Modern liturgy?
This website is meant for all pastors and worship leaders who look for alternative liturgical options. It is for all those who want to connect tradition and life as it is found in the various communities we serve. The prayers, calls to worship and creeds posted on this website reflect my work in the Lutheran congregation I currently serve in North Wales, Montgomery County, PA. Feel free to use this material, alter it if you need to and most of all, serve God and people as best you can.
I have also included sermons and my project paper on alternative creeds in liturgical worship. You will also find a few works by other modern liturgists, complete with links to their websites.
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Andreas
Pastor Andreas Wagner
Who is the Modern Liturgist?
Born and raised in Germany, I received my formal theological education at the universities of Mainz and Munich. In 1996 I came to Pittsburgh for an urban internship and subsequently joined the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I was an inner city pastor in Philadelphia from 1997 through 2007 and have since served at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in North Wales, a small town northwest of Philly. I am married with three wonderful children. Our Bernese mountain dog “Winter” is the biggest baby in the family.
I started writing liturgy and liturgical pieces around 2008, primarily for use in my small congregation in North Wales. A Sabbatical and PSP grant in 2016 allowed me to dig deeper and give thoughtful consideration to the use of alternative creeds in worship.
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Sermons & Weekly Inspiration
“Grieving in the Times of Corona” Sermon on Sunday, March 29, 2020 Based on John 11
Some of the most difficult experiences people have had to deal with in these past weeks are funerals and planned weddings. To emphasize the point let me ask this simple question: how do you grieve without the comfort of human touch and the support of a caring...
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“What are we seeing in all of this?” Sermon on Sunday, March 22, 2020 Based on John 9
This gospel passage tells us the story of a man who was blind from birth. John tends to share fewer healing stories compared to the other gospel writers; but those he does tell he describes in astonishing detail. He frequently calls his miracles “signs.” In other...
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“The Familiar and the Unfamiliar” Sermon on Sunday, March 15, 2020 Based on John 4
The first thing that strikes me about this story recorded in John 4 is how John assumes his readers to have a certain familiarity with the landscape. He says Jesus came to this city called Sychar near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph....
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