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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, October 26, 1967
Sacrament served by people, one to another
Ey Gail Habluetzel Kansan Staff Reporter
The congregation passed the bread and the cup from one to another around the circle. They were serving one another, the thing the Rev. Tom Emswiler had wanted them to do.
The setting was the Trinity Methodist Church, 2141 Maple Lane. The service was the last of a series of five experimental worship services—a communion service.
Mr. Enswiler said this was a truly fitting climax to what he had hoped to convey during the last five weeks—the need for men to serve God and one another.
"I'm enthusiastic about the whole series." Mr. Emmsriver said
"This has even helped me see the many ways worship can be meaningful, as well as the members and others who came to the services."
Other series planned
Mr. Emswiler expressed the desire to have a similar series next spring with some variations at the Christmas program and at Easter.
Last night's service began with a recorded prelude written by Mozart. Mr. Erswiler told the congregation that this piece of music was played to show "how God brings order out of chaos."
The main part of the service before communion centered on a filmstrip entitled "This Sustaining Bread." The filmstrip showed Christ as the "living bread" and how broken bread in an act of communion represented the broken body of Christ during his supreme sacrifice for love.
This same love should be shown by man to one another, even if it meant "breaking" of oneself.
"Prayers of concern" were then given by Mr. Enswiller upon request by members of the congregation. These concerned such issues as peace, physical and spiritual hunger and civil rights. The service closed with com-
and, lastly, the communion service.
The purpose was to show man's need to believe in something, depicted mainly by the dramas of Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee; Christian joy, characterized by modern dancing in the service titled "Leaping for Joy"; progression of man since the time of Christ, portrayed by modern art; and man's shortcomings and prejudices today in the film "Boundary Lines."
The service closed with communion.
Mr. Emmiller believes art is meant to break down barriers of communication, and, since one of the church's main concerns is communication, he chose to present the artistic services. He said he believes art is the natural language of the church, since both are concerned with searching for "truth and ultimate reality."
7,000 musicians expected Saturday
of praise, confession, proclamation and commitment, including traditional hymns and readings.
"Many experimental services have not been worship services," Mr. Emswiler emphasized.
"They have been more of a show and they have revealed a fundamental misunderstanding of worship."
With all the variation in art forms presented, however, the services followed a basic pattern
Ninety-one high school bands from all over the state will kick off KU Band Day '67 with a parade through downtown Lawrence at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The march will move from Central Park to South Park
Worship through art
Takeso Shimoda, Japanese ambassador, and his wife will attend KU's third annual Benefit Ball for the Art Museum, as guests of Chancellor and Mrs. W. Clarke Wescoe.
The ball, held in conjunction with the Art Museum's premiere showing of the Joe D. Price Collection of Japanese paintings, will be Friday in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
All those who bought ball tickets will see the collection that night in the Art Museum. It will be open to the public Saturday.
Ambassador attends Ball
Seven thousand bandsmen and chaperones are expected to attend from Kansas and western Missouri.
At 10 a.m., band members will lunch in the Allen Field House area and a rehearsal in Memorial Stadium will follow.
The pre-game ceremony at 1:10 p.m. will be handled by the KU Marching Band.
At half-time the Iowa State band will perform during the opening six minutes. Then the high school bands, along with the KU Band, will march onto the field.
The combined bands will play "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "America the Beautiful."
"We have used these two hymns before and they have been received with great enthusiasm," said Russell Wiley, KU band director who will lead the massed bands. "They are being repeated this year because many people felt the patriotic theme made the hymns most appropriate for Band Day '67."
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The past five weeks at the Wednesday night services the emphasis areas in this special "worship through art forms" series have included drama, modern art, modern dancing, film
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