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by MJ. Smith
Lutheran Church of Australia documents
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Worship statements
- Worship Statements Introduction
- 01. The altar and its design
- 02. The colours and seasons of the Church year
- 03. The difference between rites of blessing and rites of consecration
- 04. The distribution of Holy Communion – reference to possible infection
- 05. Guidelines for the use of drama within the liturgy of the Church
- 06. Guidelines for modern English in hymns
- 07. Guidelines for the use of the Passover Haggadah
- 08. The location of the baptismal font
- 09. Marriage in a garden setting
- 10. Permissible lectionaries
- 11. Principles for the tunes of hymns
- 12. Principles for the words of hymns
- 13. Principles governing the use of language in the liturgy of the Church
- 14. Public worship and its environment
- 15. The purpose of the visual arts in worship
- 16. Rationale – synodical decision on use of approved orders with Holy Communion
- 17. The use of multi-purpose worship centres
- 18. The use of the Service with Communion for the ministry to the sick
- 19. The paschal candle
- 20. Liturgical vestments and the alb
- 21. Lenten celebrations
- 22. Frequency of communion
- 23. The role of assistants in the liturgy
- 24. A Lutheran Approach to the Theology of Worship
- 25. Children in corporate worship
- 26. Guidelines – involvement of vicars in leading public worship
- 27. The role of the lay reader in regular corporate worship
- 28. Parts of the service for musical settings
- 29. Guidelines for services on special occasions
- 30. Preparing the service with Holy Communion
- 31. The Prayer of the Church
- 32. The celebration of the Lord’s Supper with Thanksgiving
- 33. The distribution of the Sacrament of the Altar
- 34. The Chasuble
- 35. Solidarity in Worship: The Lutheran understanding of Adiaphora
- 36. The Collect (Prayer of the Day)
- 37. The Liturgical Duties Of The Presiding Minister
- 38. The Blessing Of People In The Divine Service
- 39. The Use Of Scriptural Sentences In The Divine Service
Social and Bioethical Questions
- Abortion
- Abortion: the hard choices
- Alternative Medicine: some healthy comment
- Biblical & theological views of work
- Biotechnology and Health
- Birth Control
- Capital Punishment
- CSBQ Discussion paper on Stem Cell Research
- Domestic Violence
- Ethical Concerns of Christian Workers in a Non-Christian Context
- Euthanasia – Evidence to Social Development Committee (SA), 9th April 1999
- Euthanasia or Mercy Killing
- Freedom of Religion and Belief in the 21st Century
- Gambling
- Gambling – a Bible Study
- HIV and AIDS
- HIV/AIDS: A Global Tragedy
- Homosexuality
- Homosexuality and the Church
- Human Cloning
- Human Reproductive Technology
- Human Rights
- Humanity’s treatment of animals
- Marriage, Divorce, and Re-Marriage
- Multiculturalism and the Lutheran Church
- Networking: Christian conscience and multi-level selling
- Organ Transplants
- Pastoral Statement on ‘Boat People’
- Population and development: a Christian perspective on a global question
- Poverty
- Poverty: a Blight of Many, the Plight of All
- RE – Lockhart Review Of Human Cloning And Human Embryo Research – A Letter To Pastors/Church Members
- RE – Lockhart Review Of Human Cloning And Human Embryo Research – A Letter to the Lockhart Review
- Refugees fact sheet (Lutheran Community Care)
- Refugees: what you can do
- RU486 Considerations
- Some thoughts and ideas on ministry to and with older people
- Speaking and Doing God’s Word in Plague Time Pointers for a Christian response to the HIV / AIDS epidemic in Africa and beyond
- Stem Cell Research 2 petition
- Suicide – Questions asked and advice
- Surrogate motherhood
- The Church and Suicide – one snapshot
- The Euthanasia Debate
- The involvement of the church in social and political problems
- The rural crisis: an assault on the dignity of agricultural work
- The Two ‘Kingdoms’
- The use of drugs
- War, Peace, and Conscientious Objection to Service in War
- What are the Issues Regarding Work for Christians Today?
- What is the context of work today?
- Withholding nutrition from the severely incapacitated: Compassion for the incurable, or euthanasia by omission?
- Work & Unemployment: Responses
- Work and Unemployment: a discussion paper
- X-rated videos
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