F O C U SOur Savior Lutheran Church

June 2008 Vol 23 No. 6

Evangelical Lutheran WorshipA Brief History and Explanation of Worship Settings

by Shane Lynch

A lot has been said in the past few months about the ten service settings that are in the new ELW. And in the past two weeks, I have fielded a number of questions of what exactly the settings are and what purpose they serve. So I thought I might take a moment to talk about the “settings,” how they came to be, and why they are important to us as mem-bers of a church with a liturgical tradition.

A setting is a grouping of texts and music that is used to organize the major points common to a typical Lutheran worship service. The roots of the settings are the roots of the Mass; of course there was once only one Christian church. Music has al-ways been a key component of the Mass, and therefore it is a key component of all of the various branches of Christian-ity that have sprung from the Mass tradition. The Mass, in its most basic sense, is a recre-ation of the Last Supper. There was singing at the first “Mass”—the Gospels of Matthew and Mark describe the end of the Last Sup-per with “While singing a hymn they went out to the Mount of Olives.” Because of the connection to Passover, the singing that cre-ated an important part of Jewish ceremonial meals was likely seen as a vital part of the Last Supper as well.

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To the earliest Christians, the recreation of the Last Supper was the primary motivation for worship. The earliest services were basic meals done around a table much in the man-ner in which Jesus conducted the Last Sup-per. These meals could be done in the home with little persecution since the only require-ment for worship was a table. As Christianity evolved and was legalized in 313 by Constan-

tine in Rome, the shape of the Last Supper celebration took on more clarity as well. An initial scripture reading, instruction, and prayer took place, which would then be followed by the Eucharistic service. There was surely singing—likely of the psalms if nothing else—but

music designed for worship func-tions—liturgical music—was still evolving. Around 600, plainchant started to become a common musical element, and plainchants began to be created for use in virtually ev-ery part of the service. They were handed down orally for centuries—quite an accom-plishment as thousands of chants had to be memorized in order to cover all of the service elements necessary.

Starting with Charlemagne in the ninth cen-tury, an effort was made to codify all of the

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various elements of the worship service that had been developing slowly since the death of Jesus—the readings, chants, organization, and purpose behind all acts in the recreation of the Last Supper were considered, scrutinized, and reorganized. There was a desire to create a ba-sic, universal service structure that Christians all over Europe could follow. This service would have consistent elements that remain for all services and elements that change based on the three-year cycle of readings that developed and the nature of the festival being celebrated. The basic service elements that were always present were called the Ordinary of the Mass. The Ordi-nary became entirely sung, and much of it still is sung in every service:

• The Kyrie: “Lord, Have Mercy”• The Gloria (or Canticle of Praise): “Glory to

God in the Highest”• The Credo (or Creed): “I believe in God the

Almighty”• The Sanctus: “Holy, Holy, Holy”• The Agnus Dei: “Lamb of God”• The Ita Missa Est: “The Mass is Ended—Go

in Peace”

The elements that changed depending on the day were known as the Proper. There are multiple parts of the Proper, but common ele-ments include the Gradual (so named because the Gradual chant took place when the priests came to the high step in front of the altar; the

Latin root for Gradual is gra-dus, which means step), the Gospel Acclamation, and the Offertory.

As a devout Catholic priest, Martin Luther did not want to start a new church but to fix a corrupt one. He believed in these worship elements that were developed with great

thought over hundreds of years, and once fix-ing the corrupt church proved to be impossible, he kept these wonderful liturgical elements as a basis for worship in the new evolving faith of Lutheranism. Over the years, composers have set the movements of the Ordinary of the Mass (or now, the new Lutheran liturgical “setting”) in different manners to bring new interpreta-tions and a renewal of worship from generation to generation. The variation in having new in-terpretations of ancient ideas is at the core of the glory of liturgical music.

The new ELW provides ten settings of these ancient service sections for us. Each setting in-cludes different prayers and music, but each is created from these same “roadmaps.” There is something comforting to know that the Lamb of God will always be there, in whatever musical arrangement provided, giving us the chance to ask God to have mercy on us before reenacting Jesus’ last supper, just as the earliest Christians did. Indeed, it is one of the great wonders that the unifying elements of the old Mass Ordinary can still be found in Catholic, Lutheran, Angli-can, and other liturgical traditions that cherish the organization that came into being in order to help early Christians reenact the Last Sup-per.

So when I speak of Setting 6 in the ELW be-ing the “African-American” based setting, what I really mean is that composers have taken ancient texts such as the Kyrie and the Agnus Dei and set them musically in a style that is associated with the musical traditions of the African-American community. And now, as we learn the new music for Setting 1 for the next two months, we can rejoice in the fact that we are able to partake in another new variation of worship using the same texts and structure that has brought Christians together for thousands of years.

In Pace (“In Peace”),Shane Lynch

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Congregational MeetingSunday, June 15, 9:45 a.m.The OSLC church council invites you to our semi-annual congregational meeting on Sunday, June 15 at 9:45 a.m. Members of the church council will be presenting the 2008/2009 OSLC mission and ministry budget for your review and approval. Your participation is very impor-tant and we encourage as many congregational members as possible to attend. (Copies of the annual report and draft budget will be available on Sunday, June 1.)

Church Council to Host Budget ForumsJune 1 and 8In preparation for the June 15, 2008, congrega-tional meeting, Marilyn Larson, church council president and Bruce Mathias, treasurer, together with other members of the church council, will host two congregational budget forums on Sunday, June 1st and Sunday, June 8th. The forums will be held between worship services at 9:45 am in the church library. Everyone is wel-come and encouraged to participate.

Summer Sunday Morning Worship Schedule Sunday, July 6 through Sunday, August 31

We will begin our sum-mer worship schedule on Sunday, July 6 with worship servic-es at 8:30 and 10:00 a.m. This schedule will continue through Sunday, August 23.

Please note: On Sunday, August 31,

(Labor Day weekend) there will be one worship service at OSLC beginning at 10:00 a.m. You are also welcome to attend the 9:30 a.m. worship service at the All Church Retreat in Ravensdale. We will resume our regular worship schedule on Sunday, September 7.

CongratulationsClass of 2008Sunday, June 15, 11:00 a.m.Congratulations to the Our Savior Lutheran Church high school graduates. They are Scott Cron, Lindy Downey, Andrew Elliott, Eric Flatness, River Hamel, John Kneepkens, Jacob Nelson, Rachel Olshausen, Elle Perkins, Kelly Shoemaker, Blaire Smith, and Luke Spranger.

We will be honoring our high school graduates on June 15 at the 11:00 a.m. worship service. You are invited to a reception in their honor in Anderson Hall following the service.

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StewardshipGod has blessed each of us with an abundance of his love. It is essential that we prioritize our lives and give thanks to God for all that he has granted each of us . . . family, friends, flow-ers, fellowship, love, grace and appreciation of the beauty he has placed for us to enjoy on this earth.

Summer is an unusu-ally beautiful time to enjoy life. Summer typically brings about vacation travel, relax-ation, sunshine, out-door enjoyment, and the proverbial “down-time”. It is important to remember that during these “slower times of relaxation,” OSLC continues to provide support and services to all our congregational members. Your year-round support of our mission and ministries is essential. We urge you to consider the many avenues available to continue your giving year-round!

1. E-Giving is a wonderful tool that ensures continuous support of the many activities of OSLC, even when you can’t make it to a service.

2. Giving by credit card . . . this easy mode of tithing can be automatically initiated so that you have continuity in your giving year-round, even when you may be travel-ing.

3. Giving in advance for the entire quarter (three-month period) minimizes the peaks and valleys of fiscal support during the summer months and ensures the ministries of OSLC remain viable.

(Details of how to sign up for E-Giving and credit card giving are available in the narthex.)

We sincerely wish you all the safest summer, filled with wonderful memories and great weather. We prayerfully hope you consider joining the many others in our church family who give regularly while they are away.

Treasurer's UpdateApril, 2008

We are 10 months (44 Sundays or 83%) through our year.

We have received YTD (79% of operations budget) – $432,100.

Which includes rent received YTD – $9,500.We have spent YTD (77% of operations bud-

get) – $422,500.We have received more than spent YTD

– $9,600.

We are behind budgeted giving by – $8,900.

We have had GTS II giving YTD – $19,800.We have had YTD GTS II submitted expenses

of – $19,700.

YTD designated funds giving (other than GTS II) – $58,100.

YTD designated funds spending (other than GTS II) – $56,300.

Respectfully,Bruce Mathias, Treasurer

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Hiring 2 Preschool TeachersOur Savior Lutheran Preschool will be hiring two preschool teachers to start teaching in September 2008. Candidates must have have an early childhood degree or an elementary teaching degree and two years of teaching expe-rience is preferred. You must be able to attend staff meetings and a few evening events.

If you are interested, please call Connie Van Houten, Preschool Director at (425) 392-1201, Ext. 102.

Openings for Preschool StudentsOur Savior Lutheran Preschool has openings for the fall. Please call Connie at (425) 392-1201 for a tour of the classroom or to receive information by mail. The preschool has been in existence since 1980 and would love to help you with the educational needs of your preschool child.

A Leave of AbsenceMembers and Friends of OSLC,

Greetings from the church office! I thought I would write a quick note to all of you to let you know that I will be taking a leave of absence for the month of June. (This request has been approved by the church council and is not sab-batical leave; it is leave without pay.) Initially when I asked for this, there were two weddings in my family in June, one in California (June 14) and one in Alaska (June 28). Since then, the California wedding has been called off. (This was Stacy’s who is my sister’s daughter. My sister Mary died of ALS in 2000). My son David, and his fiancée Katlyn, will be married at the end of June in Alaska, as scheduled. When wedding plans changed, I had a meeting with Pastor Thomas to be sure my leave would still be okay. Through his encouragement I am going to continue my course. The timing is good, espe-cially with the recent loss of my husband Mike’s father and the continued need to be of assis-tance to my niece as she grieves her loss. Becky Mogensen will be covering the office (9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday) and Sherry Kiefel will cover on Fridays (except on June 27). You will be in good hands! I will keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers while I am away and I ask you to keep my family in your prayers too! I’ll see all of you in July.

Janet Heck, Parish Administrator

Middle School Wild WavesSat., June 14

High School & Incoming Ninth GradersFast Food FolliesJune 8, Time TBAThe annual Fast Food Follies for the high school group and for next year’s incom-ing ninth graders will be on June 8. You can bring a friend.

by Janet Cederberg,Associate in Ministry

Director of Youth Ministry(425) 392-4169, ext. 104

(425) 417-4442 cell

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Western States Youth GatheringJuly 26 to Aug. 2

The Senior High Youth will be going on a road trip for their summer experience. Our final destination is the Western States Youth Gathering in

Anaheim, Calif., and we plan to partner with a neighboring Lutheran church to do service experiences along the way. The dates will be Saturday, July 26 to Saturday, August 2. There may still be space to join us. Please call Janet for more details.

Confirmation CampLutherwood, BellinghamJuly 13 to 19The middle school youth, who are also next year’s confirmation group, will be going to Confirmation Camp at Lutherwood in Bellingham during the week of July 13 to July 19. Your cost will be $250 and scholarship money is available. Look for a sign-up date and details in the mail. If you have questions, please call Janet C.

Congratulations ConfirmandsConfirmation Sunday is June 1 and the OSLC confirmands for 2008 are Rachel Craig, Ben Halter, Klarese Korsmo, Madeline Mull, Jessica Nelson, Tyler Wright, and Haley Ziegler. Our bless-ings go out to them on behalf of this important day in their life of faith.

The middle school youth will be going to Wild Waves on Saturday, June 14. We will leave the church at 11:00 a.m. and be back by 7:00 p.m. The cost will be $20 and you will need to sign up by June 6. You can bring a friend!

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Annual All-Church RetreatSign Up Now!

We have the date: August 29-31.We have the place: Lake Retreat in Ravendsdale, Wash.We have the music: Atlas String Band.See retreat brochure and registration form enclosed.

OSLC CongregationalDay CampJuly 28 to Aug. 19:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.This summer OSLC is offering a new and excit-ing weeklong day camp. During the week of July 28 to August 1, kids going into Grades 1 to 6 can take part in the camp each day. From 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., there will be crafts, games, music, field trips, challenge course activities, Bible study, and more. Four highly trained counsel-ors from Lutherwood Bible Camp (Bellingham, Wash.) will be leading the fun. The cost is only $30 per camper for the week. Sign-up forms will be available from the church office or you can email Pastor Ryan (rdfletcher@oslcissaquah.org) to have forms sent to you. You can also check out the OSLC Summer Events brochure for more information.

LutherwoodA Lutheran Camping Experience for Children & YouthWe have a wonderful Lutheran camp in our area, Lutherwood, which is located up in beautiful Bellingham, Washington. If you would like to have your child have a camp experience this summer (a variety of options ranging from first to twelfth grade are available), or want more information, visit theirwebsite at www.camplutherwood.org.

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes SenseThe Saturday MorningMen's GroupMay 31, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.Pastor Thomas is leading a study/fellowship group for OSLC men. We are reading and discussing the book, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, (HarperCollins) by Bishop N. T. Wright. In Simply Christian, Bishop Wright walks the reader through the Christian faith step by step and question by question. He challenges skeptics by offering explanations for even the toughest doubt-filled dilemmas, leav-ing believers with a reason for renewed faith. Copies of the book are available from a variety of on-line vendors and local bookstores. We meet from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at OSLC in the library. On May 31, we will discuss chapter three, “Made for Each Other.”

Thank YouWe would like to thank our friends at OSLC for your support, prayers, cards and phone calls during Mike's dad's illness and death. We defi-nitely felt your love! We will miss dad like crazy, but our memories of him and God's strength will comfort us always. God's blessings to all of you and thanks so much again.

Janet & Mike Heck

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Summer ReadingAt long last our days are warming and summer is just around the corner. The school year is nearing its end, and that means more hours for children of all ages to be reading. Today I want to “focus” on the juvenile age group. In our library “juve-nile” means any young person who is past the beginning reader stage and now enjoys easy chapter books or picture books with subject matter of interest to this age level, all the way to young readers who enjoy adult level books. For example, if one is interested in pirates, we have Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail, which is considered a picture book with text easily read by early readers, and also Peter and the Starcatchers, a 450-page novel about pirates by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.

If you’re a juvenile reader who will soon have extra hours normally spent with homework or other school activities, how about devoting some of that time to reading some good books that you can find in the church library? The juvenile section is in the far righthand corner

of the library and the check out station is just inside the door with posted instructions. Here are some titles you will find in the juvenile fic-tion section:

• Heat by Mike Lupica • Disappearing Stranger by Lois Walfrid Johnson• There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis

Sachar

Also in juvenile fiction you can find several series such as Reel Kids Adventures by Dave Gustaveson with titles including The Himalayan Rescue, The Forbidden Road, and The Stolen Necklace. Other series include Elizabeth Gail by Hilda Stahl, Pony Pals by Jeanne Betancourt, and many more. Interested in more traditional reading? How

about:

• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Perhaps you’d like to look into a book that is a retelling of In His Steps written especially for young people. It’s called

What Would Jesus Do? by Helen Haidle and is about a small-town pastor and a few children who choose to live the way Jesus would. Or learn more about the temple of Jesus’s time in the Kregel pictorial guide to The Temple by Robert Backhouse (296.4). Or relax with James Herriot’s Animal Stories (B).

And, parents, please bring in your preschoolers so they can choose their own summer reading. We have many, many early readers to keep your beginning readers up on their reading skills while enjoying good stories all summer long. And when reading is finished and your children are looking for “something to do,” check out Sanity in the Summertime; creative ideas and plans for the ninety days when school is out by Linda Dillow and Claudia Arp (649). We have it, along with some other activity-type books, on display on the card catalog. Happy summer!

OSLC Book GroupMy Name is Red by Orhan PamukThurs., June 5, 7:00 p.m.Starbucks Cafe atBarnes & Noble, IssaquahPlease join us for our June book group meeting when we will discuss My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. We have a wonderful time together and anyone who is interested is welcome!

Future book: August (tba.): Molokai by Alan Brennert

For more information please contact Marilyn Larson at (206) 392-6594 or marilyn.larson@gmail.com.

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PrayersWe remember in prayer OSLC members: Joe Acker; Pearl Beach; Carol Bergsma; Marilyn Carlson; Don Cumming; Chris Cummings; Doug Downey; Sandra Fish; Christine Fry; Lisa Gillin; Lois Jacobson; Chuck James; Marian James; Frank Kleingartner; Jessica Liepins; Jim Marshall; Anna Njos; Erv Njos; Jim Peters; Colleen Petersen; Pastor Eldon ‘Pick’ Pickering; Marie Rice; Lucille Sanderson; Jason Stanford; Dianne Tanner; Pam Travis; Bea Vevang; Sharyn Winters; Shirley Witsoe.

We ask for peace and comfort for those mourning the death of loved ones: Don Culver (Nancy Anderson); Dan Ingram (Rollie & Sherry Kiefel); Taryn Gillies (Klarese Korsmo); Matthew Andresen (Korsmo fam-ily); Jim Heck (father/father-in-law of Mike & Janet Heck); Marie Lee (grandmother of Kevin Brown); Rich Ravet (Shirley Witsoe); Vora Landdeck (Gillin family); Bill Lange (Jim & Connie Fletcher); Carol Givens (Marlene Pickering); Pearly Brenna (Pastor Fletcher); Linda Bradley (Steven Lee); John Carlson (Pastor Thomas).

We pray for expectant mothers: Colleen Darnell (daughter of Bruce & Norma Byrkett); Anne Case (Connie Van Houten); Mary Landdeck (sister-in-law of Craig & Lisa Gillin); Jennifer Tolo; Shelly Lang (Connie Fletcher); Esther Mukarugaba (Ann & Larry Thomas); Katie Schraan; Jennifer Curley (sis-ter of Becky Brooks); Tanya Flores (Kiersten Johnson); Miranda Wentz Turner (daughter of Debi Hoger); Michelle McIntyre (Cheryl Neeb); Tanya Carlson (daughter of Carl & Ingeborg Nims); Susie Archer (Connie Van Houten); Amy Skare (Janet Cederberg); Heidi Hansen Werry (granddaughter of John & Ritia Hansen); Amy Flexsenhar (Vicki LeFever).

We offer thanksgiving to God for: the engage-ments of Janine Peacock & Chris Park (son of Dave & Georgeanne Park) to be married Oct. 25, 2008 in California and Dontay Wilson &

Emily Thomas (daughter of Larry and Ann Thomas); Sunday school teachers Ginger & Dan Grette, Cheryl Hauser, Kiersten Johnson, Pam & Steve Moore, Lena Schaper, Bev Taylor; confirmation guides Renee Engbaum, Barbara Fetty-Solders, Craig Gillin, Randy Halter.

We pray for the safety of OSLC members and friends serving in

the military here and abroad.

We pray for OSL Preschool, Teachers, Students, and Parents.

We pray for our missionaries and glob-al missions partners: Henrik & Patty Christopherson; Rwanda Partners; Sister Congregations St. Catherine’s Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg, Russia & Mekelle Lutheran Church in Mekelle, Ethiopia; the congregations in Chicalyo, Peru, Pepe at Las Brisas, Merci in San Antonio & Harold at Las Lomas; MaaSae Girls Lutheran Secondary School in Monduli, Tanzania.

Prayer is putting our faith into action, and prayer is pleasing to God. Link up with our prayer chain if you have a need or if you want to share a thanksgiving or praise. Call Jill Naegle at (425) 392-0116.

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The Focus of Our Savior Lutheran Church is published monthly. All information is due by noon on the 15th of each month, unless noted otherwise. Please email items to Debbie Sladek (see below).

OSLC Staff

Our Savior Lutheran Church745 Front St. SouthIssaquah, WA 98027(425) 392-4169 (see extensions below)(425) 392-2946 faxWebsite: www.oslcissaquah.org

Sunday worship services:8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday school for all ages will return in the fall (please watch for more information in future issues of the Focus)

OSL Preschool: (425) 392-1201