where Faith Is Found
Borrowed from the poetry of United Church of Canada pastor Sylvia Dunstan
(1955-1993), author of Bless Now, O God, the Journey (Evangelical
Lutheran
Worship hymn 326), The Road Where Faith Is Found is the title of a
series of
pastoral essays appearing a few each month, beginning December, 2006. The
authors
include our
six ELCIC bishops and a number of ELCIC pastors. The essays are designed to
support the introduction of Evangelical Lutheran Worship in
the
context of a church In Mission for Others The complete Road
Where Faith Is Found series of pastoral letters is available on the
Worship
Matters page.
Retirement Rite
Pastor Eric Dyck, Coordinator of the Eastern Synod's recent Evangelical Lutheran
Worship introductory workshops, has
crafted a Retirement Rite for the Lutheran Book of Worship.
Worship Workbench
With the publication of Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Pastor Paul Bosch,
CWA, has created a series of four Worship Workbench essays entitled Fifty Nifty Things About
Evangelical Lutheran Worship.
Information Bulletins
Through 2005, the ELCIC's participation in Renewing Worship was detailed in a
series
of 12 information bulletins (PDF files). With the conclusion of the field testing and
evaluation phase of several years, and with the birth of Evangelical Lutheran
Worship, the series of bulletins has taken a new direction.
- ELCIC + Evangelical Lutheran Worship ~ 3 ~ Invitation to Fall Introductory Workshops (July,
2006)
- ELCIC + Evangelical Lutheran Worship ~ 2 ~ Cover Letter from the Congregational Resource Kit (March,
2006)
- ELCIC + Evangelical Lutheran Worship ~ 1 ~ Plan for Introduction of Evangelical Lutheran Worship
(December,
2005)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 12
~ Delegates' Update ~
2005
(June, 2005)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 11
~ Convention Update ~
2005
(May, 2005)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 10
~ 2005
National Convention
Resource
Proposal (November, 2004)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 9
~ Update ~
Summer, 2004
(August, 2004)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 8
~ Holy
Communion and Related
Rites (April, 2004)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 7
~ Update ~
Summer, 2003
(June, 2003)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 6
~ Call for
New Settings
(January, 2003)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 5
~ Authorized
Resources ~ Fall,
2002 (September, 2002)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 4
~ Update ~
Summer, 2002 (July,
2002)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 3
~ Call for
New Hymns
(March,
2002)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 2
~ Partnership in Ministry
(March, 2002)
- ELCIC + Renewing Worship ~ 1 ~ Introduction (March, 2002)
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Wendell Grahlman (Holy Cross)