WSHP - Worship

This course explores Christian worship - its rhythms, rituals, spaces, and sacred actions - through the thematic lens of time and space, offering a holistic understanding of worship practices integrated with biblical, theological, and historical perspectives. Special attention is given to the theology of the sacraments, the seasons of the Christian year, sacred space, and church architecture.

Congregational worship incorporates a broad spectrum of the performative and visual arts. This course examines the role of music and the arts in congregational worship. The biblical, theological, and historical foundations of music and the arts will be brought to bear on worship ministry practices in today's church. Special attention is paid to the formational role of worship and the pastoral role of the worship leader.

This course is an interdisciplinary examination of the nature of technology and its relationship to and role within Christian worship. Topics include the history of technology; technology's impact on church and society; the philosophy of technology; the basics of audio-visual technologies in the worship environment (sound, video, lighting, presentational software); troubleshooting technical systems; use of the internet and social media; and critical, contextual thinking about effective use of technology in the life of the church today.

This course examines the changing face of worship in the 21st century and offers helpful tools for discerning how emerging worship styles may be integrated into the student's own worship context. The course examines the intersection of postmodernity, generational theory, cultural theory and the study of subcultures, as well as worldview with the Millennial Generation as it relates to worship forms and practices, resulting in contextual expressions of worship that move beyond the usual categories of traditional and contemporary.

This course is a comprehensive, integrative approach to Christian worship, beginning with biblical foundations and ending with the tools needed to facilitate it in the church today. Topics range from administration of the historic sacraments and ordinances of the church to the use of music and media arts in contemporary worship. The course involves problem based case studies from the student's ministry context and so will require that the student currently be in an approved ministry setting. Prerequisite: MDIV-500

This course is a comprehensive, integrative approach to Christian worship, beginning with biblical foundations and ending with the tools needed to facilitate it in the church today. Topics range from administration of the historic sacraments and ordinances of the church to the use of music and media arts in contemporary worship. The course involves problem based case studies from the student's ministry context and so will require that the student currently be in an approved ministry setting. Prerequisite: Pastor, Church, and World.