Teaching

Elizabeth Broschart on Planning Music in Small Churches

Elizabeth “Beth” Broschart is the pastor at First Presbyterian Church, a small congregation in Boyne City, Michigan. Before that, she pastored a small church in Pennsylvania and helped lead music in churches where her husband was the pastor. In this edited email conversation, she talks about the joys and challenges of planning music in small congregations.

August 8, 2012 | 4 min read
Baptism versus Dedication: Liturgical & Theological Considerations

A lesson plan to accompany Living Worship curriculum that addresses how liturgy and theology affect and inform each other, especially in connection with the choosing of a liturgy for baptism or dedication or both.

July 11, 2012 | 2 min read

The Shape of Sacred Space

A lesson plan to accompany the Living Worship curriculum that addresses meaning and intentionality in the design and utilization of worship space

July 11, 2012 | 3 min read
Baptism versus Dedication: Liturgical & Theological Considerations

A lesson plan to accompany Living Worship curriculum that addresses how liturgy and theology affect and inform each other, especially in connection with the choosing of a liturgy for baptism or dedication or both.

July 11, 2012 | 2 min read

The Shape of Sacred Space

A lesson plan to accompany the Living Worship curriculum that addresses meaning and intentionality in the design and utilization of worship space

July 11, 2012 | 3 min read
Christian Initiation and Community

A lesson plan to accompany Living Worship curriculum that addresses the design and performance of Christian Initiation rites in light of the on-going life and practice of the Christian assembly.

July 11, 2012 | 2 min read

Christian Initiation and Community

A lesson plan to accompany Living Worship curriculum that addresses the design and performance of Christian Initiation rites in light of the on-going life and practice of the Christian assembly.

July 11, 2012 | 2 min read
Steven R. Guthrie on How the Holy Spirit Makes Us Fully Human

Steve Guthrie founded the religion and arts major at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. For the first half of 2012, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship hosted Guthrie as a visiting scholar.

May 1, 2012 | 1 min read
Teaching Hymnology

This is a description of a seminar that focused on hymnology and the teaching and learning of, and about, Christian worship songs.

March 15, 2012 | 1 min read