Biblical & Theological Resources (pdf format)

Proclaiming the Name. Cultic Narrative and Eucharistic Proclamation in First Corinthians - Victor C Pfitzner

What's the Use of Naming God? - John W. Kleinig

Entrance into the Heavenly Sanctuary – Hebrews 10:19-25 - Entrance into the Heavenly Sanctuary – Hebrews

Worship and the Full Assurance of Faith - John W. Kleinig

Liturgical Uniformity and Church Polity in the Augsburg Confessions and the Formula of Concord: The Church Orders as Heremeutical Key - Matthew C Harrison

Sasse on Worship - John W Kleinig

The Origin And Nature Of The Service With Communion Of The LCA, As Published In The Lutheran Hymnal, 1973 - Michael Lockwood and Jonathon Kummerow

Traditional and contemporary worship in the LCA - A discussion paper - David Schubert

The Liturgical Heritage of Theodor Kliefoth - John W. Kleinig

Some Aspects of the History of Worship in the LCA - David Schubert, 2004

** NEW ** Paul Gerhardt as a Teacher of Lutheran Spirituality - Dr John W Kleinig

The Biblical View of Worship - John W Kleinig

Where Is Your God? Luther on God’s Self-localisation - John W Kleinig

The Mystery of Christ and the Divine Service - John W Kleinig

Sharing in God’s Holiness - John W Kleinig

The Lord’s Supper as a Sacrificial Banquet - John W Kleinig

Witting or Unwitting Ritualists - John W Kleinig

Worshipping with the Angels - Victor C Pfitzner

Worship at Luther Campus - Faculty of Luther Campus, 1995

What's the use of Praising God - J W Kleinig

Luther on Participation in God's Holiness - John W Kleinig, 1985/2003

The Privatisation of the Cultus Publicus - Lutheran Theological Journal 27/1 (1993): 13-22 - John G Strelan

Ways of Opening a Service - John W Kleinig, 2001

Singing with Grace in Our Hearts - The Function of Hymnody in Its Cultural Context - John W Klenig

Bach, Chronicles and Church Music - John W Kleinig

Incarnation and Music - John W Kleinig, 2000

The Use of Testimonies in the Divine Service - John W Kleinig

The Use of Visual Media Technology in Liturgical Worship - Andrew Ruddell

LCA Worship Guidelines - Summary of recent decisions and suggestions about the divine service - Compiled by David Schubert for the Department of Liturgics

Language in Worship: David Schubert, 2006 - David Schubert

Some guidelines for the use of dataprojectors in worship - Adam Cooper, 2003

Worship and Outreach - BCL COW Task Force

Worship and Mission - John Kleinig

** NEW ** Speech Acts in the Liturgy - David Schubert

Studies on Weekly Communion - Greg Pietsch, 2004

A series of studies on the Liturgy (formatted for church bulletins) - Linards Jansons

Liturgy and Prayers for a Time of Drought - This rite is a full liturgy that may be used on any Sunday during a time of drought. It follows the Old Testament notion that times of natural calamity are times for a “return to the Lord.” It is designed to be used flexibly. You may wish to simply use the regular seasonal liturgy for the day, inserting only those portions that seem advisable for your situation, or the entire service could be used as a special afternoon or evening service.

A Rite of Installation for an Assistant Pastor - Increasingly retired pastors have been appointed to serve part time in an honorary capacity in the congregations of the LCA and to assist the local pastors in their work. Even though they have not been officially called as pastors to that congregation or parish, they serve there as ministers of word and sacrament. This rite is meant to regularize such an arrangement and to ensure that they have congregational support for their work.

A rite for relinquishing tokens of office - The following rite provides an opportunity for the pastor who is leaving the congregation (by virtue of call or retirement), or who is leaving the office of the ministry, to publicly relinquish a token of office. The ritual relinquishment of tokens of office provides a symbolic and public expression that the public service undertaken by the pastor in Christ’s name has come to an end in that locality.

New Prayers for Holy Communion - While the LCA Worship Resources provide many different possibilities for variation in the communion service, they do not give any additional Eucharistic prayers, but merely recommend the use of the same prayers for the whole liturgical year. These three prayers are suggested as alternatives to the prayers that are given in the Service with Communion, the Service – Alternative Form and the Modern Liturgy (Worship Today). They have been adopted by the Department of Liturgics and are released for field testing and feedback. The theological foundation for the use of Eucharistic prayers is given in the Commission on Worship Statement 32 on the Celebration of the Lord’s supper with thanksgiving.

Seasonal Prayer - Sources of Quotations

Everyday Prayer - Daily Lectionary

Everyday Prayer -Index to Daily Lectionary

2008 Lectionary Plus Daily Thematic - Sunday and thematic weekly Bible readings - (Year A + beginning of Year B)

2008 Lectionary Plus Daily Continuous - Sunday and continuous weekly Bible readings - (Year A + beginning of Year B)

2008 Lectionary Plus Daily Thematic Sunday and thematic weekly Bible readings(Year A + beginning of Year B)

2008 Lectionary Plus Daily Continuous Sunday and continuous weekly Bible readings (Year A + beginning of Year B)