Theresa Cho
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Good Friday: Give Me Jesus
This Good Friday Service was designed by Rev. Samual Lundquist. Prelude (No music, nature sounds) Opening Song (Give e Jesus) In the morning when I riseIn the morning when I riseIn the morning when I riseGive me Jesus. Give me JesusGive me JesusYou can have all this world.But give me Jesus Welcome + Instructions Tonight,…
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Ash Wednesday Service
This Ash Wednesday service is focused on prayer. The rhythm of the service is Readings + Prayer + Ritual + Singing. As worshippers enter into service, instruct them to grab a pot, seed paper, and a pencil. welcome call to worship (Written by Lisa Frenz. Congregation sings the sung response.) In the softness of evening,in…
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Painting Communion Bread
If you are looking for an interactive and intergenerational way to prepare the communion bread, try painting bread. In the middle of the sanctuary, I prepared a long table and lined it with paper asking “What gives you life?” Jesus refers to bread as the Bread of Life, so participants were invited to consider what…
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Memorial Banner Art Installation
In cooperation with ABD Skywatchers and SF Night Ministry, we displayed these banners that carry the names of 296 people who died on the streets of San Francisco in 2024. We hung them during the season of Lent as we journey with Jesus through the wilderness to his own death at the hands of those…
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Christmas Pageant: The Ten Marys & Angel Gabriel
This is an old children’s book written by Aurora Magni that I adapted and updated into a reading. It is about how angel Gabriel needs to deliver a message to Mary, but he doesn’t know which one. So, with the help of a local named Bartholomew, he visits all the eligible Marys to find the…
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Prayer Stations on Wisdom Literature
We did a worship series focusing on Wisdom Literature: Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes as well as those known for their wisdom like Solomon. We built a Wisdom Wall for people to share wisdom that was shared with them from family members, mentors, and friends. Prayer station: wisdom wall Materials: Fabric Flowers, Lace Hanging Curtain Prayer…
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Tree of Life Art Installation
For the worship series on the Book of Revelation, I wanted to build a Tree of Life. In the last chapter of Revelation, it says, “On each side of the river is the tree of life, which produces twelve crops of fruit, bearing its fruit each month. The tree’s leaves are for the healing of…
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Good Friday: Last Words
This Good Friday Service was designed by Rev. Samual Lundquist. Prelude (No music, rain/storm sounds) Welcome + Instructions It is good that we are gathered here together on this Good Friday.Traditionally, this service is a time to vividly remember Jesus’s last days.We usually read a gospel account of Jesus’ betrayal, trials, humiliations,death on the cross,…
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Palm Sunday: Dueling Parades
This Palm Sunday reading centers around two different parades that happen in Jerusalem: the one led by Pilate and the one led by Jesus. The script is designed to be interactive with the whole congregation. I first set up the reading by sharing the book, A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea by Michael IanBlack.…
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Ash Wednesday: Praying in the Wilderness
Here a simple intergenerational worship service for Ash Wednesday that focuses on the theme of sand, ashes, and wilderness. Welcome Song Lord Have Mercy by Christ Church East Bay (V1) Ever begotten and only SonTeach us, dear Shepherd, our lives to dwellDeep in your shadows, we pass through hell (Chorus) Lord, have mercyChrist, have mercyOnly…
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