The Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal Project
Collection
Identifier: S011
Scope and Contents
The collection is made up of materials created and/or reviewed by members of the hymnal project committees between 1985 and 1993, as well as preliminary materials from the decade and more prior to 1985. Also included are a large body of submissions and feedback from pastors, teachers, organists, poets, and other members of the Wisconsin Synod and other church bodies, all faithfully reviewed by committee members. The sheer magnitude of the material is a reflection on the painstaking detail with which the various committees treated every aspect of this hymnal, to ensure that it reflected not only the doctrines of Scripture, but also the character of the Synod.The collection consists of the following series:
Series 1: Formation and planning records for Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal
Series 2: Minutes of meetings of Commission on Worship and hymnal committees
Series 3: Correspondence of official and personal nature regarding the project
Series 4: Feedback from Synod-wide surveys, meetings and publications
Series 5: Literature examined or published regarding the project
Series 6: Sampler planning materials and Synod-wide reactions to sampler
Series 7: Liturgical materials
Series 8: Hymn Materials
Series 9: Hymnal Project Financial Materials
Series 10: Publication Materials for Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal
Series 11: Introduction Materials for Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal.
Series 1: Formation and planning records for Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal
Series 2: Minutes of meetings of Commission on Worship and hymnal committees
Series 3: Correspondence of official and personal nature regarding the project
Series 4: Feedback from Synod-wide surveys, meetings and publications
Series 5: Literature examined or published regarding the project
Series 6: Sampler planning materials and Synod-wide reactions to sampler
Series 7: Liturgical materials
Series 8: Hymn Materials
Series 9: Hymnal Project Financial Materials
Series 10: Publication Materials for Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal
Series 11: Introduction Materials for Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal.
Dates
- 1971 - 1993
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
In the 1970’s the members of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod decided to publish a hymnal to replace The Lutheran Hymnal, which has been in use in its congregations for some time. This hymnal was intended to reflect the changing nature of the synod, the American nation in which most of the synod’s congregations were located, and the English language, with due respect to the traditions of the ancient Church, Lutheran liturgical practices and hymnody, and most of all to the doctrines of Scripture. Committee members were nominated Synod-wide, then selected by those heading up the project. Numerous hymnals, liturgies, and hymns were reviewed by the committees, and talented musicians, writers, and pastors were given opportunities to submit material. New liturgies and hymn settings were tested on congregations through the distribution of “samplers,” and the resulting feedback was carefully reviewed and applied to the developing hymnal. The result was, in 1993, the publishing of the Wisconsin Synod’s first hymnal, Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal.
Extent
16 Box : 16 record boxes containing 421 file folders.
Language of Materials
English
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the TestR1 Repository
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