introduction to lutheran service builder
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Introduction to Lutheran Service Builder
Training Webinar
Presenter
Peter FrankSenior Marketing Manager
Concordia Publishing House
(314) 268-1408
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50 Minutes for Presentation
10 Minutes for Questions
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The publishing arm of
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
Since 1869, Concordia Publishing House
has been serving individuals, families,
and congregations in their proclamation
and learning of the Gospel.
Concordia Publishing House
1904 World’s Fair
PC-based software that allows
churches to quickly and easily
plan services, create custom
service folders, export
presentations, and conform with
copyright requirements.
• Started as an idea during
a seminary class assignment.
• Developed in 2004-2006
by a seminarian, Bob Lail.
• Released shortly after the
Lutheran Service Book in 2006.
• Currently being used by about half of the LCMS.
• Presently being updated to become web-based.
Watch the video at
LutheranServiceBuilder.com
Assumptions
New to Lutheran Service Builder
Informal Training (at best)
Minimal Knowledge of Liturgy
Very Busy
Tell me about yourself.
Goals
• Learn the core features of Lutheran Service
Builder by planning a Sunday service
• Gain basic understanding of the Church
Year, Lectionaries, Propers, and Liturgy
• Export a simple service folder that can be
printed and used for a Sunday service
Outline
• Explore The Church Year
• Three-Year and One-Year Lectionaries
• Planning a Sunday Service
• The Propers
• The Parts of the Liturgy
• Exporting the Service Folder for Printing
Let’s get started!
Calendar View
Gathered Guests
• Written by CUW ProfessorRev. Dr. Timothy Maschke
• Originally published in 2003 for Lutheran Worship
• Updated in 2009 and published as 2nd edition for Lutheran Service Book
The Church Year
•Sundays and Seasons
• Feasts
• Festivals
•Commemorations
Sundays and Seasons
•Advent(…Sunday in Advent)
•Christmas(…Sunday after Christmas)
•Epiphany(…Sunday after the Epiphany)
• Lent(…Sunday in Lent)
•Holy Week
•Easter(…Sunday of Easter)
•Pentecost(…Sunday after Pentecost)
Feasts
Major Feasts
• Easter, Christmas, Pentecost
Principal Feasts (page xi in LSB)
• Examples: Circumcision and Name of Jesus,
The Annunciation of Our Lord
• Observed when they occur on Sunday
Festivals
• Designate the days that recognize those biblical
figures who have offered much for the life of the
Christian community.
• The disciples of our Lord as well as Reformation
Day are included in this category.
• May be observed during the “octave” of the
festival (Sunday to Sunday).
Commemorations
• List of people from both the Old and
New Testaments, as well as the first 19
centuries of the Church. (page xii in LSB)
• They are not normally observed on
Sundays, so they are not included in
Lutheran Service Builder.
Propers
• Those portions of the service that change (or are “proper”) each Sunday or season of the Church Year.
• The Propers contrast with the ordinary portions of the liturgy, which do not change.
• The Propers—Introit, Collect, the readings, Gradual, and Verse—along with the colors of the Church Year, underscore particular worship themes from the liturgical calendar.
• The Propers for each Sunday and for most special days in the Church Year are included in Lutheran Service Builder.
Lectionary
• The historical Roman one-year lectionary was retained after the Reformation (with some adaptations).
• After Vatican II, an expanded three-year lectionary was adoption by Roman Catholics and other liturgical church bodies, including Lutherans.
• This lectionary provided an increased scope, with more preaching opportunities and the ability to study larger units of Scripture.
Which lectionary does your church use?
Set Your Lectionary
• Set your lectionary in
Lutheran Service Builder under
Edit Preferences Location
• For a quick glance at the Propers, visit
LutheranCalendar.org
Plan a Service
Divine Service
• Setting OneSource: LW Divine Service II, First Setting
• Setting TwoSource: LW Divine Service II, Second Setting
• Setting ThreeSource: Common Service, TLH Page 15
• Setting FourSource: Divine Service, Hymnal Supplement 98
• Setting FiveSource: Luther’s German Mass
What is Liturgy?
“[Liturgy] is the design or pattern through which the congregation gathers to hear and receive anew the Gospel promise in Word and Sacrament, and then to respond collectively to the abundant gifts and gracious presence of the Triune God.”
LCMS Commission on Worship, “What Is Liturgy?”
Rubrics
• The directions for leading worship—determining who sings or says what at a specific point in the service.
• Some rubrics say something “may” occur, which means the direction is optional and appropriate substitutions or deletions are indicated.
• Other rubrics indicate that something “is” done or the item is merely indicated (for example, the sermon), which means this item is not an option.
• The “is” rubric (older versions of the rite said “shall”) indicates a substitution is irregular and a deletion should not be made under normal circumstances because the element is basic to the structure of the service.
Divine Service, Setting One
•Confession and Absolution
•The Service of the Word
•The Service of the Sacrament
Confession and Absolution
• Hymn of Invocation
This opening hymn is
optional
• Invocation
The official start of the
service
• Exhortation /
Invitation
• Silence of Reflection
• Confession of Sins
• Absolution
When an ordained
minister is not present,
use Declaration of Grace
The Service of the Word
• Introit, Psalm, or
Entrance Hymn
• Latin for “he enters in”
• First Proper included
• Kyrie
• From Kyrie eleison, which means
“Lord, have mercy”
• Traditionally spoken by
laypeople, so it was known as the
Deacon’s prayer
• May be omitted during the
Sundays after Epiphany, after
Pentecost, and on festivals
• Hymn of Praise
• Gloria in Excelsis
• “This Is the Feast”
• Omitted during Advent and Lent.
• Salutation and Collect
of the Day
• Traditional Christian greeting
• Collect of the Day is a Proper
• Five-part petition: invocation,
reason, petition, result, and
trinitarian termination.
The Service of the Word• Old Testament Reading
• During Easter, it is replaced
by reading from the Book of
Acts
• Psalm or Gradual
• Gradual is Latin for “step”
• The Gradual is a Proper for a
Season, not Sunday
• Epistle
• Alleluia and Verse
• Alleluia removed during Lent
• Holy Gospel
• Includes Announcement,
Reading, and Response
• Hymn of the Day
• Augments the readings
• Considered a Proper
• Sermon
• Never just an option in
Divine Service
• Considered to be part of
“the Word”
The Service of the Word
• Creed
• Nicene Creed
• Traditionally used
during Holy
Communion Services
• Apostle’s Creed
• Baptismal Creed
• Athanasian Creed
• Most often on Holy
Trinity Sunday
• Prayer of the Church
• LetUsPray files available
on our website
• Greeting of Peace
• Offering
• Voluntary
• Offertory
The Service of the Sacrament
• Preface
• Proper Preface
• Full or Abbreviated
• Sanctus
• Prayer of Thanksgiving
• The Words of Our Lord
• Two placement options for
the Lord’s Prayer
• Pax Domini
• Agnus Dei
• Distribution
• Rubrics may be removed.
• Distribution Hymns
• Post-Communion
Canticle
• Post-Communion Collect
• Benediction
Exporting the Service Folder
Print the Service Folder
• Switch to Bulletin View
• Choose Music Style for Each Element
• Choose Layout
• Click “Save As”
• Open File and Print
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Questions & Answers
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