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Pauluskerk, (Hervormde), 1963-64
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
Architect: Mayer van Ede. The worship area is marked by it's conical shape.
Organ
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
Baptismal font as entrance to the great church room
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
Immediately upon entry one is confronted with the Baptismal font and Paschal candle beyond which are the Table and ultimately the pulpit with the congregations seated in monastic fashion.
Michaelkerk (Hervormde), 1962-63
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
Architect: R.H. Fledderos. The angular lines of the church reflect the apartment buildings which surround it.
Organ
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
The organ is placed over the entry at the rear of the church. Organ by Mense Ruiter Orgelmakers BV.
First Assembly of God, 1993
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
Next to the road signage together with a campanille next to the church building identifies it as a church.
Church annex
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
The addition for offices, fellowship and education is also in a contemporary style.
Church interior
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
A view of the interior offers another view of the liturgical center with provision for a rectangular table allowing for the congregation to come forward and sit around the table for the celebration of the Lord's supper. ...
Saint Paul of Tarsus Church, 1987
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
Architects: Straub Pettitt Yaste. The tumultuous life of Paul leading to conversion, as well as his shipwreck, are reflected in the wave like roof of Saint Paul of Tarsus Church.
Organ balcony seen from within the Lord's table
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
Positiv by Van Vulpen of Utrecht. Specifications found in Christ and Architecture, p. 240.
Campanille
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
The campanille with cross also gives identification to the entrance to the narthex and great church room.
Organ balcony
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
In true Reformed fashion the choir and organ is in the balcony, here seen from behind the pulpit. Organ by G. F. Steinmeyer of Oettingen/Bayern. Specifications found in Christ and Architecture, p. 594.
Altar/table
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
The importance of the Eucharist is manifested by the solidity of the altar/table. It is obvious that it is central to worship and not to be set aside.
Wilhelminakerk, 1954.
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
As viewed from the rear
Side Wall
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
The side wall with views of the Rhine has panels of stained glass but also panels of translucent glass at eye level, perhaps to obviate the distraction of activity on the Rhine.
Great church room
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
With a renewed theological emphasis upon the church as community and the gathered body of Christ, we find expression of that emphasis in the way the congregation gathers around the means of grace: font ,table, and pulpit ...
De Hoeksteen, 1960
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
Architect: J. Kruger. The church is another rare instance where the economy of a church room over a lower floor, which will not run afoul of a high water table, requires a high ramp of ascent. The simple exterior shapes ...
Gradual entry
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
A turn to the left immediately reveals more of the great church room while further movement is necessary to reveal the focus of worship.
Stained glass wall
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
One wall is an abstraction of colored and translucent glass with abstract symbols of the four evangelists. Glass by Berend Hendriks.
Liturgical center
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
The stained glass window on the wall above pulpit and table is at the height of the former Zuider Zee. This serves as a reminder of God's providence in providing this fertile land for farming, reclaimed from the sea. The ...