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Introducing Lutheran Service Book Bible Class, Sept 2014

Berea Evangelical Lutheran Church

Inver Grove Heights, MN

Stephen Kuehne

Sunday Sept 14

Day 1 Observations

• Now that we’ve had our first service using LSB, do you have any immediate thoughts, comments, questions that you’d like to share?

Acknowledgements

• Much of the content of this presentation derived from

– A Guide for Introducing Lutheran Service Book

• LCMS Commission on Worship, 2006

– Introducing Lutheran Service Book

• Concordia Publishing House, 2006

Introduction

From: A Guide for Introducing Lutheran Service Book LCMS Commission on Worship, 2006

Review: Committee Recommendation

• The committee unanimously recommends adopting Lutheran Service Book as Berea’s primary hymnal

– Reflects confessional Lutheran position

– Appealing and balanced blend of traditional and new

• Most of the most-sung hymns from TLH are included

• Virtually all the Berea favorites are included

• Many good new hymns are added

– TLH hymns not found in LSB can be used by incorporating them in the bulletin

• The committee unanimously recommends continuing also to use WS, at least for the time being

– For the liturgies

– For the hymns found only in WS

– For the psalms with chant tones

Published in 2006 by Concordia Publishing House

Lutheran Service Book 2006

Published by Concordia Publishing House Over 1 million copies sold (as of 2010)

Available Editions • Pew Edition ($25.00) • Personal / Gift Edition • Deluxe Edition • Large Print Edition (3rd party) • Braille Edition (3rd party) • Banners (3rd party) • Altar Book (pastor edition) • Lutheran Service Builder (electronic edition) • Concordance (>5000 key words) • Accompaniment for the Liturgy • Accompaniment for the Hymns • Hymn Prelude Library • Guitar Chord Edition • The Concordia Organist (CD recordings) and more…

http://www.cph.org http://lsb.cph.org

First Impressions

• Hold TLH and LSB side by side

• You quickly notice that LSB is larger

– Larger print size for text and music

• Open to the psalms and compare

• Open to a hymn and compare

• LSB uses cream white paper, rather than blue white

– Easier on the eyes, reduces glare, more legible

Quick Walkthrough

• Front Cover Prayers for worship

• – xxvi Prefatory material

• 1 – 150 Psalms (107)

• 151 – 330 Orders of service and other resources

• 331 – 966 Hymns

• 990 – 1022 Acknowledgements, Indexes

• 1023 Emergency Baptism

• Back Cover Nicene Creed, Apostles Creed, Lord’s Prayer

967 – 989 reserved (used in organ accompaniment)

No confusion of • Page number • Hymn number • Psalm number

Try Finding

• Hymn 656

• Psalm 46

• The Offertory on page 192

• The Apostles’ Creed in the back cover

TLH Content Mapped to LSB

TLH Content Mapped to LSB

Much of this “missing” content is included in the LSB Altar Book.

TLH Content Mapped to LSB

LSB Annotations

Examples: A – Setting 1, p 170 (assistant pastor or perhaps a cantor) A – Setting 3, p 190 (assistant pastor or lay reader) L – Order of Matins, p 219 (liturgist or leader) L – Service of Prayer and Preaching, p 260 (liturgist or leader) R – Order of Baptism, p 269 (the sponsors) R – Order of Confirmation, p 272 (the confirmands) R – Order of Holy Matrimony, p 276 (the bridegroom and bride)

In most cases, for us… P, A, and L all refer to the pastor

Primary Orders of Service

• Setting 1 (p 151)

– Probably unfamiliar. Primarily from Lutheran Book of Worship 1978.

• Setting 2 (p 167)

– Probably unfamiliar. Primarily from Lutheran Book of Worship 1978.

• Setting 3 (p 184)

– Familiar TLH p 15. Originally from the Common Service of 1888.

• Setting 4 (p 203)

– Similar in style to WS 2000. Primarily from Hymnal Supplement 98.

• Setting 5 (p 213)

– Sung liturgy primarily hymns. From Luther’s German Mass 1526.

Setting 3 Comparison to TLH 15

• What’s the same?

– The order of the service is the same

– The musical sections are exactly the same, although the key has been lowered in several sections

• Gloria Patri, Kyrie, Gloria in Excelsis, Salutation and Collect responses, Gospel acclamations

– The language of the sung portions is the same

• What’s different?

– Several spoken sections gently updated

• Confession of Sins, both creeds, Post-Communion Collects

• (some pastors already updating wording anyway)

– Confession and Absolution no longer set to music

– Pastor’s chant tones included throughout the service

Looking Ahead to Next Sunday

• On Sept 21, we will once again use Setting 3 (p 184)

– Plan to also use pages 190 – 192

• Scripture readings (p 190)

– We will have only 1 reading at the top of the page

– Note the spoken response to the reading

– We will omit the psalm or gradual

– Follow the lead of Pastor and the organist

• Triple Alleluia (p 190)

– We will use the familiar first melody

• Gospel readings and responses (p 190 – 191)

– Same as TLH

• Apostles’ Creed (p 192)

Questions, Comments ?

Close by singing Hymn 805

Sunday Sept 21

Day 2 Observations

• Now that we’ve had our second service using LSB, do you have any immediate thoughts, comments, questions that you’d like to share?

Primary Orders of Service

• Setting 1 (p 151)

– Probably unfamiliar. Primarily from Lutheran Book of Worship 1978.

• Setting 2 (p 167)

– Probably unfamiliar. Primarily from Lutheran Book of Worship 1978.

• Setting 3 (p 184)

– Familiar TLH p 15. Originally from the Common Service of 1888.

• Setting 4 (p 203)

– Similar in style to WS 2000. Primarily from Hymnal Supplement 98.

• Setting 5 (p 213)

– Sung liturgy primarily hymns. From Luther’s German Mass 1526.

Introducing Setting 4

• Opening Hymn

• Confession and Absolution (p 203)

– Note spoken responses

– Use the right column at the bottom

• Introit (p 204)

– Spoken by Pastor

• Kyrie (sing)

• Gloria in Excelsis (sing)

– We’ve done this before, several months ago

• Salutation and Collect (p 205)

– Note spoken responses

Introducing Setting 4

• Scripture readings (p 205)

– We will have only 1 reading

– Note the spoken response to the reading

– We will omit the psalm or gradual

– Follow the lead of Pastor and the organist

• Alleluia and Verse (sing)

– You may notice that the melody is similar to Worship Supplement page 4 or page 14

– It is a bit different, though, so keep an eye on the notes and follow the organ’s lead

• Holy Gospel (p 206)

– Note the spoken responses

Introducing Setting 4

• Apostles’ Creed (p 207)

• Hymn

• Sermon

– After the sermon, we will include the Offertory, as is our tradition

– The Offertory can be found as Hymn 956

• Post-sermon hymn

• Offering

• Prayers / The Lord’s Prayer

– Lord’s Prayer can be found in the Communion Liturgy (p 209) or in the back cover (the left column)

• Benediction (p 212)

– Congregation will sing the triple Amen, as is our tradition

• Closing hymn

Primary Orders of Service

• Setting 1 (p 151)

– Probably unfamiliar. Primarily from Lutheran Book of Worship 1978.

• Setting 2 (p 167)

– Probably unfamiliar. Primarily from Lutheran Book of Worship 1978.

• Setting 3 (p 184)

– Familiar TLH p 15. Originally from the Common Service of 1888.

• Setting 4 (p 203)

– Similar in style to WS 2000. Primarily from Hymnal Supplement 98.

• Setting 5 (p 213)

– Sung liturgy primarily hymns. From Luther’s German Mass 1526.

Other Orders of Service With Music

• Matins (p 219) – Largely similar to TLH p 32, with a few differences.

• Compare Venite TLH 33 vs. LSB 220

• What do you notice?

• Vespers (p 229) – Some similarity to TLH p 41, but fairly different.

• Morning Prayer (p 235) – Probably unfamiliar.

• Evening Prayer (p 243) – Probably unfamiliar.

• Compline (Prayer at close of day) (p 253) – Probably unfamiliar.

• Prayer and Preaching (p 260) – Probably unfamiliar. Beautiful settings of OT and NT Canticles.

Liturgical Music

• Liturgical Music section comprising hymns 942 – 963

– 942 – 945 Kyrie

– 946 – 948 Gloria in Excelsis

– 949 – 950 Dignus Es (alternate hymn of praise)

– 951 – 952 Alleluia and Verse

– 953 – 954 Creed

– 955 – 956 Offertory

– 957 – 959 Lord’s Prayer

– 960 – 961 Sanctus

– 962 – 963 Agnus Dei

•

946, 947

956

960

Other Orders of Service Without Music

• Holy Baptism (p 268)

• Confirmation (p 272)

• Holy Matrimony (p 275)

• Funeral Service (p 278)

• Responsive Prayer 1 (p 282)

• Responsive Prayer 2 (p 285)

• The Litany (p 288)

• Corporate Confession and Absolution (p 290)

• Individual Confession and Absolution (p 292)

Canticles

• Both TLH and LSB include a few canticles within various orders of service

– E.g. Matins (p 223) and Vespers (p 231)

– LSB has a couple really nice canticle settings in the Service of Prayer and Preaching (p 260) (play)

• TLH includes a section of canticles on pages 120 – 122

– Aren’t frequently used; no musical setting provided

• LSB includes a number of canticles set to music

– Biblical Canticles (hymns 925 – 941)

The Psalms

• LSB includes 107 psalms, compared to 90 in TLH

– Translation used = ESV (English Standard Version)

• The text is “pointed” for singing

– Guidance on how to sing the psalms on page xxvi

– See example on next slide

• For responsive reading, break at the asterisk (*)

– Breakpoint doesn’t always match TLH exactly (e.g. 116 v.1)

• Worship supplement pages 25 – 42 are better formatted for singing and include an appealing Antiphon

• Note also the index of hymns which paraphrase psalms, found on page 996

Example: Psalm 1

Etc.

Other Devotional Resources

• Daily Prayer for Individuals and Families (pp. 294 – 298) – Brief orders of service for morning, noon, early evening, & close of day

• Daily Lectionary (pp. 299 – 304) – Suggested OT and NT readings for each day of the year

– Table of psalms for daily prayer

– See also the 3 year and 1 year Lectionaries starting on page xiv

• Prayers, Intercessions, & Thanksgivings (pp. 305 – 318) – Nearly 100 prayers on a variety of topics

• The Small Catechism (pp. 321 – 330) – Note the Index of Catechism hymns on page 993

• And, of course, the hymns!

Questions, Comments ?

Close by singing Hymn 791 verse 5

Sunday Sept 28

Day 3 Observations

• Now that we’ve tried a new liturgical setting from LSB, do you have any immediate thoughts, comments, questions that you’d like to share?

The Hymns – LSB Selection Criteria

• Texts that are faithful expressions of Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions

• Texts that are Christ-centered

• Texts that support the lectionary

• Spanning early church to 21st century

• Hymns that honor the Lutheran heritage and tradition of the chorale

• Traditional favorites

• A few hymns from around the world

Hymn Overlap Diagram

Lutheran Service Book (LSB) 636 hymns

The Lutheran Hymnal (TLH)

668 hymns

Numbers partially derived from table at http://www.lcms.org/page.aspx?pid=516 (Minor discrepancy in totals due to split hymns, duplicated hymns, table errors, etc.)

325 329

220

7

5 63

25 Worship Supplement (WS)

100 hymns

TLH & WS Hymn Categories Mapped to LSB

TLH & WS Hymn Categories Mapped to LSB

TLH & WS Hymn Categories Mapped to LSB

TLH & WS Hymn Categories Mapped to LSB

Updating Hymn Texts

• Effort to eliminate obsolete language

– Where the meaning is now different or unclear

– Not a hymn, but a great example: Psalm 88:13

• KJV: But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

• ESV: But I, O Lord, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

• Balanced approach to archaic language

– Wording somewhat “old fashioned,” but still comprehensible

– Balance, providing greater clarity while preserving the poetic quality and honoring memorized “treasures”

Amens (or lack thereof)

Exploring the Hymns

• Note:

• … now let’s go explore

Altered Tunes

• Examples of altered tune

– TLH 442 vs. LSB 851 Lord of Glory, Who has Bought Us (play)

• Dotted quarters & eighths; also 2nd to last phrase

– TLH 206 vs. LSB 741 Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense (play)

• G sharp in 2nd to last phrase; also 2nd to last note dotted quarter

– TLH 261 vs. LSB 655 Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Thy Word (play)

• Omitted D sharp 2nd to last note

• In many cases, actually going back to an earlier version of the tune than that used in TLH

New Melody or Altered Key

• Occasionally chose a new melody where the previous one may be an impediment for some

– TLH 520 vs LSB 754 Commit Whatever Grieves Thee (play)

• TLH melody is closely tied to “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”

• LSB melody is somewhat more uplifting

– TLH 60 vs. LSB 345 Hark, a Thrilling Voice is Sounding (play)

• TLH tune uses minor key

• Altered key

– Sometimes to move it to a more comfortable singing range

• TLH 447 vs. LSB 664 Fight the Good Fight

– Sometime to make it easier to play

• TLH 598 (4 flats) vs. LSB 598 (1 sharp)

Hymns with Melody Only

• Some hymns include only the melody line and text

• Reasons include

– Not suitable for singing in harmony, e.g. 671 (play), 727, 806 (play)

– More difficult tunes, where having only the melody line makes it easier to follow the tune, e.g. 755, 942, 954 (play beginning)

– Long tunes, where having only the melody line makes the hymn appear less overwhelming, e.g. 954

– Space considerations, e.g. 851 – allowed inclusion of more hymns

• In some cases, the complete setting is found elsewhere in the Pew Edition

– E.g. Note at bottom of 512 509; 670 465

• In all cases, the complete setting is available in the Organ Accompaniment

New Hymns

• More than 100 “new” hymns selected

– “New” meaning: not previously published in synod hymnal

– “New” may or may not mean “recently written”

• Examples

– 596 All Christians Who Have Been Baptized (play)

• Baptismal Life, by Paul Gerhardt, from the 1600’s

– 477 Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven

• Easter, by Christopher Wordsworth, from the 1800’s

– 914 Light of Light, O Sole-Begotten (play)

• Beginning of Service, by Stephen P. Starke, 1992

Feel free to sing!

New Hymns, continued

• Some of the “new” hymns are very familiar

– 364, 365 Away in a Manger

– 368 Angels We Have Heard on High

– 388 Go Tell It on the Mountain

– 392 God Loves Me Dearly

– 588 Jesus Loves Me, This I Know

– 744 Amazing Grace

– 801 How Great Thou Art

– 837 Lift High the Cross

• … and many more

• You may recognize some of these from WS 2000

New Texts Paired with Familiar Tunes

• A familiar tune can make a new text immediately accessible

• Examples

– 620 Jesus Comes Today with Healing (play)

– 829 Christ the Eternal Lord (play)

More Examples

• Texts that support the lectionary, for example – 486 If Christ Had Not Been Raised from Death (1 Cor. 15:12-26)

– 665 Be Strong in the Lord (Eph. 6:10-18)

• Traditional favorites, for example – 363 Silent Night, Holy Night

– 507 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!

– 644 The Church’s One Foundation

• A few hymns from around the world, for example – 479 Christ Is Risen, Christ Is Living (South America) (play)

– 871 Greet the Rising Sun (China) (play)

– 833 Listen, God Is Calling (Africa) (play)

– 542 When I Behold Jesus Christ (Africa) (play)

In Conclusion

• Lutheran Service Book

– Reflects confessional Lutheran position

– Appealing and balanced blend of traditional and new

• Most of the most-sung hymns from TLH are included

• Virtually all the Berea favorites are included

• Many good new hymns are added

– TLH hymns not found in LSB can be used by incorporating them in the bulletin

• Worship Supplement 2000

– For the liturgies

– For the hymns found only in WS

– For the psalms with chant tones

Questions, Comments ?

Close by singing Hymn 816 verse 3