With One Voice: A Lutheran Resource for Worship [Paperback]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub (August 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806600519
• ISBN-13: 978-0806600512
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #377,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "With One Voice" has been a great resource for our congregation!, November 19, 2007

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Anne Wiebe (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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I am puzzled by the other reviewer's complaint that this book is not diverse or balanced, because the book is clearly meant only as a supplement for worship, never as a primary resource. The Lutheran Book of Worship is its primary hymnal, evidenced especially by WOV's hymn numbering, which begins exactly where LBW leaves off. Our congregation has very much enjoyed the additional hymns; we sing about half our hymns from it, the other half from LBW. There was no intention for this to be the only worship hymnal; thus diversity is not a goal, but adding dimensions that were not present in LBW was important. Therefore, its emphasis on covering some of the missing "bases" left out of LBW is very welcome. New songs from new traditions such as praise songs, songs from other cultures and traditions, and old hymns such as "Blessed Assurance" that had not "made the cut" for LBW all are very helpful for our congregation. We love WOV!

Also, I agree that speaking of "mass" in connection with a Lutheran hymn book is very odd, since I am not aware of any Lutheran synod using that term to speak of worship (of course, there are some smaller, quite different branches of Lutherans as well!). This does cast some doubt on whether that reviewer is speaking from a mainstream Lutheran point of view.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Hymnal for the Lutheran Church, February 8, 2007

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S. I. Short (Issaquah, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: With One Voice: A Lutheran Resource for Worship (Paperback)

I love this hymnal. It has a beautiful communion service with a lovely Kyrie. I defy you sing the hymn "I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry" without joy. There are many lovely hymns in it that our congregation loves to sing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars just as i expected, December 10, 2010

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This review is from: With One Voice: A Lutheran Resource for Worship (Paperback)

I ordered this book after using it one Sunday while visiting my Mother in Law at her Episcopal Church in CT. It was exactly as it said it would be and I have already enjoyed singing several of the songs.