Lutherans usually follow a “liturgy” (a fixed order of worship) in our church services. Using an order of worship ensures that the proper balance and emphasis is given to the most important elements of worship.
Approved service orders
Sunday by Sunday worship resources
Special occasions resources
Sung Liturgy
Five Songs of Faith A new setting of the service with communion for the Lutheran Church of Australia. Includes service orders in Word and PPT, with melody lines, scores, and MP3 recordings.
Sung Liturgy Recordings downloadable MP3 and .wav sound files of the sung liturgy from Page 6 and Page 58 service orders to assist congregations without strong cantors or without musicians.
New rites and resources
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 regularise 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.
Statements for use with Holy Communion Word | PDF | PPT
Liturgical Learning Resources
Rhythms of Grace A series of articles on the liturgy of our church written by Linards Jansons (former teacher of Liturgy and Worship at Australian Lutheran College) which appeared in The Lutheran in 2013.
See also The Elements of Worship video series and accompanying resources on the LEARN tab.
Responsive Psalm PowerPoints
Here are some PowerPoint files of Psalms used in the RCL. They are responsive in style with the congregation speaking or singing the antiphon. They can be spoken or sung (some can be found in LCA Music Resources Vol 3 – Psalm setting). There are appropriate images on each slide to aid in reflection. New files will be added as they become available.
