PREPARING MEALS AS A METAPHOR FOR THE USE OF ARTS IN WORSHIP: A LITURGICAL ARTS CURRICULUM FOR NOURISHING CHINESE-INDONESIAN CONGREGATIONS

Food plays an essential role in human life. It is of paramount importance to consume an adequate quantity of food to maintain good health, nourish the body, and provide the necessary energy for daily activities. In addition to its role in providing nourishment, the visual appeal of food can bring delight to the eyes, desire to the heart, stimulate the appetite, and prompt humans to consume it. Liturgical art is like food. The metaphor of food or meals, as employed in liturgical arts, serves to emphasize the significance of artistic expression and integration within worship services to nourish and reach people. This thesis presents the potential employment and sharing of liturgical arts and local arts in Indonesian Chinese churches embodied in an arts curriculum design for seminaries in Indonesia. The arts curriculum aims to introduce and equip lay leaders and pastors who will serve in worship and arts ministry to the role and use of liturgical arts as well as to prepare them for the roles of worship and arts ministers as liturgical theologians, pastoral musicians, and missional artists in church and community.