April 18, 2006 == MEDIA ADVISORY
A new book from a member of the team at the Calvin Institute of Christian
Worship visits a sometimes provocative topic in Protestant worship circles -
religious symbols.
But Visuals for Worship is designed to help churches reintroduce the imagery,
metaphor and motifs of Scripture's often-historical visual images back into
modern-day worship.
In the book author and artist Betsy Steele Halstead of Calvin combines images
of 29 symbols with explanations of their theological and historical background
as well as their biblical references.
The book comes with a bonus CD-ROM for downloading images and material, making
the resource practical and easy to use.
Steele Halstead notes that while churches today are renewing or expanding
their use of symbols, the history and meaning of such symbols is not always
understood by the people in the pew.
She expects that worship planners will use Visuals for Worship side by side
with The Worship Sourcebook (a 2004 publication from the Worship Institute that
offers a collection of calls to worship, prayers of confession, and other
spoken prayers and litanies for use on particular Sundays and during specific
seasons of the Christian year).
The two books, she says, will complement each other as worship planners choose
visual art for worship service bulletins, written liturgies or large screen
displays.
Visuals for Worship is published by Faith Alive Christian Resources and the
Calvin Institute for Christian Worship.
For the full story see http://www.calvin.edu/news
Contact Steele Halstead at eah9@calvin.edu or 616-957-8733
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