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The place for baptism, sometimes designed with eight sides | |
An actual shell or one made of a precious metal for pouring the water | |
A small pitcher used to pour water into the font bowl | |
A small plate use for the distribution of the Host | |
Bread (wafer) used in Holy Communion | |
A small box, usually made of precious metal, for storing the hosts on the altar | |
A small box, usually made of precious metal, for storing the hosts on the altar | |
In the same shape as the chalice but with a cover, it has the same function as the Host box | |
The cup used for the distribution of the wine in Holy Communion | |
A glass decanter used to store the wine on the altar | |
A larger pitcher made of a precious metal used to store the wine on the altar | |
A linen cloth, often 12” by 18”, on which the communion vessels are placed on the altar | |
A large linen cloth which covers the communion vessels on the altar | |
A small linen napkin used to clean the chalice during the distribution | |
A plain white garment considered to be the historic vestment for Christian worship | |
A cloth rope that may be worn at the waist with an alb | |
Matching the liturgical color of the day, this yoke-like garment is the symbol of ordination and the pastoral office | |
A poncho-like garment worn by the presiding minister at a service with Holy Communion | |
A form-fitting black garment often worn under a surplice which may also be worn without the surplice on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday | |
A stylized version of an alb worn over a cassock | |
A typical black robe, also known as a black Geneva, which in some places of WELS is still the standard vestment | |
A black robe so named because the practice in Calvin’s Geneva was to wear standard street clothes and not the historic vestments at worship | |
A pulpit robe adorned with academic paraphernalia | |
A cross worn by a minister over his vestment at about chest level | |
The place for the people in a church building | |
The place in which the altar and ambo (and sometimes the font) are positioned | |
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Often used to describe the church as opposed to narthex or educational wing; also used to speak of the chancel | |
A room near the chancel where the ministers prepare for worship | |
A room near the chancel where worship materials are prepared and stored | |
Some use this word to describe either of the above | |
A foyer which divides the church entrance from the nave | |
A larger space that divides the entrance from the nave but also functions as a congregation’s “living room” | |
In a cross-shaped church, the “arms” of the nave | |
A place in or near the chancel in which the choir sings, usually in pew sections facing each other perpendicular to the altar | |
Symbolizing both the Ark of the Covenant and the Communion Table, this is the focal point of the chancel and is made of wood or stone | |
The top of the altar | |
The back of the altar, rising above the altar and accentuating its central position | |
The rack on which the altar books rests | |
Raised “above” worshipers for ease in seeing and hearing, this is the historic and now restored place for the reading and preaching of the Word | |
The traditional word for the place for preaching | |
The traditional word for the place for reading | |
The same as lectern | |
A kneeling bench for clergy | |
Cross with a corpus | |
The body of Jesus in wood or precious metals | |
Oil burning lights that hang above the chancel symbolizing the presence of Christ | |
A large candle placed on a large base lighted during the Easter Season and for Holy Baptism and Christian Funeral | |
A shelf in the chancel on which communion vessels or offering plates may be placed when not in use | |
Richly designed fabrics that hang from the altar and ambo (and the stole) displaying the liturgical colors and Christians symbols | |
A large linen placed on top of the mensa | |
A sink that drains to a bed of gravel in which the chalice wine leftover from Holy Communion is poured | |
A person, often a young boy or girl, who lights the altar candles and may carry a torch in the Service of Light (Evening Prayer) | |
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A man who reads the Scripture Lessons who is not the presiding minister | |
A cross with a long staff carried in processions | |
A large candle with a long staff carried in processions | |
The person who carries the processional cross | |
The person who carries a processional torch | |
Used by some Lutherans in Evening Prayer and Compline as a symbol for prayer | |
The small pot in which the charcoal and incense are placed and burn | |
A censor on a chain for carrying | |
The person who carries and uses the thurible | |
A large linen cloth that covers a casket in Christian Funeral | |
An ornately decorated book in which is kept a copy of the four Gospels | |
A procession in which the Gospel Book is carried to the midst of the congregation and read among the people | |
A book containing (or a list of) the lessons appointed for the Sundays and festivals of the Christian year | |
A book containing the usual rites of a church body (Occasional Services) | |
A set of daily services with its roots in the monastery | |
The main morning service of the Daily Office (Morning Praise) | |
The main evening service of the Daily Office (Evening Prayer) | |
The last service of the Daily Office (Prayer at the Close of Day) | |
Days commemorating less important events in Jesus’ early life, the lives of the apostles, and notable events in the history of the Church | |
A set of five song texts that from the skeleton of the liturgy: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei | |
A set of readings, psalms, prayers, and hymns that match the focus of the day’s Gospel and change according to the church year | |
Instructions for conducting and participating in worship | |
The Sunday before Easter on which the Scriptures of the Lord’s Passion were first read in Christian churches, replaced in WELS with Palm Sunday | |
A service of darkness on Good Friday | |
The time between 6:00 p.m. on Maundy Thursday until 6:00 p.m. on Easter Sunday encompassing the events in the Savior’s life from the Institution of the Meal on Thursday to his ap | |
The culmination of the ancient Catechuminate, this service offered baptism to new Christians and focused on the connection between baptism and Easter | |
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