Exodus
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Let’s Eat: The Food of Our Faith
This is a 8-part series on food stories in the bible and how that informs our faith. On the chancel, we stacked food boxes collected from our weekly food pantry and set the large communion table covered with a white table cloth in the middle of the sanctuary. Each Sunday, the table dressing changed according…
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Wandering Stories
This preaching series is on telling stories. Previously, BEGINNING, LOVE, ORIGIN, FOOD, UGLY Stories were shared. Next is Wandering Stories. Laurence Gonzalez in his book “Deep Survival” says that “being lost is a universal human condition.” I would also add that it is a universal church condition. Every church has a moment in its history…
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Interactive Prayer Stations on Immigration, Faith Statements, & Outreach (Exodus 19)
“ If you faithfully obey me and stay true to my covenant, you will be my most precious possession out of all the peoples, since the whole earth belongs to me.” (Exodus 19.5) On the one year anniversary of my church becoming a sanctuary church, we reflected on our commitment using prayer stations. There was…
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Interactive Prayer Stations on Golden Calf (Exodus 32)
“Come on! Make us gods who can lead us. As for this man Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t have a clue what has happened to him.” (Exodus 32.1) Below are ideas for interactive prayer stations focusing on the story of the Golden Calf. I used a video…
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Rainsticks, Pentecost, & Lent
Here’s an idea to incorporate into worship. I’ve used this idea for Lent and Pentecost, but it can be adapted to any theme. Here are the materials you need: . . . a mailing tube spray painted whatever color you prefer. Drill at least 100 holes throughout the length of the mailing tube. The size…
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The Golden Calf and Letting Go
They gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come on! Make us gods who can lead us. As for this man Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t have a clue what has happened to him.” (Exodus 32.1) I’ve preached and led a few workshops that loosely encompass the theme of…
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False Idols: Changes in Worship
7 The Lord said to Moses, “Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; 8 they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed…
Still Waters 