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Marking Time: Dressing The Church For The Liturgical Year, Deborah Sokolove Jan 2016

Marking Time: Dressing The Church For The Liturgical Year, Deborah Sokolove

Symposium on Worship Archive

The seasons and special days of the church year are often marked visually by artworks that come and go. In this session we will examine art as a congregational practice in which both adults and children produce banners, paraments, installations, and other occasional artworks that take their place in the worship space alongside those elements that are permanent. Participants are encouraged to send images of what their own congregations do to dress their churches as a way of marking liturgical time.


Learning To Worship For The Life Of The World, Steven Guthrie Jan 2016

Learning To Worship For The Life Of The World, Steven Guthrie

Symposium on Worship Archive

For the Life of the World is one of the most influential books ever written on the sacraments. But this classic text by the Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann encompasses all of the Christian experience, inviting the reader into a pattern of “sacramental living.” This seminar will provide an accessible introduction to For the Life of the World and will think about how its vision might shape our worship and our lives.


How To Commission Liturgical Art, Jeanne Logan Jan 2016

How To Commission Liturgical Art, Jeanne Logan

Symposium on Worship Archive

Jeanne will show examples of her own commissioned work as well as outstanding examples of the work of others. She will then focus on the nuts and bolts of commissioning a work of liturgical art: what does the artist expect from you and what you should expect from the artist.


How Can Art Bring About Such A Great Thing?, David Mcnutt Jan 2016

How Can Art Bring About Such A Great Thing?, David Mcnutt

Symposium on Worship Archive

How can a consideration of one of the most divisive issues during the Reformation helpfully inform the church’s corporate worship today? Questions surrounding the theology and practice of the church’s sacraments—including their number, their nature, and their function—were among the most hotly contested issues during the Reformation. Likewise, the category of sacrament has been appealed to in recent considerations of the arts and their place in the life of the church. In this session, participants will consider what we can learn from the sacramental life of the Reformed church and how that can inform our understanding of the potential role …


My Soul Finds Rest In God: Psalms Of Praise, Lament, And Hope, Sandra Mccracken Jan 2016

My Soul Finds Rest In God: Psalms Of Praise, Lament, And Hope, Sandra Mccracken

Symposium on Worship Archive

Join with singer-songwriter Sandra McCracken for contemplative songs and liturgical prayers, while making space within this worship service for both lament and joy.