The Rev. Dr. James Farwell, Professor of Liturgy and Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary, has updated his laudable book, The Liturgy Explained. Frequent contributor to Music, Liturgy and the Arts, Michael Smith, offers a review […]
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 […]
Dear Ambrose: I am planning ahead and looking at the Feast of the Epiphany. January 6 falls on a Wednesday and our parish won’t be able to observe the feast on a weekday. What are […]
The Rev. Dr. Juan M.C. Oliver, Custodian of the Book of Common Prayer and member of the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, contributes this article to Music, Liturgy, and the Arts. I’ve been thinking […]
Dear Ambrose: We are now in a new Liturgical Year. What resources can you recommend for Prayers of the People besides Formsd I-VI in the Book of Common Prayer? Signed, Tired of Form VI Dear […]
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 […]
~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music (SCLM) receives its marching orders from the General Convention. Resolutions having to do with liturgy and music are sent to the SCLM. Among others the SCLM was […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]