Title: APPROPRIATE PLACES IN SERVICE FOR CHOIR TO SING
Author: Duane Schneider
Last saved by: WELS
Company: Peace of Our Savior

Where Does the Choir Sing?

Liturgy, CW, p. 26 | Best Places | Possible Places
Pre-service | | X
Opening hymn | X |
Confession | |
Kyrie | | X
Praise | | X
Prayer | |
Old Testament | |
Psalm | X |
Epistle | |
Verse | X |
Gospel | |
Hymn of Day | X |
Sermon | |
Creed | | X
Offering | X |
Prayer | |
Lord’s Prayer | | X
Preface | |
Sanctus | | X
Institution | |
Agnus Dei | | X
Distribution (Hymn) | X |
Thanksgiving | |
Blessing | |
Hymn | | X

Where a hymn is mentioned, the choir sings in alternation with the congregation.

Thanks to Pastor Martin Wildauer for preparing this chart and giving permission to share it.

While this chart can serve to broaden ways in which choirs or soloists serve the Divine Service, it does not cover all possibilities. For example, Lutheran worship in earlier centuries made use of the "Gospel Motet" – a musical form that combined solo singing of a reading with portions of the reading sung in harmony. Both historic compositions and new music in this genre are available today.