Alternative Worship

Iconostasis

Fire

Continuing our series, Elemental, our final gathering was Fire.

The theme was "Fan into flame the gift of God." 2Timothy 1:6

Outside, the week prior, we placed a "burning bush" with flame invitations. Unfortunately, we put it out on Halloween and someone stole the whole bush!













Night of, outside, we had a fire going in a portable fire pit and red luminaries lining the steps.










Station One: Exodus 13 (the pillar of fire)

Outside near the fire we placed a basket of votive candles with a Jesus icon on it in a basket for folks to take. Directions read, "Whenever you light this candle remember that God is light and will lead you in the light."

Outside looking in to sanctuary

Station Two Exodus 3:1-14 The Burning Bush

Signs inviting people to enter this holy place and remove their shoes.

We also had the scripture for folks to read.

The sanctuary and narthex were done on red and orange fabric. Lots and lots of candles. We also had a video of fire playing on the wall.

Station Three

Zecheriah 2:1-5 The wall of fire "5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,' declares the LORD, 'and I will be its glory within.'"

In our cry room (a lovely space off the narthex) we used fabric and candles to create a circular wall of fire. We invited people to enter the circle and sit (on cushions or the floor) We had directions: God desires to replace our walls of self protection with God's protection Sit and rest, let God’s goodness surround and protect you

Station Four Ezekiel 1:4-14 and Ezekiel 8:1-4. The awesomeness of our God. We had drawings of the beings descriped in the scripture (by local artist Heidi Estey), scripture and poetry. A red light shone on the images. We simply asked folks to meditate on the hugeness of God.


Station Five Jeremiah 9:9...his word is in my heart like a fire. 2 Corinthians 4:6 6 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.














We made paper mache hearts and let folks design their own "heart for God"

Station Six Revelation 8:4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God's people, went up before God from the angel's hand

We had censors with charcoal burning, folks added incense as they prayed.

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