Lutheran Worship

Description: Participants will study the basic elements of Lutheran worship. Some of the segments are: Word, Sacraments, Confession and Absolution, and prayer. Because of the need/concern, participants will investigate traditional Lutheran worship, contemporary worship, and Special Orders of the Day.II. Objectives:

• For worship to be Lutheran, it should have a number of components.
• There is a difference between substance and style.
• Worship is God’s service among us and our response to God’s invitation.
• Different church bodies have different objectives.
• A deacon/SMP student needs to learn the impact of leading worship well.

Participants will, in the course of this seminar:· Recognize the difference between other worship forms and Lutheran worship;

• Understand the individual components of Lutheran worship and how to do them;
• Learn the various historical traditional forms of worship;
• Understand and appreciate the sacramental and sacrificial elements of worship
• Learn how to draft contemporary worship that is distinctly Lutheran.

Texts and materials:

Primary text:

• Maschke, Timothy, H., Gathered Guests: A Guide to Worship in the Lutheran Church.2003, Concordia Publishing House: St. Louis. ISBN# 0-570-04276-3
• The Holy Bible: ESV or NIV translation

Secondary text:

• 2006, Lutheran Service Book. Concordia Publishing House: St. Louis.ISBN# 0-7586-1217-6 (This should be your own copy, since you will be writing in it)
• Kolb, R., & Wengert, T. J. (2000). The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (C. P. Arand, Trans.; 2nd edition). Fortress Press.

Optional texts:1941. The Lutheran Hymnal. Concordia Publishing House: St. Louis.

1982. Lutheran Worship. Concordia Publishing House: St. Louis.