Worship
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Blueprint of an Easter Church Installation
This installation was designed and executed by Rev. Samual Lundquist. Materials: Large roll of blue paper, white chalk
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“The Bible Is” Worship Series
This is a 6-part series focusing on our relationship with the Bible. Each Sunday looked at the Bible through a different lens. Sanctuary art For the sanctuary art, I was inspired by Lee Seung-Taek’s “Paper Tree” display. Since we were focusing on the Bible, I wanted to combine this art display with black out poetry.…
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Heartbeat of God: Syncing with the Rhythm
This is a 5-part series focusing on exploring spiritual care practices during the season of Lent. Stephen Macchia, in his book “Crafting a Rule of Life” says, All of us have an unwritten personal rule of life that we are following, some with great clarity, others unknowingly. We wake at certain times, get ready for…
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Palm Sunday – Tale of Three Trees
For this Palm Sunday, I brought back a pageant that we did several years ago, an adapted version of The Tale of Three Trees. Having just finished a Lent series focused on trees, it seemed appropriate to do so. Afterwards, I had three stations for people to visit to reflect on the story. Depending on…
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Into the Woods: A Journey into Lent
This is a 5-part series intersecting care for the environment with the season of Lent. While there aren’t in-depth worship ideas in this particular post, I did want to show how worship can also weave in a fundraiser with opportunities to fellowship. This is how we took advantage of what our city has to offer.…
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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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Sabbath Ritual
This is a simple and easy ritual to do. I used it for a worship theme on Sabbath. I invited people to reflect on things they wanted to rest from. Participants may want to write something they need to let go of – maybe it is the weight of loss or grief that they have…
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“In the Beginning” Installation
For our worship series focusing on the Creation story, I draped verses from Genesis 1 on the ceiling. I used colors for the letters inspired by Van Gogh’s Starry Night. I wanted people to feel like they were under the starry night sky. Supplies: Cardstock Paper, Black Ribbon, Hanging Hooks, Hole Punch, Scissors Tip: tape…
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PRIDE Prayer Installation
For PRIDE month, we wanted to give people an opportunity to pray, celebrate, and stand alongside the LGBTQ community as siblings in Christ. Below is the art installation put together by pastoral assistant Sam Lundquist, along with a litany and blessing also written by him.
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Reflection on One’s Gifts & Talents
Here is a simple reflection on one’s gifts and talents that they have to offer and share. A large loom was set up in the sanctuary. Also tied some fabric on the loom as an example of what to do, but also to catch people’s eye so that they didn’t walk into the loom. People…
Still Waters 