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title: "Lutheran Service Book: Companion to the Services"
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# Companion to the Services

## Historical. Theological. Practical.

There’s a lot to learn about the services portion of *Lutheran Service Book*. So much history has been given to us in these rites and ceremonies, and so much of it is waiting for you to uncover in *Companion to the Services*. As a sister book to *Companion to the Hymns*, this will give you a comprehensive explanation for leading the service, liturgical colors, paraments, vestments, and so much more.

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### Sections of Companion to the Services

### The Church Year

### The Divine Service

### The Daily Office

### The Pastoral Acts

### Lent and Holy Week

### Glossary and Appendixes

### Outline of Each Section

Extensive care and research have been given to each individual portion of the *Companion to the Services*. The commentary and explanation of components of the services all follow a similar format:

### 1. Historical Development

### 2. Theological Considerations

### 3. Planning the Service

### 4. For the Presider

### Seven Prefatory Essays

- The Liturgy: Lutheran Confessional Theology, Presuppositions, and Definitions
- The Pastor as Presider
- Soaked in Christ: The Gift of Symbolism
- Vestments and Vessels
- Liturgical Song
- Planning Corporate Worship
- The Making of *Lutheran Service Book*

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### GENERAL EDITOR

Paul Grime is the dean of the chapel and a professor at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, teaching primarily in the area of worship and homiletics. From 1996 to 2007, he served as executive director for the LCMS Commission on Worship at the church body’s headquarters in St. Louis. In that position, he was project director for both *Hymnal Supplement 98* and *Lutheran Service Book*. Prior to that, he served eight years as senior pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. Grime has music degrees in church music and organ performance from Valparaiso University (BMus) and the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati (MMus). His theology degrees are from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (MDiv, STM) and Marquette University (PhD).

### Contributing Authors

##### Randy K. Asburry • Kent J. Burreson • William M. Cwirla • Andrew S. Gerike • Scott E. Johnson • James A. Kellerman • Frank J. Pies • Timothy C. J. Quill • D. Richard Stuckwisch Jr. • Mark P. Surburg • Thomas M. Winger

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