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Lutheran Churchmanship and Liturgy

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1. Does your congregation use incense?-no
2. Is the Mass sung, said, or chanted? -Part said, part sung.
3. Does your priest/pastor wear a chasuble/vestment or just a stole?- All and none of the above. None at contemporary service. All or none or in between at traditional services depending upon the time of year and the liturgical calendar.
4. Do your deacons or lay helpers wear albs or vestments of any kind?-Sometomes not all the time. Usually coordinated with the garment choice of the pastor.
5. Does your parish have a sanctus light or presence lamp? -yes
6. Does your parish have a communion rail to kneel at? -yes
7. Does your congregation make sign of the cross at various points during the service?- no
8. Does your parish reserve the sacrament in a tabernacle? (I imagine this would be pretty uncommon in the LCMS)- no
9. Does your parish altar face Eastward?- no
Does the pastor face Eastward toward the altar? -no
10. Does your pastor raise the elements above his head during the Lord's Supper? -yes
11. Do the congregants bow when they go up to the altar?-no
 
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