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St. Francis Day Survival Guide: Practical Tips For Animal Blessings

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on September 23, 2019October 17, 2019
  • The Weekly Word

“With all these details, don’t lose sight of the reason why people come: that moment when a pet is blessed in the name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Ensure enough time, enough room, […]

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Designing Dynamic Liturgies

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on December 14, 2020December 14, 2020
  • News

Designing Dynamic Liturgies: A Ten Week Course for Clergy and Musicians Are you a musician who is working in the Episcopal Church for the first time? Are you a vocational deacon who desires  to know more […]

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A Different Kind of Communion

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020
  • The Weekly Word

by Cara Ellen Modisett VTS Middler, Cara Ellen Modisett, a frequent contributor to Music, Liturgy, and the Arts, shares a sermon she wrote for the Last Sunday after Pentecost, Christ the King, Sunday. While it […]

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Quarantined Choirs

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
  • The Weekly Word

Church musicians are learning new ways to convene their choirs and new ways to make music during these days of COVID-19. We are told that rehearsing in person is dangerous to all unless very strict […]

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Collects for Pandemic Sanctuaries

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on September 7, 2020September 2, 2020
  • The Weekly Word

Cara Modisett, a middler at VTS who is also a fine church musician, has composed three lovely collects for the pandemic church while on retreat.  Here is what she says about them: “Last week, I packed […]

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A Gathering on Liturgical Formation

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on August 31, 2020August 31, 2020
  • News

The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) will host a Gathering on Liturgical Formation, a educational opportunity on the liturgy of the Episcopal Church. This event, which is co-sponsored by Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological […]

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St. James Music Press Presents RADIOSHOW with Dr. Marty Wheeler Burnett

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020
  • The Weekly Word

St. James Music Press is a completely digital publishing house and a new way to think about church music. They exist for subscribers to have ongoing access to new scores, recordings, and other resources that support […]

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Creating Worship that Works: Clergy and Musicians as Partners in Mission

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on August 11, 2020August 11, 2020
  • News

A few years before Music, Liturgy, and the Arts (then known as the Center for Liturgy and Music) was born, Dr. William Bradley Roberts and Ellen Johnston hosted a symposium at Virginia Theological Seminary.  Eight clergy/musician […]

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The Church in Pandemic Times: Compline as Pastoral Care

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020
  • The Weekly Word

by Cara Ellen Modisett In non-pandemic times, conversations about liturgy and conversations about pastoral care tend to fall into separate categories. The first is primarily performative, shaped by ritual and music and tradition, creating a […]

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When Singing is Silenced: Addressing Anxiety

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020
  • News

Webinar: June 24, 2020; 3:00pm – 4:00pm EDT. Zoom Gathering for Participants: July 1, 2020; 3:00pm – 4:00pm EDT. What are we to do during when we can’t gather and make music during this time? […]

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Music During a Time of Quarantine, Part 2

  • by liturgyandmusic
  • Posted on June 1, 2020June 1, 2020
  • The Weekly Word

A couple of weeks ago we invited some of our colleagues to tell us how they are making music during this time of quarantine. In this post you can hear them for yourselves. Josh Brown […]

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I have worked with Ellen Johnston at Music, Liturgy, and the Arts as we
work to enliven our music. She has provided me with resources about
millennials and what they like and has also given me hymn references for WLP
that are singable by the congregation. She talked with me about hiring a new
music director and made time for me in her busy schedule. I am glad the
center is at VTS.

- The Rev. Ann Barker, Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, Arlington, VA

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