Essentials In Worship History

Description

Essentials In Worship History reminds us that everything has a story – and worship has a powerful one. Consider the influence of just one worship song – Amazing Grace– in reshaping history. Consider how communion, a symbolic action in worship, has shaped lives for 2000 years! Consider how the art and music has led people of all ethnic groups in worship – across centuries. Consider the power of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany. Lent, Easter, Pentecost – in keeping the worship story alive across millennia. Great for all worshipers, leaders and worship ministry members. For Premium Members, this course is available in multiple formats for you and your worship team.

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Objectives

Discuss worship terms such as worship history, liturgy, sacraments, new creation, holidays, eucharist, baptism and sacred time.
Identify the holiday expressions of worship in Easter, Lent, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Pentecost.
Begin to think about what ancient worship expressions, or other ethnic expressions, could be applied in worship today.

Course Outline

The Languages Of Time And Space

How have Christians used the language of time (daily, weekly, yearly and lifetime) to order their worship around Jesus over the millenia? What roles have holidays such as Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter played in the worship life of the Church? How have life journeys and passages such as birth, death, marriage, adolescence and other common human experiences played in the historic worship of the Church? What roles have landscapes, architecture, atmosphere and each age’s cultural experience played in cultivating a living worship expression in each age?

The Languages Of Prayer And Scripture

From the early Church through to the 21st century, the importance of God’s people praying together, and hearing the Scriptures read aloud have played a vital role in engaging the Church in her mission with God in the world. What creative approaches to these forms of worship could strengthen us today?

The Languages Of Baptism And The Eucharist

The language of sacraments and symbols may be unusual for many contemporary Christians growing up outside of liturgical churches. What are the real meanings, biblically and historically, behind the worship acts of Baptism and the Eucharist (communion)? In what ways could we reclaim their vitality in our worship expression today?

The Languages Of Art And Music

The role of the creative leader expressing worship through the media of art and music has been diverse across the history of the Church – from early church symbols, to Michelangelo’s Pieta, to Isaac Watt’s hymns, to Newton’s stunning Amazing Grace. Snapshots of worship history give us insight into how the Church has utilized art to further the missional worship story of every generation.

Our final week of the module will also involve the creative reflection of our learning into a final project that will serve one’s local worshipping community – and others in our program.

Consider studying this material as part of a <a href=”http://members.worshiptraining.com/certificate/”>Certificate In Worship Leadership Studies</a> with Dan Wilt, M.Min.

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