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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.
Liturgical center
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
On the baptismal font we find respresentations of the agnus dei as well as the feeding of the five thousand. The organ is by Rudolf Ziegler-Heberlein of Uetikon am See (Zurich).
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 ...
Baptismal fountain
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
Seen from the pulpit the baptismal fountain fails to show the nozzle to provide the water for baptism.
Children enjoying a running water Baptistry
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
The water falling from the Baptistry adds an auditory element to the font.
Narthex/Baptistry
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
The very large narthex also serves as Baptistry, placing the Baptismal font and pool not only at the exterior entrance but also the entrance to the great church room. The slot in the face of the font facing the pool allows ...
Table and font
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
The sacraments of font and table find their unity in the cohesive use of marble for both.
Interior
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
The simple liturgical center provides a high pulpit behind a simple communion table while a very diminutive Baptismal stand is placed on an oriental carpet with a kneeler for appropriate occasions. The austere wall has an ...
The means of grace
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
Photographed in 1956, the colors have faded. The pulpit, font, and table give witness to the basic means of grace as understood in the Reformation.
Baptismal font and pool at church entrance in Roman Catholic cathedral church
(Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan) in partnership with Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1986)
In this cathedral church, one impact of the liturgical movement has been to bring the font to the entrance of the church and to provide a pool for the immersion of those who wish Baptism in this form.