This seminar-based course explores the unique possibilities that liturgies offer to bring restoration, hope and grace in urban communities. Students will explore the biblical and theological principles of liturgy and challenges and opportunities that liturgies offer the church as God’s agent for reconciliation in a fallen world. Students will study and compose a variety of contextualized liturgies using a blend of ancient-future practices that draw from the deep tradition of the Church and the richness of the arts to communicate God’s truth, hope and grace.
Prerequisites:
Foundations of Mission and Ministry I (REL‑253);
Spiritual Formation for Ministry (REL‑255)
Foundations of Mission and Ministry I
REL‑253
This course examines biblical and theological foundations for missions and ministry, historical developments in the theory and practice of missions, and issues pertaining to the contextualization of the gospel in the Western and global church.
Spiritual Formation for Ministry
REL‑255
This course seeks to ground students in an understanding of ministry shaped by Trinitarian theology. Furthermore, it offers a variety of tools to enable students to develop spiritual practices drawn from ancient, tested traditions to encourage a balanced spiritual life that can sustain the challenges and joys of ministry.