The Complete Training Course for Altar Guilds - B. Don Taylor

Descriere The Complete Training Course for Altar Guilds - B. Don Taylor

This course offers the best education available to altar guild members and is also extremely informative for all laity. This comprehensive training course presents modules of easy-to-digest information, which include everything any member would need to know about what are humorously termed the props, the stage, the holy hardware, the costumes, and other aspects of the Passion Play we all attend on Sunday. \n \nAn all-inclusive, illustrated guidebook for the proper administration of an Episcopalian altar service.\n \nThis comprehensive, self-paced training manual presents all the information necessary for altar guild members to perform their tasks knowledgeably and well, describing in detail the behind-the-scenes preparations for the celebration of the Eucharist. In clear and easy-to-understand terms, the author explains the symbolism and use of liturgical spaces, sanctuary furniture, vessels, linens, vestments, crosses, candles, and many other features of the altar. Specific instructions on how to launder and iron the corporal, purificator, pall, and other linens are also included. \n \nFully illustrated, the manual offers a thorough explanation of the Christian year, the use of appropriate liturgical colors, and the particular functions required before and after high and low masses, baptism, confirmations, weddings, funerals, and other types of services. \n \nUseful aids such as flow charts, checklists, self-test exercises, and a glossary of terms are incorporated to help altar guild members understand and properly use the information presented. \n

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Morehouse Publishing

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ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9780819215932

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1

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