Purpose: To exhibit an understanding of the elements of worship and the use of time and space within the Christian faith tradition achieved through observation, analysis, assessment, and integration.
What: Write a paper based on your video experience of a time and space of Christian worship.
For this assignment, you will need to “attend” by video a Christian worship service other than one of your own faith tradition.
Reminder: within the Christian faith there are Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions.
Select one of these sites on the attached page: Worship sites
Roman Catholic Mass, Christmas: December 25, 2019
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.
Celebrant and Homilist: Most Reverend Wilton Gregory, Archbishop of Washington, D.C.
Note: the beginning shows the large basilica with its upper church, but the Mass is being held in the lower church or crypt.
An Introduction to the Byzantine Divine Liturgy – please see this first.
• What is the priest doing with the loaf of bread? This video from the Orthodox Church explains it in detail:
• https://www.goarch.org/liturgy The Proskomide Service
Byzantine Divine Liturgy (This is an eastern rite within the Catholic Church; the liturgy is similar to Orthodox)
St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, Barberton, Ohio
Administrator: The Reverend Miron Keruľ-Kmec
http://www.stnickbyz.com/?index
Pentecostal Service (Protestant)
Collierville First Pentecostal Church, Collierville, Tennessee
Pastor: Terry Hunt
http://collierville1stpentecostal.com
Baptist Service (Protestant)
Memorial Baptist Church, Middlebury, Vermont
The Rev. Dr. Stephanie Allen, Pastor
http://www.memorialbaptistvt.org/
Evangelical Lutheran (ELCA – Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Protestant)
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brownsburg, Indiana
Reverend Chris Truelsen
Nazarene Service (Protestant)
Clearwater First Nazarene Church, Clearwater, Florida
Pastor: Pat Glenn
https://www.clearwaternazarene.org/
