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btriplett |
Communion and reflection
Aug 7 2007, 2:44 PM EDT
So we just finished an incredible series entitled "Miracles", and my team and i were brainstorming as to how we could knock home that the same God who does these miracles is still pursuing them.
We came to the conclusion of an intercative and reflective communion service, where we constructed one table for each miracle spoken about (6 in all) they were scattered throughout the auditorium, and were designed with imagry, a few icons, and origianl art, we added paper an pen. The idea was if someone needed the God who heals lepers to show up in the same way for them, that they would write their prayers or needs on a peice of paper and ask him to show of for them. I was blow away to the response of each station, and how beautiful the communion moment was when we celebrated the greatest miracle together... if any one has thoughts, comments, snide remarks... i would love to hear. Do you find this valuable?
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shameonyoko |
1. RE: Communion and reflection
Aug 8 2007, 10:00 PM EDT
What were the miracles you taught on?
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btriplett |
2. RE: Communion and reflection
Aug 9 2007, 9:31 AM EDT
Walking on water/ Calming the storm
Water to Wine Fig tree / cleaning out the temple (they go hand in hand) Feeding the 5000 Bleeding woman / Jairus Daughter raised from the dead Ten Lepers If you want my notes they are yours! Do you find this valuable? |
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shameonyoko |
3. RE: Communion and reflection
Aug 9 2007, 7:57 PM EDT
I never turn down free notes. john@westwinds.org. Thanks, man.
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shameonyoko |
4. RE: Communion and reflection
Aug 11 2007, 11:42 AM EDT
I would love to hear what others are doing to change up the communion sacrament. Whether you change it up aesthetically or in the methodology, let's talk about it. To seed the conversation here are a few things that have worked well for us:One large banquet table with enough actual place settings for a large portion of the congregation. As people took a seat, they served themselves from the decanters and passed the bowls of bread. We had our elders and various staff and leaders stand behind each person as they were at the table and they layed hands on them an prayed. No one was hurried through the process. This requires dedicating a lot of time to communion. We drove the point home that "at the table, we all have the same portion." We recently filled giant glass tubes with wine and bread and backlit them for an incredible visual surrounding the table. We drilled holes through silver chargers and suspended bread and wine throughout the auditorium at different heights (you can see a picture of this under "aesthetic ideas" on this site). We screwed stainless steel bowls to a chunk of wood (beam) and filled them with bread. We suspended the beam from the ceiling and placed hundreds of wine glasses on the floor beneath the beam. We set a banquet table with decorative chocolate along with the bread and wine. We created an "altar" of sorts with a 4x8 piece of thick plexiglass. We etched the names of God in the glass with a grinder and pop-riveted aluminum shelves on the plexi to hold the bread. We uplit the suspended altar and burned incense on it as well. Very cool looking. The lighting really highlighted the etched names. Use many different kinds of bread on your communion table. Dark. Light. Different shapes. Easy to do for a little change. Bring in convection ovens and bake bread in the service. Fill the room with the smell. Enough from me. Others? Do you find this valuable? |
smokeandmirrors |
5. RE: Communion and reflection
Sep 17 2007, 1:30 PM EDT
Hey guys, I've finally been sucked into the discussion. Actually, I wanted you all to know that the discussion on interactives has really struck home with me and has led to us beginning to think in that direction. We must take baby steps, however, because we are in an older, established church which, althought "contemporary," still has a long-time very ("overly") - churched crowd. Yes, it's the Bible Belt coming straight at you.I wanted to thank you all for the great ideas. We actually stole one and used it in a communion service for our people yesterday. We used the idea in the interactive discussion about basins of water and wine (I'll send royalties later). Because of our subject matter, we changed the symbols slightly. We have been doind a series on the apostles' creed and this Sunday was "the holy catholic church, the communion of the saints" and we were discussing the church and our role as God's people. We served the Lord's Supper in conjunction with this to bring home our participation and fellowship together in the body. The juice that we dipped our hands in represented being washed in the blood of Christ and the water represented the washing, regeneration, and sanctification of the Holy Spirit (a la gospel of John) as both things that we as the church share in common. We were a little unsure how our people would receive it and to what extent they would participate. We found that our people (not a very post-modern or "emerging" crowd) really received it and participated well. We've already heard a lot of stories about how meaningful and moving it was for folks. I know it was not radical but it was a first step for us. hopefully, this will open up more opportunities in the future for us to do some more. Thanks much to all who contributed to this discussion and convinced me we need to try it. Do you find this valuable? |
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btriplett |
6. RE: Communion and reflection
Sep 17 2007, 4:15 PM EDT
Hey,
Anything on here is open and up for grabs! Please feel free to use it or ask questions about anything. What is mine is yours! Bobby Do you find this valuable? |
