Preview Kit Received

The Worshiplog has received a kit and we will detail it's contents here tomorrow soon.

ELW preview kits mailed

The preview kits for the new ELCA hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, have been just been mailed to each and every ELCA congregation.

It seems to have been rushed into production because there is a major error in the kit:

from renewingworship.org:

Please note that the labels on the enclosed CDs have been reversed. The one labeled "CD-ROM" is actually the music CD and the one labeled "Holy Communion Audio Sampler" is actually the CD-ROM.

Hymnody, Liturgical Music and FAQ Background Documents

Despite Renewingworship.com's what's new page, it's still a little difficult to keep up with everything posted on the site.

As far as the Evangelical Lutheran Worshiplog staff can ascertain, these documents have been posted recently (i.e., we don't remember seeing them before today, but it seems like they've been there for a month or so).

• Background document: Hymnody
  Hymnody.rtf
• Background document: Liturgical Music
  Liturgical_Music.rtf
• Background document: Frequently Asked Questions
  FAQs.rtf

The FAQ seems particularly useful, if not for congregations, then at least for worship committees. With slight alterations, versions of it could appear in church newsletters.

(We might make our own lay-friendly FAQ soon.)