A new video tour walks through some of the important changes in paradigm that Christian Worship: Service Builder delivers to the task of planning and preparing Lutheran services.
Read MoreChristian Worship: Service Builder is a powerful application that congregations will use as part of their total worship planning and preparation workflow. This article offers the perspective of a parish pastor on how Christian Worship: Service Builder is likely to fit into the work of a congregation.
Read MoreCongregations who meet in a multi-site configuration or who have partnered with neighboring congregations to support a pastor in a dual parish setting will find that Christian Worship: Service Builder works well in such situations and at a fair annual cost.
Read MoreHymnSoft has been a useful solution to the problem facing congregations without adequate musicians. Christian Worship: Playlist is the successor to HymnSoft. This article explains how Christian Worship: Playlist will work and characterizes the exact nature of the technical solution to this technical problem.
Read MoreThe best way to learn about Christian Worship: Service Builder is to use it. For this reason, Christian Worship: Service Builder will offer a generous trial mode at no cost. This article offers a brief explanation of what to expect when you take Christian Worship: Service Builder for a test drive.
Read MoreChristian Worship: Service Builder is the exclusive digital platform for Christian Worship. This article offers a look at some of the most important reasons why.
Read MoreIn the July–August issue of Worship the Lord, Pastor Jonathan Schroeder offers a survey of the new Christian Worship lectionary.
Read MoreNow available are video and print resources to help you preview and introduce what’s coming in the new Christian Worship: Psalter.
Read MoreIn the March 2021 issue of Worship the Lord, WELS Hymnal Project Director Michael Schultz provides a summary of the numerous accompaniment options available for the new Christian Worship.
Read MoreIn the January 2021 issue of Worship the Lord, Pastor Jonathan Bauer explains how the new Christian Worship will benefit the outreach efforts of WELS congregations.
Read MoreThe May–June 2021 edition of Worship the Lord featured numerous ways that congregations are already adopting the Christian Worship suite of worship resources, including the new pew edition hymnal. The issue of Worship the Lord is available as a PDF download by clicking or tapping the button below.
Read MoreProf. Jon Micheel has prepared a written overview of the wedding rite to be published in the new Christian Worship. A PDF copy of the resource is available by clicking or tapping the button below.
Read MoreThe WELS Hymnal Project is please to provide several new preview resources as part of the introduction of Christian Worship to WELS. This post lists what’s new and offers links to download the November 2020 batch of preview resources.
Read MoreThis preliminary draft of an article to appear in a future issue of Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly is provided by its author, Rev. Earle Treptow, President of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. The article covers the translation choices made concerning the Nicene Creed in the upcoming edition of Christian Worship.
Read MoreThis article by Prof. Aaron Christie, published in Worship the Lord, provides an overview of how the WELS Hymnal Project worked to provide a list of hymns that is comprehensive in scope and Christ-centered in content.
Read MoreProf. James Tiefel documents the liturgical philosophy that shaped the liturgical materials included in Christian Worship: Hymnal. The resource will of interest to those who are curious to learn more about the overall rubric that guided decision-making by the WELS Hymnal Project Executive Committee.
Read MoreThe following article has been prepared by the WELS Hymnal Project as a useful resource offering an overview of The Service as it will appear in the upcoming edition of Christian Worship: Hymnal. Use the button below to download the resource as a PDF.
Read MoreThe following article was published in the September 2020 edition of Worship the Lord, the bimonthly publication of the WELS Commission on Worship. Pastor Adam Mueller offers a detailed look at what is coming in the new hymnal resources. Use the button below to download the article as a PDF.
Read MoreThis article is chapter one from the forthcoming Christian Worship: Foundations, a companion volume to the new WELS hymnal. This volume is a pastor's manual that provides rationale for the services in the new hymnal. The chapter attached below was printed in the Spring 2020 issue of Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly.
Read MoreThis article offers thoughts on having new hymnals in the pews even though Christian Worship: Service Builder can easily create worship folders that include hymns.
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