Stations on Equality
Last night as the Lab we looked at equality - what does it mean to live as a community where we are equal, and what does it mean to take that to the world, the community, outside as well?
Maybe post some kind of reflection on that whole idea from some of the thoughts on Sunday later in the week, but here are the three stations we used to reflect on and respond to the thoughts which Louisa shared on Equality. The stations are taken/adapted from bits and pieces on the Dream website, where there is a whole treasure trove of brilliant resources for emerging churches.
Faces
Needed: A collection of pictures of people of different races, backgrounds, sex, etc... as diverse as possible.
Look at some of the faces in the photographs.
Pick an image. Think about your emotional response to it and feel free to use this in prayer.
Does that face have equality? Is there something that has stopped them getting the equality they deserve.
Pray about it.
Place the image in the light as you commit them to God’s love and care.
Blessed
Needed: Prayer wall/floor and drawing materials
- If you have food in the fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.
- If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish somewhere, you are among the top 8% of the worlds wealthy.
- If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
- If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are more blessed than million's of people in the world. we are hugely blessed…
… do we keep this in our perspective?
Use the prayer wall to thank God for some of the huge blessings he has given you.
Power
Needed: A large candle, and a box of tealights. Floorspace.
The large candle symbolises God. The source of all true power.
What experience have you had of the power of God? What images does it bring to mind?
Take some time to reflect on ‘power’. Call to mind images of the people and things that are seen as powerful.
Where does power touch you? People who you exercise power over or who have more power than you. Habits, desires and ambitions that are powerful in your life. Take some time to bring each to mind.
Take a tealight and light it from the large candle. Invite God to teach you his ways of dealing with power. Ways that seem upside down to a power-drunk world.
... white writing on black makes my eyes go woozy... even dark grey would be better...
yeah.
i thought the lab was pretty cool the other day.
Posted by: Cat | Friday, February 29, 2008 at 11:39 AM