2024 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music resources

Attendees at the 2024 LCMS Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music sing during worship at St. John Lutheran Church in Seward, Neb., on July 9. (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)

The 2024 Institute on Liturgy, Preaching and Church Music was July 9-12 at Concordia University, Nebraska (CUNE) in Seward, Neb. Presented by LCMS Worship, the Institute was held under the theme “Songs of Deliverance: Psalms in the Great Congregation.”

With the Psalter as its focal point, the conference featured fresh and perennial topics on music, leadership, preaching, pastoral care, art and spiritual growth in Lutheran worship.

Instructive and interactive sessions addressed practical topics of interest to musicians, pastors, teachers, interested laypersons and many others. Over the course of the conference, attendees also sang and prayed all 150 Psalms together.

Resources from the Institute include:

‘Reporter’ story

‘And they sang’: Worship institute covers entire psalter in four days

‘The Lutheran Witness’ column

Why pastors should sing

Psalm sheets

Study, devotion and prayer sheets for all 150 psalms

Conference book

Institute overview and bios of featured musicians, keynote speakers

Video

Worship services, Psalm festivals and interviews

Presentations

Keynote I-B — Dr. Charles Brown

Keynote II — Rev. Dr. Adam Hensley

Keynote III — Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Boyle

Photos

Institute photo gallery

KFUO Radio programs

The Coffee Hour

Visual Art and Graphic Design in Service to the Church — July 11, 2024

Composing Music for the Church — July 15, 2024

Connecting with Fellow Church Musicians — July 25, 2024

Set Apart To Serve: Formation as a Church Musician at Concordia Irvine — July 26, 2024

Australian Lutherans Share Their Story — July 29, 2024

Set Apart to Serve: Encouraging Church Work Within Congregations — Aug. 2, 2024

The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge

Kitchen Table Talk: The Psalms, and Why We Love Them — May 31, 2024

Wild Card: Poetry In The Psalms — June 7, 2024

Hymn Sing with Sarah: Psalm Paraphrases — June 14, 2024

Iron Ladle Challenge: Food in the Psalms — June 21, 2024

Write This: Devotional Psalms — June 28, 2024

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