The Church’s Worship

This course will develop the ability to prepare and lead worship and the capacity to make the mature judgments necessary to meet a varied future.

Liturgy is the most vivid, palpable, and central means by which God speaks the Gospel to the gathered Body of Christ. In this fundamental act of divine self-revelation, God encounters and shapes us by the preached and sacramental Word, In this fundamental act of the Christian community, we offer our prayer, praise, and thanksgiving, and commit ourselves to being Christ’s body in the world. The focus of the course is therefore on history, theology, and pastoral care as they come together in preparing for and leading corporate worship. A course of this nature cannot cover all the bases implied in the title, nor all the situations which will arise in a student’s ministry, but will be concerned to develop the ability to prepare and lead worship and the capacity to make the mature judgments necessary to meet a varied future.

Seminary: Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg (now the United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg Campus)
Keywords: Neuroscience, pastoral care, liturgy, counseling, brain and mind, church worship

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