~ The Arizona~California District of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran
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~ Serving the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, and
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for Maundy Thursday Christian Worship: Occasional Services offers a complete Maundy Thursday service, including the Stripping of the Altar. This service is unique in that the sermon is placed at the beginning of the service. It also makes use of the Great Litany (also found in Christian Worship: Altar Book). You could place the sermon in the usual place after the Hymn of the Day. A responsive prayer for Maundy Thursday is also available in Christian Worship: Altar Book. Another option for Maundy Thursday is to take a catechetical approach in teaching the doctrine of the Lord’s Supper. Both Luther’s Small Catechism sections on Lord’s Supper and his Christian Questions could find prominent places in the service. The Christian Questions have a confession/absolution flavor, as well as serving to prepare communicants for the sacrament.. Another way to include variety is the distribution hymn. Following is a short list of distribution hymns/songs. They have a more contemporary feel to them. Most require choral involvement. They reflect the biblical teaching on the Lord’s Supper. Draw Near and
Take the Body of the Lord Used at the 2005 WELS National Worship Conference. Congregational refrain. Available from World Library Publications. For copyright permission, see www.wlp.jspaluch.com. Take and Eat Congregational refrain. Flute or other instrument and guitar are optional. Available from GIA. This Touch of
Love Four of the six stanzas are found in Let All the People Praise You. Onelicense.net covers copyright permission. Words by Jaroslav Vajda and music by Carl Schalk. Choral setting available from MorningStar Music Publishing. We Remember Used at the 2005 WELS National Worship Conference. Words and music by WELS member Tim Helmen. Contact Tim for music and information on copyright (www.timhelmen.com). What Is This Bread? Printed in Hymnal Supplement ’98 (LCMS). Words by Frederic Baue and music by Jane Baue. Contact CPH for copyright permission. Choral setting available from CPH. When You Woke
that Thursday Morning Words by Jaroslav Vajda and music by David Schack. Choral setting available from MorningStar Music Publishing. |
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