The Commission on Worship (CoW) and other LCA pastors and scholars have written extensively on the biblical and theological underpinnings of our worship. These continue to inform and guide the church in its practice.<\/p>\n
History and Rationale for Statements<\/a><\/p>\n01. The altar and its design<\/a> Biblical & Theological Resources The Commission on Worship (CoW) and other LCA pastors and scholars have written extensively on the biblical and theological underpinnings of our worship. These continue to… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-338","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lca.org.au\/worship\/wpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lca.org.au\/worship\/wpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lca.org.au\/worship\/wpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lca.org.au\/worship\/wpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lca.org.au\/worship\/wpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.lca.org.au\/worship\/wpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18943,"href":"https:\/\/www.lca.org.au\/worship\/wpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/338\/revisions\/18943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lca.org.au\/worship\/wpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n02. The colours and seasons of the church year<\/a>
\n03. The difference between rites of blessing and rites of consecration<\/a>
\n04. The distribution of holy communion (reference to possible infection)<\/a>
\n05. Guidelines for the use of drama within the liturgy of the church<\/a>
\n06. Guidelines for modern English in hymns<\/a>
\n07. Guidelines for the use of the Passover Haggadah<\/a>
\n08. The location of the baptismal font<\/a>
\n09. Marriage in a garden setting<\/a>
\n10. Permissible lectionaries<\/a>
\n11. Principles for the tunes of hymns<\/a>
\n12. Principles for the words of hymns<\/a>
\n13. Principles governing the use of language in the liturgy of the church<\/a>
\n14. Public worship and its environment<\/a>
\n15. The purpose of the visual arts in worship<\/a>
\n16. Rationale – synodical decision on use of approved orders with holy communion<\/a>
\n17. The use of multi-purpose worship centres<\/a>
\n18. The use of the Service with Communion for the ministry to the sick<\/a>
\n19. The paschal candle<\/a>
\n20. Liturgical vestments and the alb<\/a>
\n21. Lenten celebration<\/a>
\n22. Frequency of communion<\/a>
\n23. The role of assistants in the liturgy<\/a>
\n24. A Lutheran approach to the theology of worship<\/a>
\n25. Children in corporate worship<\/a>
\n26. Guidelines – involvement of vicars in leading public worship<\/a>
\n27. The role of the lay reader in regular corporate worship<\/a>
\n28. Parts of the service for musical settings<\/a>
\n29. Guidelines for services on special occasions<\/a>
\n30. Preparing the service with holy communion<\/a>
\n31. The Prayer of the Church<\/a>
\n32. The celebration of the Lord’s Supper with Thanksgiving<\/a>
\n33. The distribution of the Sacrament of the Altar<\/a>
\n34. The chasuble<\/a>
\n35. Solidarity in worship: the Lutheran understanding of adiaphora<\/a>
\n36. The Collect (Prayer of the Day)<\/a>
\n37. The liturgical duties of the presiding minister<\/a>
\n38. The blessing of people in the divine service<\/a>
\n39. The use of scriptural sentences in the divine service<\/a>
\n16.07 Holy Communion dealing pastorally with those who have allergies<\/a>
\nTowards Freedom – The Practice of Forgiveness in the LCA<\/a>\u00a0– Report from GCC Taskforce 2009\n\n\t\tBiblical foundations for worship\n\t<\/h2>\n\tProclaiming the Name<\/a> – Victor C Pfitzner
\nNaming God<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nWorship and Full Assurance<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nEntrance into the Heavenly<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig\n\n\t\tHistory of Lutheran Worship\n\t<\/h2>\nLiturgical Uniformity and Church Polity in the Augsburg Confessions and the Formula of Concord: The Church Orders as Hermeneutical Key<\/a> – Matthew C Harrison
\nSasse on Worship<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nThe Origin And Nature Of The Service With Communion Of The LCA, As Published In The Lutheran Hymnal, 1973<\/a>\u00a0– Michael Lockwood and Jonathon Kummerow
\nT<\/a>raditional and contemporary worship in the LCA – A discussion paper<\/a>\u00a0– David Schubert
\nThe Liturgical Heritage of Theodor Kliefoth<\/a> – John W Kleinig
\nSome Aspects of the History of Worship in the LCA<\/a>\u00a0– David Schubert, 2004
\nPaul Gerhardt as a Teacher of Lutheran Spirituality<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig\n\n\t\tTheology of Worship\n\t<\/h2>\n\tThe Biblical View of Worship<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nWhere Is Your God? Luther on God’s Self-localisation<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nThe Mystery of Christ and the Divine Service<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nSharing in God’s Holiness<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nThe Lord’s Supper as a Sacrificial Banquet<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nWitting or Unwitting Ritualists<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nWorshipping with the Angels<\/a>\u00a0– Victor C Pfitzner
\nWorship at Luther Campus<\/a>\u00a0– Faculty of Luther Campus, 1995
\nWhat’s the use of Praising God<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nLuther on Participation in God’s Holiness<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig, 1985\/2003\n\n\t\tLiturgy and Worship\n\t<\/h2>\nThe Privatisation of the Cultus Publicus<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Lutheran Theological Journal<\/em> 27\/1 (1993): 13-22 –\u00a0John G Strelan
\nWays of Opening a Service<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig, 2001
\nSinging with Grace in Our Hearts –\u00a0The Function of Hymnody in Its Cultural Context<\/a> – John W Kleinig
\nThe 1973 Lutheran Hymnal of the Lutheran Church of Australia: Alan Collyer: 2004
\nBach, Chronicles and Church Music<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig
\nIncarnation and Music<\/a>\u00a0– John W Kleinig, 2000\n\n\t\tThe Practice of Worship\n\t<\/h2>\n\tSome Pastoral Guidelines for Worship with Small Numbers<\/a>
\nThe Use of Testimonies in the Divine Service<\/a> – John W Kleinig
\nThe Use of Visual Media Technology in Liturgical Worship<\/a>\u00a0– Andrew Ruddell
\nLCA Worship Guidelines – Summary of recent decisions and suggestions about the divine service<\/a>\u00a0– Compiled by David Schubert for the Department of Liturgics
\nLanguage in Worship<\/a>: David Schubert, 2006
\nSome guidelines for the use of data projectors in worship<\/a>\u00a0– Adam Cooper, 2003
\nWorship and Outreach<\/a> – BCL COW Taskforce
\nWorship and Mission<\/a> – John W Kleinig
\nSpeech Acts in the Liturgy<\/a> – David Schubert
\nAdvice on Bible translations for worship<\/a> (updated 2020)
\nWorship for the sake of the world<\/a>\u00a0– Linards Jansons
\nStudies on Weekly Communion<\/a>\u00a0– Greg Pietsch, 2004
\nA series of studies on the Liturgy<\/a> (formatted for church bulletins) –\u00a0Linards Jansons\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"