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The Service Book and Hymnal (Red Book)
	The Service Book and Hymnal is used at Our Savior's during the celebration of Danish Days in July. On Saturday we hold a complete worship service following the calendar and liturgy of the Service Book and Hymnal. This classic worship book was used by both Spring Valley and Our Savior's from 1958 until 1996. Although we currently use the Lutheran Book of Worship, the SBH or "Red Book" still holds a strong place in the hearts of the members of both congregations. We encourage anyone who remembers the SBH or wishes to experience a classic and elegant liturgy, to come and join us on Danish Days for worship. Beginning in the 18th century Lutheran synods of the USA, particularly those under the influence of the patriarch Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, issued a sequence of both German and English hymnals which displayed strong unionist tendencies and included selections of hymns of Anglican and Wesleyan origin. These culminated in the Common Service Book (music edition, Philadelphia 1917). The Lutheran Service Book and Hymnal (Minneapolis 1958), was the successor to the Common Service Book, and was adopted by some two-thirds of North American Lutherans. The decidedly ecumenical repertoire of this book included 14 plainsong melodies, 37 Scandinavian chorales, and British tunes that outnumbered German chorales two to one (283 voices 145). The three settings of the service were, respectively: 'Anglican Chant,' a chorale plainsong mixture devised primarily from the Swedish Mässbok, and an adaptation by Ernest White of the Gregorian Missa orbis factor. Matins and Vespers were in 'Anglican Chant'.