2014 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music resources
Presented by LCMS Worship, the Institute was held under the theme “Comfort, Comfort, Ye My People.”
Interview with Rev. Heath Curtis, coordinator, LCMS Stewardship Ministry
Rev. Heath Curtis, coordinator for LCMS Stewardship Ministry, discusses the Stewardship Ministry, its redesigned website (www.lcms.org/stewardship) and the resources available to pastors and congregations during an interview on KFUO-AM.
Audio: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood
LCMS Young Adult Ministry interviews “Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood” authors, Dr. Patricia Herzog and Hilary Davidson. They share their findings from the National Study of Youth and Religion.
Feast of the Purification of Mary
Pastors, this is one of the feasts that (sadly!) tends to be mostly observed only when it falls on Sunday, as it does this year. That means that many are tempted to speak the unfamiliar Proper Preface. If you’d like a little practice learning to sing it, listen here to Pr. Sean Daenzer as he sings it for you.
Pastors: Learn to chant the prefaces for Advent and Christmas
Listen as Pastor Sean Daenzer of Trinity Lutheran, Great Bend, N.D., and Peace Lutheran, Barney, N.D., chants the Advent and Christmas prefaces. Listen a few times through and you will have them down in no time!
Video: “You are Not Alone”
Re:Vitality resources are built around a practical process and useful tools that you can adapt to meet the unique opportunities and challenges of your context.
When Disaster Strikes: Worship Resources with Litany
Here are a number of brief resources you may find useful in addressing the sorts of questions that arise among God's people when faced with disasters in this fallen world. They all seek to refresh the weary with the wonderful promises of God's Word related to suffering, the end of this age, and the joys of the age that will dawn at our Lord's return.
Bible study – Luther’s ‘A Simple Way to Pray’
A brief, practical guide on prayer written for his barber and friend, Peter Beskendorf, in 1535
Good King Wenceslas — Christmas Program
Is a children’s Christmas program Written by the Rev. Bernhard Seter in formats for use by Sunday schools or Lutheran parochial schools.
Liturgy Audio Collection — Alternate Liturgical Canticles
Liturgy recordings from the Lutheran Service Book for pastors and church musicians.
Liturgy Audio Collection — Service of Prayer and Preaching
Liturgy recordings from the Lutheran Service Book for pastors and church musicians.
Liturgy Audio Collection — Daily Office — Compline
Liturgy recordings from the Lutheran Service Book for pastors and church musicians.
Liturgy Audio Collection — Daily Office — Evening Prayers
Liturgy recordings from the Lutheran Service Book for pastors and church musicians.
Liturgy Audio Collection — Daily Office — Morning Prayers
Liturgy recordings from the Lutheran Service Book for pastors and church musicians.
Liturgy Audio Collection — Daily Office — Vespers
Liturgy recordings from the Lutheran Service Book for pastors and church musicians.