Summary of Liturgical Review Process

Renewing Worship has finally posted a page about the summary of the liturgical review process. (For those of you keeping track, this is about a month after they said they would post it.)

Summary of the liturgical review process for Evangelical Lutheran Worship [RTF]

From the Conclusion of the document:

As a whole and in most of its parts, the proposed content was judged to be faithful to Scripture, consistent with the church’s historic tradition, reflective of a Lutheran understanding of the use of the means of grace, and accessible to today’s worshiping assembly in both language and style.

Renewing Worship lists the reviewers, but with the help of Google, here is a more informative list:

• The Rev. Lowell G. Almen, Secretary of the ELCA
• Bishop Jon V. Anderson, Bishop of the Southwestern Minnesota Synod
• The Rev. Dr. Michael B. Aune, Dean of the Faculty & Chapel at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
• The Rev. Dr. Mark P. Bangert, Prof. of Worship and Church Music, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
• The Rev. Paul Bosch, retired pastor, author of Worship Workbench
• Dr. Claire Bushong, Assistant Prof. of Music, Dana College
• Ms. Madelyn Busse, Diaconal Minister Rocky Mountain Synod
• Ms. Beth Nelson Chase
• Dr. Carl Cherland, Chair of Music, Luther College
• The Rev. Lisa Cleaver, ELCA Director for Disability Ministries and Deaf Ministry
• Dr. Daniel Crews, Archivist, Moravian Church, Southern Province
• Bishop David deFreese, Nebraska Synod
• The Rev. Dennis H. Dickman, Director of Continuing Education, Wartburg Theological Seminary
• The Rev. Robert L. Driesen, Pastor, Messiah Lutheran Church, South Williamsport, PA
• The Rev. Eric Dyck, Pastor, St. John's Lutheran Church, Montreal Canada
• Dr. Joseph A. Edelheit, Rabbi, Temple Israel, Minneapolis, MN
• Dr. Maria E. Erling, Assoc. Prof. of the History of Christianity in North America and Global Missions, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
• The Rev. Alexandra George, Pastor, Zion Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN
• Mr. Mark Glaeser, Minister of Music, Christ Lutheran Church, Charlotte, NC
• Ms. Jan Graettinger, Leadership Program for Musicians Coordinator for Western Iowa Synod
• Mr. Timothy Guenther, Director of Music, First English Lutheran Church, Mansfield, OH
• Bishop Mark S. Hanson, Presiding Bishop of the ELCA
• The Rev. Mark Harris, Pastor, Mount Zion Lutheran Church, Waterloo, ON
• Dr. Susan Hegberg, Prof. of Music, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
• Ms. Valerie Hess, Music Coordinator/Organist, Trinity Lutheran Church, Boulder, CO
• Bishop Robert D. Hofstad, Southwestern Washington Synod
• Ms. Maren Hulden, President, Lutheran Youth Organization
• The Rev. Dr. Rodney R. Hutton, Prof. of Old Testament, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH
• Dr. Martin Jean, Director, Yale Institute of Sacred Music
• Dr. Patricia Kazarow, Prof. of Music and Director of Christ Chapel Choir, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
• The Rev. Timothy J. Keyl, Pastor, Christ the King Lutheran Church, Nashua, NH
• The Rev. Dr. Dirk Lange, Assistant Professor of Christian Assembly, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
• The Rev. Benjamin Larzelere III, Pastor, Christ Lutheran Church, Santa Fe, NM
• The Rev. Dr. Randall R. Lee, Executive for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations, ELCA
• The Rev. Dr. Richard G. Leggett, Professor of Liturgical Studies, Vancouver, BC
• Ms. Debbie Lou Ludolph, author, God's Children: Teaching Liturgy to Children
• The Rev. Donald Luther, on the editorial team of Renewing Worship's Rites Related to Life Passages
• The Rev. Richard Magnus, Executive Director, Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission unit
• The Rev. Brian K. Malison, Christ Lutheran Church, Visalia, CA
• Bishop James Mauney, Virginia Synod
• The Rev. Lyle McKenzie, Pastor, Lutheran Church of the Cross, Victoria, BC; Lutheran Chaplian, University of Victoria, BC
• Bishop Marcus J. Miller, Northeast Ohio Synod
• The Rev. Dr. Clayton Morris, Liturgical Officer, Office for Liturgy and Music, Episcopal Church
• The Rev. Dr. Mark W. Oldenburg
• The Rev. Dr. Stanley Olson
• Mr. Thomas Pavlechko
• The Rev. Diane H. Pedersen
• The Rev. Dr. Duane A. Priebe
• The Rev. Frederick Rajan
• The Rev. Dr. Peter Rehwaldt
• Mr. Jacob K. Rinderknecht
• Ms. Alison Roberts
• The Rev. Dr. Franklin Sherman
• The Rev. Harvard W. Stephens Jr.
• The Rev. Karl-John N. Stone
• Ms. Marilyn Stulken
• The Rev. Connie Thomson
• The Rev. Chrysanne Timm
• Mr. Larry Weckwerth
• The Rev. Deanna M. Wildermuth
• Prof. Wayne Wold
• Dr. Rändel Wolfe

It is believed that this list is accurate, but it may not be current or complete. Send corrections to dsinden@gmail.com.

ELW is available for pre-order

Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) the new primary worship resource for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is available for pre-order from Augsburg Fortress.

The book will be published Tuesday 3 October 2006.

ELW is currently being offered in these formats

• Accompaniment Edition: Hymns ($55)
• Accompaniment Edition: Liturgies ($55)
• Leaders Desk Edition ($20)
• Leaders Ritual Edition ($140)
• Liturgies CD-ROM ($395)
• Pew Edition ($20)

Interestingly, the Pew Edition weighs in at a mamoth 1248 pages. The current hymnal, Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) is 960 pages.