Ways to show your gratitude and support for church workers
Suggestions for ways to show your gratitude and support for your pastors, teachers, church musicians, deaconesses and other church workers.
Confess the Holy Trinity with the Athanasian Creed
The Athanasian Creed is commonly confessed on Trinity Sunday. LCMS Worship has produced multiple formats of the creed, including sung and spoken, for congregational use.
Sing the Te Deum — by Martin Luther
Did you know that Martin Luther composed a setting of the Te Deum Laudamus? Adapted as a hymn from its original tune, Luther's Te Deum is designed to be sung responsively between two groups.
LCMS Worship – 2022-23 hymn suggestions for Series A and One-Year Series
LCMS Worship provides hymn suggestions for Three-Year Series A and the One-Year Series to use during the 2022-23 church year.
LCMS Worship – Hymn Suggestions for Revelation
LCMS Worship offers a list of hymn suggestions related to each pericope of the Book of Revelation.
LCMS Worship – 2021-22 hymn suggestions for Series C and One-Year Series
LCMS Worship provides hymn suggestions for Three-Year Series C and the One-Year Series to use during the 2021-22 church year.
Hymn of the Day studies – ‘The Word in Song’
LCMS Worship provides Hymn of the Day studies for the Lutheran Service Book to use with the Three-Year Lectionary and One-Year Lectionary.
LCMS Worship – ‘A Wedding Hymn’
The text of “A Wedding Hymn” was written by the Rev. Paul F. Becker on the occasion of his daughter, Julie, entering holy marriage in 2019.
Organ Playing 101
This six-part organ instructional video series will help organists with accompanying of hymnody and liturgy.
The Care and Keeping of a Substitute Organist
First and foremost, you want your substitute to lead the congregational singing and not detract from the worship that’s planned. Here are a few ideas to ensure a smooth transition to someone different “on the bench.”
A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing…in Canon
What do “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” and “All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night” (Lutheran Service Book 883) have in common? Both can be sung as a musical round or canon, a musical composition in which two or more voices sing exactly the same melody but with each voice beginning at a different time, allowing the voices to fit together harmonically.
The Lutheran Confessions No. 1: About God and Music
Let’s explore a fundamental, universal question: Just what is the music for worship and how do we know it when we see it?
Random Thoughts on Ringing Bells Randomly
There is no doubt that handbell choirs enrich the worship life of many congregations. While many bell choirs focus primarily on anthems that are played as prelude, postlude or responses within the service, there are other ways to utilize handbells without a lot of rehearsal.