Evangelical Lutheran Worshiplog

241 - O Lord, How Shall I meet You

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Tue, 22 May 2007 03:47:00 +0000

LBW 23. The stanzas from the LBW version which are included are 1, 3, 4, the first half of 5, and a modified second half of 6.

The second half of LBW stanza 6 begins: "[And blessed hope to those] Who love the Lord's appearing". This has been changed to "All hail the Lord's appearing!".

Phrases are now contained on a single system of music, rather than being arbitrarily carried to the next line due to barline placement.

This graphical change is odd given that the poetry of the sixth stanza was hammered into a new combined stanza.

240 - Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:26:00 +0000

WOV 630.

The text and tune are unchanged.

Layout in the pew edition is improved by removing the accompaniment. The hymn is now much more readable (and much less visually intimidating) to the congregant.

239 - Hark, the Glad Sound

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:19:00 +0000

LBW 35.

The text remains unchanged.

The previous 6-4 time signature has been reinterpreted as a more legible 3-4.

Quite apart from the hymn itself, one notices the distinctive choice of listing authorship information at the bottom of the page where the hymn first appears, not at the end of the hymn (on the facing page). A quick glance shows that this practice is continued throughout.

The table of contents

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:22:00 +0000

Includes:

Introduction
The Church Year
Holy Communion (ten musical settings and a Service of the Word)
Holy Baptism
Lent and the Three Days
Life Passages
Daily Prayer
Assembly Song (this is where the complete psalter and hymns are)
Additional Resources

A few remarks on the "Pew Edition"

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:17:00 +0000

"Pew Edition" is sort of a misnomer. What about chairs? Is there a "Chair Edition" for those parishes that prefer that seating format?

Well, no matter. Evangelical Lutheran Worshiplog (ELW) suspects that we might take some heat for looking only at the Pew Edition. But here's what we're up to:

Most people will be using the pew edition, so we are too.
Usability and readability of the pew edition are important. The pew edition should be clear and easy to use. But this is of lesser import than the book's liturgical and musical.
Service music and hymn melodies should be able to stand by themselves. The harmonies provided by other editions are unnecessary.

Jumping ahead a little to the Introduction on page 8:

The pew edition stands alongside a leaders edition and a musical accompaniment editions in print, all of which are needed in order for this worship book to be used to its fullest.

And while we might not necessarily disagree with this, we are not really using the book here at ELW. We are just examining it.

We believe that to be understood to its fullest, one need only look to the pew edition of any hymnal.

So, whether it will be used in the pew or the chair, this is the edition we're talking about at ELW.

The title page

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 04:16:00 +0000

The title page includes (all left-justified):

A large Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) logo.

Below this, small "Evangelical Lutheran" in black italic type.

Below this, large "Worship" in black type.

At the bottom of the page, "Published by Augsburg Fortress" in black type.

The verso of this page includes copyright information as well as the notice that ELW "is commended for use in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America."

Apparently, I can't reproduce anything but "brief quotations". And yes, the Evangelical Lutheran Worshiplog is a "critical article or review". We like to think it's both an article and a review.

The copyright page also includes one more important bit of information: my copy is the "Pew Edition". This is important to our little project. More on this next.

The half-title page

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:11:00 +0000

The half-title page (page before the real title page) has a red Evangelical Lutheran Worship logo.

To the right of this logo are the words "Evangelical Lutheran", in italics, black type.

Also to the right of the logo and below "Evangelical Lutheran" is a large "Worship", also in black.

The inside cover

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:52:00 +0000

The inside cover is blank, as is the facing page.

The cover

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 03:16:00 +0000

It's red.

Are you ready? Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) is here, and we at Evangelical Lutheran Worshiplog have just received our copy.

The front cover is embossed with the ELW logo. The spine has a silver logo with the word "Worship" underneath.

We think this is a better choice than the word "Evangelical", though "Lutheran" may not have been so bad.

The back is just red.

How many hymns are we giving up from the LBW?

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Mon, 01 May 2006 22:30:00 +0000

The new Evangelical Lutheran Worship will contain nearly 700 hymns, but it will not include all of the hymns from the Lutheran Book of Worship (LBW) (1978).

192 hymns from the LBW will not be inlcuded in Evangelical Lutheran Worship

Aside from "Silent Night," however, I don't think any of the hymns will be missed greatly.

(I'm just kidding. "Silent Night" is still included.)

There are a few hymns, however, that I feel should have been included. While they may not have been "popular," they are uniquely Lutheran and I believe the editors have erred in leaving them out of the new book. These hymns are bolded in the folling list.

LBW hymns that will not appear in Evangelical Lutheran Worship

22 - The Advent of Our God
(Charles Coffin, 1736; no attempt to keep up appearances here: the very first hymn in the LBW is excluded)
24 - Come, O Precious Ransom
(Johann Gottfried Olearius, 1664)
38 - O Savior, Rend the Heavens Wide
(1623; this is an unfortunate loss of rich, Lutheran Advent imagery)
43 - Rejoice, Rejoice This Happy Morn
(Birgitte Katerine, 1778; this "hymn" has only one stanza)
48 - All Praise to You, Eternal Lord (Martin Luther, 1524)
49 - O Savior of Our Fallen Race (c. 1525)
59 - When Christmas Morn is Dawning (I can't say I'm sad to see this one go)
61 - The Hills Are Bare at Bethlehem
64 - From East to West (this is a loss of a unique, though maybe difficult to sing, Sarum Christmas hymn in English)
66 - Come Rejoicing, Praises Voicing
68 - He Whom Shepherds Once Came Praising (this awkward, lengthy combination of three tunes has fortunately died a natural death)
73 - All Hail to You, O Blessed Morn!
77 - O One with God the Father (perhaps this great pairing of Anglican text and tune didn't belong in a Lutheran hymnal?)
78 - All Praise to You, O Lord
79 - To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord (a translation of a text by Martin Luther)
81 - O Cheif of Cities, Bethlehem (a translation of a text by Prudentius, 348-413)
83 - From God the Father, Virgin-Born (Latin office hymn)
85 - When Christ's Appearing Was Made Known (Coelius Sedulius, c. 5th cent.)
86 - The Only Son from Heaven (Elizabeth Cruciger, c. 1500-1535)
93 - Jesus, Refuge of the Weary (Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498)
95 - Glory Be to Jesus (a short 18th cent. Italian hymn)
100 - Deep Were His Wounds (William Johnson, b. 1906)
101 - O Christ, Our King, Creator, Lord (Gregory I, 540-604)
103 - O Christ, Thou Lamb of God (Martin Luther possibly had a hand in arranging this single-stanza liturgical piece)
106 - In the Hour of Trial (a self-centered 19th cent. hymn)
110 - At the Cross, Her Station Keeping (a translation of the Stabat Mater)
112/3 - Jesus, in Thy Dying Woes (a 21 stanza "metrical litany")
114 - There Is a Green Hill Far Away (one of Cecil Frances Alexander's hymns on the Creed)
119 - Nature with Open Volume Stands (Isaac Watts, 1674-1748, a little too esoteric? vague?)
120 - Of the Glorious Body Telling (one setting of the Pange Lingua text, "Sing, My Tongue," is already included)
124/5 - The Royal Banners Forward Go (Vexilla Regis prodeunt, first sung November 19, 568)
127 - It Happened on That Fateful Night (Isaac Watts, text was "considerably altered" anyway)
133 - Jesus Lives! The Victory's Won! (similar sentiment and same tune included with "Jesus Lives, My Sure Defense")
138 - He Is Arisen! Glorious Word! (this single-stanza "hymn" was awkwardly set to the "Queen of Chorales" in the LBW)
146 - Rejoice, Angelic Choirs, Rejoice! (this 11th cent. Latin hymn attributed to Augustine was, like the Exultet, sung at the blessing of the Paschal candle)
150 - Make Songs of Joy (a short five-stanza Easter hymn)
152 - Look, Now He Stands (George Utech, 1963)
153 - Welcome, Happy Morning (I've always been a little wary of singing Aurthur Sullivan in church)
155 - Praise the Savior, Now and Ever (this was an English translation of the Swedish translation of the Latin Pange Lingua)
156 - Look, the Sight is Glorious (The Hymnal Companion calls this "among the finest hymns of the English language. Why wouldn't it be included?)
159 - Up through Endless Ranks of Angels (along with his translations, this original hymn of Jaroslav Vajda has been cut)
160 - Filled with the Spirit's Power (first published 1969)
162 - Lord God, the Holy Ghost (first published 1819)
164 - Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid (Veni Creator is included with "Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove")
167 - Glory Be to God the Father! (Horatius Bonar, first published 1867)
181 - Greet Now the Swiftly Changing Year (a seven-stanza Vadja translation)
182 - Rise, O Children of Salvation (This All Saints' hymn was penned by the first Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner. His ordination marked "the earliest recorded instance of the use of an organ in church services in the United States.")
183 - The Son of God Goes Forth to War (it's probably best to excise this militaristic imagery)
185 - Great God, a Blessing from Your Throne (first published 1880)
186 - How Blessed Is This Place, O Lord (first published 1925)
190 - We Praise You, Lord (first published 1971)
192 - Baptized into Your Name Most Holy (baptism hymn of Johann J. Rambach, 1693-1735, was "considerably altered" in the LBW)
201 - O God of Life's Great Mystery (first published in the LBW)
202 - Victim Divine, Your Grace We Claim (Charles Wesley, 1745)
204 - Cup of Blessing That We Share (first published 1966)
208 - Lord Jesus Christ, You Have Prepared (Samuel Kinner, 1638)
209 - Come, Risen Lord (George Wallace Briggs, 1931)
211 - Here O My Lord, I See Thee (nineteenth cent. self-centeredness, first publishsed 1855)
213 - I Come, O Savior, To Your Table (Friederich Christian Heyder, 1734)
216 - For Perfect Love So Freely Spent (Louis Marchall McDowell, 1972)
223 - In the Quiet Consecration (Constance Headlam, 1913)
225 - Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray (Henry Eyster Jacobs, 1917)
226 - Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord (Bangor Antiphonary c.1680-91; did the Sullivan tune doom this text for Lutherans?)
227 - How Blest Are They Who Hear God's Word (Johann Nordahl Brun, 1786)
232 - Your Word, O Lord, Is Gentle Dew (Carl B. Grave, 1825)
236 - When Seed Falls on Good Soil (Norman Peter Olsen, first published in LBW)
238 - God Has Spoken by His Prophets (George Wallace Briggs, 1952)
240 - Father of Mercies, in Your Word (Nicolai Grundtvig, 1817)
243 - Lord, with Glowing Heart (Francis Scott Key, 1823; the unfortunate title of this hymn makes me think of E.T.)
246 - The First Day of the Week (Fred Pratt Green, 1967)
247 - Holy Majesty, before You (Samuel Johan Hedborn, 1812; Stulken: "one of our loftiest hymns of praise")
249 - God Himself Is Present (Gerhard Tersteegen, 1729)
255 - Lord, Receive this Company (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, 1961; this single-stanza contemporary "hymn" is odd and poorly engraved in the LBW.)
256 - Oh. Sing Jubilee to the Lord (Ulrik Vilheml Koren, 1874)
258 - Hosanna to the Living Lord! (Reginald Heber, 1811)
263 - Abide with Us, Our Savior
264 - When All Your Mercies, O My God
266 - Maker of the Earth and Heaven
268 - Now that the Daylight Fills the Sky
270 - God of Our Life, All-Glorious Lord
273 - O Christ, You Are the Light and Day
283 - O God, Send Heralds
285 - Spirit of God, Sent from Heaven Above
286 - Bow Down Your Ear, Almighty Lord
287 - O Perfect Love
289 - Heavenly Father, Hear Our Prayer
291 - Jesus Sinners Will Receive
298 - One There Is, above All Others (John Newton)
301 - Come to Calvary's Holy Mountain
302 - Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness
303 - When in the Hour of Deepest Need
304 - Today Your Mercy Calls Us
305 - I Lay My Sins on Jesus
308 - God the Father, Be Our Stay
310 - To You, Omniscient Lord of All
311 - Wondrous Are Your Ways, O God!
312 - Once He Came in Blessing
313 - A Multitude Comes from East and West
318 - The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow
319 - Oh, Sing, My Soul, Your Maker's Praise
321 - The Day Is Surely Drawing Near
322 - The Clouds of Judgement Gather
324 - O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
326 - My Heart Is Longing
335 - May God Bestow on Us His Grace
336 - Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me
337 - Oh, What Their Joy
342 - I Know of a Sleep in Jesus' Name
344 - We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died
347 - Jerusalem the Golden
348 - Jerusalem, Whose Towers Touch the Skies
349 - I Leave, as You Have Promised, Lord
350 - Even as We Live Each Day
353 - May We Your Precepts, Lord, Fulfill
354 - Eternal God, before Your Throne
366 - Lord of Our Life
368 - I Love Your Kingdom, Lord
371 - With God as Our Friend
372 - In Adam We Have All Been One
373 - Eternal Ruler of the Ceaseless Round
375 - Only-Begotten, Word of God Eternal
376 - Your Kingdom Come!
378 - Amid the World's Bleak Wilderness (Vadja)
381 - Hark, the Voice of Jesus Calling
382 - Awake, O Spirit of the Watchmen
384 - Your Kingdom Come, O Father
387 - Spirit of God, Unleashed on Earth
388 - O Spirit of the Living God
389 - Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus
391 - And Have the Bright Immensities
392 - O Lord, Send Forth Your Spirit
395 - I Trust, O Christ, in You Alone
396 - O God, O Lord of Heaven and Earth
399 - We Are the Lord's
402 - Look from Your Sphere of Endless Day (William C. Bryant, )
411 - Lord of All Good
413 - Father Eternal, Ruler of Creation
418 - Judge Eternal, Throned in Splendor (Henry S. Holland)
420 - Lord, Save Your World (Albert F. Bayly)
422 - O God, Empower Us
426 - O Son of God, in Galilee
427 - O Jesus Christ, May Grateful Hymns Be Rising
428 - O God of Earth and Altar
430 - Where Restless Crowds Are Thronging
431 - Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old (Edward H. Plumptre)
432 - We Worship You, O God of Might
435 - O God, Whose Will Is Life and Good
437 - Not Alone for Mighty Empire
440 - Christians, While on Earth Abiding (Johan Olof Wallin)
442 - O Thou, Who Hast of Thy Pure Grace (Martin H. Franzmann)
443 - Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray (Johann B. Freystein)
444 - With the Lord Begin Your Task
445 - Unto the Hills
449 - They Cast Their Nets
450 - Who Trusts in God, a Strong Abode (Joachim Magdeburg)
452 - As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams (Nahum Tate)
460 - I Am Trusting You, Lord Jesus (Frances R. Havergal)
461 - Fight the Good Fight (John S. B. Monsell)
462 - God the Omnipotent! (Henry F. Chorley)
466 - Great God, Our Source (George Utech)
468 - From God Can Nothing Move Me (Ludwig Helmbold)
477 - O God of Jacob (Philip Doddridge)
478 - Come, Oh, Come, O Quickening Spirit (Heinrich Held)
483 - God Moves in a Mysterious Way (William Cowper)
484 - God, My Lord, My Strength (tr. Vajda)
485 - Lord, as a Pilgrim (Wilhelmi Malnivaara)
488 - Breathe on Me, Breath of God (Edwin Hatch)
489 - Wide Open Are Your Hands (Bernard of Clairvaux)
490 - Let Me Be Yours Forever (Nikolaus Selnecker)
491 - O God, I Love Thee (Frances Xavier)
493 - Hope of the World (Georgia Harkness)
498 - All Who Would Valiant Be (John Bunyan)
501 - He Leadeth Me: Oh, Blessed Thought! (Joseph H. Gilmore)
502 - Thee Will I Love, My Strength (Johann Scheffler)
505 - Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go (Charles Wesley)
506 - Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (John G. Whittier)
509 - Onward Christian Soldiers (Sabine Baring-Gould)
510 - O God of Youth (Bates G. Burt)
511 - Renew Me, O Eternal Light (Johann F. Ruopp)
512 - Oh, Blest the House (Christoph C. L. von Pfeil)
517 - Praise to the Father (Elizabeth R. Charles)
519 - My Soul, Now Praise Your Maker (Johann Gramann)
521 - Let Us with a Gladsome Mind (John Milton)
529 - Praise God. Praise Him (Vedamuthu Masillamony)
531 - Before Jehovah's Awesome Throne (Watts)
536 - O God of God, O Light of Light (John Julian)
537 - O Jesus, King Most Wonderful! (Bernard of Clairvaux)
538 - Oh, Praise the Lord, My Soul! (David F. Wright)
541 - Praise the Lord of Heaven! (Thomas B. Browne)
547 - Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord! (Latin Hymn, 4^th or 5^th cent.; tr. Thomas Cotterill)
550 - From All That Dwell below the Skies (Watts)
556 - Herald, Sound the Note of Judgement (Moir A. J. Waters)

National songs are also omitted.

Nota bene:

46 - "Once Again My Heart Rejoices" is included as "All My Heart Again Rejoices"
80 - "Oh, Wondrous Type! Oh, Vision Fair" is included as "Oh, Wondrous Image, Vision Fair" (loss of an exclamation point)
139 - "O Sons and Daughters of the King" is included as "O Sons and Daughters." The first line reads: "O Sons and Daughters, let us sing."
171 - "Rehoice, the Lord Is King!" is included as "Rejoice, for Christ Is King!"
177 - "By All Your Saints in Warfare" is included as "By All Your Saints." The first line reads: "By all your saints still striving." This shift away from military imagery is a welcome one.
199 - "Thee We Adore, O Hidden Savior" is included as "Thee We Adore, O Savior"
267 - "Father, We Praise You" is (I believe) included in an adapted version: "Father Most Holy."
271 - "O Splendor of the Father's Light" is included as the more lyrical "O Splendor of God's Glory Bright"
276 - "Now All the Woods Are Sleeping" is included as "Now Rest beneath Night's Shadow"
279 - "Oh, Gladsome Light," the third cent. Phos Hilaron is included in a translation by Carl P. Daw Jr.: "O Light Whose Splendor Thrills"
314 - "Who Is This Host Arrayed in White" is included as "Behold the Host Arrayed in White"
323 - "O Lord of Light, Who Made the Stars" is included as the Episcopal translation "Creator of the Stars of Night."
332 - "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is listed by its first line: "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"
340 - "Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense" is included as "Jesus Lives, My Sure Defense"
346 - "When Peace, like a River" is included without comma and also includes a subtitle: "It Is Well with My Soul."
358 - "Glories of Your Name Are Spoken" is included as "Glorious Things of You Are Spoken"
361 - "Do Not Despair, O Little Flock" is included as "Have No Fear, O Little Flock"
398 - "'Take Up Your Cross,' the Savior Said" is included without quotation marks.
446 - "Whatever God Ordains Is Right" is included as "What God Ordains Is Good Indeed"
454 - "If God Himself Be for Me" is included as "If God My Lord Be for Me"
472 - "Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire" is included as "Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove"
527 - "All Creatures of Our God and King" is included as "All Creatures Worship God Most High"
553 - "Rejoice, O Pilgrim Throng!" is included as "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!"

Preview Kit Received

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 05:37:00 +0000

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

ELW preview kits mailed

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:59:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:57:00 +0000

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.)

Summary of Liturgical Review Process

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:55:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Sinden) — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:30:00 +0000

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.