tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post6406935197353609660..comments2023-11-03T05:46:44.728-04:00Comments on RevGalBlogPals: Tuesday Lectionary Leanings: "On Fire" EditionStephanie Anthony/She Revhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-81539318965340366442008-05-09T23:21:00.000-04:002008-05-09T23:21:00.000-04:00We decided to go "green" and offered potted red & ...We decided to go "green" and offered potted red & orange geraniums for sale (instead of balloons) and they will line the steps of the chancel; created 14' swaying poles and attached variety of red & orange ribbons/streamers that will process in and for the gospel reading and recess out.<BR/>I'm preaching on 1st Cor. 12:13, and the overarching theme is "diverse peoples unified in Christ through baptism". The bulletin cover art is an image I found years ago (while going through international adoption) that I call "a morph" of children of the world. It is circular in its shape and the 1st Cor 12;13 verse is circled around the image. As part of my internship requirement, I must incorporate multi-media into a sermon at least once and so found an awesome video on youtube "He Reigns" by the Newsboys. Wonderful imagery & great lyrics! We'll sing "one bread one body" for communion song. <BR/>So now, to write the actual sermon!LMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07051784601758074396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-57830911368400833162008-05-09T22:05:00.000-04:002008-05-09T22:05:00.000-04:00No worries SheRev -- the dork label fits here pret...No worries SheRev -- the dork label fits here pretty well.Gordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03767921257861340046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-64637200298764385742008-05-08T12:54:00.000-04:002008-05-08T12:54:00.000-04:00(Dork) Me I mean. Not only is there 99 Red Ballo...(Dork) Me I mean. Not only is there 99 Red Balloons, but I was thinking of that short children's film where the little boy chases the red balloon through Paris.Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-68506925407063807372008-05-08T12:29:00.000-04:002008-05-08T12:29:00.000-04:00Only if you start with 99 WS. I had that thought ...Only if you start with 99 WS. I had that thought too. ALways liked that song<BR/>--GOrdRiverview Unitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161860851822689606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-77153034731977783842008-05-08T12:15:00.000-04:002008-05-08T12:15:00.000-04:00In the many parts one body theme. There's somethi...In the many parts one body theme. There's something I read in Henry Nouwen's Can You Drink The Cup that's seemed to stick with me. I'm paraphrasing, not sure where the book is at the moment. It's the imagery of a mosaic. How one stone by itself doesn't look like much but when you place a whole bunch together you can make a mosaic. That as a church the mosaic we make up is the face of Christ. When people aren't using their gifts or joining the community then it takes away from the fullness of the picture, Christ's face isn't complete. The mosaic needs each of the stones.Loribytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14898558311333261989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-67038452878988869162008-05-08T12:06:00.000-04:002008-05-08T12:06:00.000-04:00I've signed up for Festival of Homiletics - woo ho...I've signed up for Festival of Homiletics - woo hoo!<BR/><BR/>Hard to pick readings for our bulletin yesterday, I liked them all. Tempted to use Numbers, but went with 1Cor. I love that there are many gifts, and the image of many parts and one body. The story from numbers or a reference to it may still make it's way into the sermon. I'm at the sitting with the text and brainstorming stage. I still like the empowered for ministry idea, and am also liking the thought that things change, disciples are transformed when the spirit comes (and being molded and transformed may not be comfortable). Was thinking of the title Veni Sancte Spiritus or Come Holy Spirit. Also, when we say Come Holy Spirit, do we really expect the Spirit to show up? <BR/><BR/>Last night at bible study a question from Living the Good news was about what the disciples experienced. I tried to explain it from their perspective or from the pov of crowd who heard in their own language. Ooh, that gives me the thought of doing a First Person narrative. As always it will be interesting to see where this ends up.Loribytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14898558311333261989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-70451632205013045992008-05-08T11:38:00.000-04:002008-05-08T11:38:00.000-04:00Glad someone else is having images of a random red...Glad someone else is having images of a random red ballon floating around. I thought it was just me. :)Stephanie Anthony/She Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089531643725874239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-55013778872541583522008-05-08T09:17:00.000-04:002008-05-08T09:17:00.000-04:00Also, it is nice to have been here long enough tha...Also, it is nice to have been here long enough that I can mention how great women are at the children's sermon, hand out plants and leave it at that!will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-71785469032204701512008-05-08T09:15:00.000-04:002008-05-08T09:15:00.000-04:00joan calvin - prayers ascending....On a lighter no...joan calvin - prayers ascending....<BR/><BR/>On a lighter note, as a child of the 80's I would have a hard time keeping a straight face with red balloons everywhere. I would want to do the entire service in a German accent!will smamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632209393133155385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-63146896438614049662008-05-08T00:35:00.000-04:002008-05-08T00:35:00.000-04:00last year for the children (and adults) I made pop...last year for the children (and adults) I made popcorn over the candle in church. got the idea from the web, and don't know where. one kernel of popping corn, in a large spoon with a drop of oil, and hold over the flame. it does pop, though takes a minute or two. talk about popcorn, movies - Pentecost/God's journey is a great story [like a good movie], and here we also have popcorn at parties. and then when you look at the popped grain, you see the great transformation that the spirit makes. comparison with intial grain - closed/open, not edible/edible etc etc. <BR/>this year I was thinking of taking a tin whistle, it needs breath to be able to play it, but I think the Sunday School is doing something with Chorinthians. Windmills are also a great illustration, they have point into the wind, they function to bring water from underground - just as the church exists to bring life-giving water to the world. <BR/>all that said, I haven't started on this week yet, though the church is dressed in RED.Patty Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04360937179729687662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-70614393637525609882008-05-07T18:01:00.000-04:002008-05-07T18:01:00.000-04:00We're encouraged to wear red, including HATS and s...We're encouraged to wear red, including HATS and shoes if we have them. Woohoo! <BR/><BR/>Choir is singing something dandy called "Come thou Holy Spirit, Come" from The Doublin Troper (c.1360), arr. John Scott<BR/><BR/>I love reading what you all are doing.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02970052534402740820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-57492920371320332512008-05-07T17:22:00.000-04:002008-05-07T17:22:00.000-04:00i am just starting to think about what to preach. ...i am just starting to think about what to preach. i wrote <A HREF="http://caffeinatedpriest.blogspot.com/2008/05/wind.html" REL="nofollow">this poem</A> a couple of months ago, but, alas, it's not a sermon!!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07305239405001762102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-65504606167831752412008-05-07T16:01:00.000-04:002008-05-07T16:01:00.000-04:00This will be my second Sunday as Acting Senior Min...This will be my second Sunday as Acting Senior Minister (I'm really the Associate but we're in transition waiting an interim minister). I'm going after the Jews in Jerusalem heard were brought out because they heard the noise of the wind and then the disciples speaking in the natives tongues of the Jews. I'm going to focus on how we each need to listen for God in the means that we are most receptive. Is it hearing? Seeing? Moving? <BR/>I'm still working on Mother's Day. We will give out red carnations to all the women as part of the children's sermon. I'm considering weaving in the many ways in which mothers speak to their infants: holding, feeding, singing, bathing, etc. And how God does the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-429455104494559092008-05-07T14:09:00.000-04:002008-05-07T14:09:00.000-04:00Gord--Thank you for posting those liturgical piece...Gord--<BR/><BR/>Thank you for posting those liturgical pieces; I'm already moving things around in my bulletin to make room for them. I can hardly wait to hear my elderly Norwegian widows and farmers calling themselves "windy firebrands"!Pastor Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470224587070295440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-5590702670517105682008-05-07T13:56:00.000-04:002008-05-07T13:56:00.000-04:00We've encouraged people to wear red, and I'm makin...We've encouraged people to wear red, and I'm making "fire streamers" for the children's sermon. I'll take short lengths of dowel rod (or even chopsticks) and attach lengths of red, orange, gold, and yellow ribbon. I'll give them to the kids right before the Gospel and invite them to come with me to the center of the congregation and wave the streamers while I read the Gospel (or maybe the Acts text, if I rearrange the service a bit).<BR/><BR/>At my text study group this week, we talked about this <A HREF="http://www.beliefnet.com/story/27/story_2761_1.html" REL="nofollow">Marcus Borg article</A>, particularly about the idea that Pentecost is the "reversal" of Babel (Genesis 11) in that the fragmentation of humanity is overcome. I like that and will probably play with that in my sermon.<BR/><BR/>As far as a Mother's Day connection, one of our group suggested picking up on the quotation of Joel in Acts. Since it's a common worry for mothers about whether their children will have faith, the phrase "your sons and your daughters will prophesy" might be a way to acknowledge Mother's Day while still preaching the text.<BR/><BR/>My word verification is "crmkwnhh"; now THAT's speaking in tongues!<BR/><BR/>Blessings on your study and preparation this week.Pastor Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13470224587070295440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-3199862239504847202008-05-07T13:44:00.000-04:002008-05-07T13:44:00.000-04:00We're wearing red, we've got a baptism, and we're ...We're wearing red, we've got a baptism, and we're having an intergenerational event between services. A local liturgical artist is going to help everyone tap into the Spirit's presence by drawing mandalas...then she'll come and make art during worship.<BR/><BR/>We've been exploring "art as spiritual practice" off and on since last summer.<BR/><BR/>And the choir's going to sing "Christ Sends the Spirit," this wonderful anthem by Richard Proulx whose refrain is "the gale of God, the singing fire of life."<BR/><BR/>Yum. :-)Choralgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657324651887737580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-21192400572337681342008-05-07T12:53:00.000-04:002008-05-07T12:53:00.000-04:00I love this story from the Abbas (and the Ammas).....I love this story from the Abbas (and the Ammas)...<BR/><BR/>Abba Lot came to Abba Joseph and said: Father, according as I am able, I keep my little rule, and my little fast, my prayer, meditation and contemplative silence; and, according as I am able, I strive to cleanse my heart of thoughts: now what more should I do? The elder rose up in reply and stretched out his hands to heaven, and his fingers became like ten lamps of fire. He said: Why not be changed into fire? 1<BR/><BR/>1 The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century, Thomas Merton, New Directions Books, Norfolk, CT, 1960, p. 50.Templeammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15280336374114949650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-46227318276795862892008-05-07T07:20:00.000-04:002008-05-07T07:20:00.000-04:00For Joan Calvin (no email link on your blog)? Whe...For Joan Calvin (no email link on your blog)? <BR/><BR/>Where you are going is probably a matter of blocks from my home, thee one I'm actually at when I'm not in another city seminary. If you would like to get together -- maybe it would be good to have a cup of coffee with an unfamiliar face? -- please email me! I would be glad to come down to the hospital and hang out with you a bit if I'm there.Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-50685936058218574952008-05-06T22:38:00.000-04:002008-05-06T22:38:00.000-04:00Thank you all for such great ideas - especially th...Thank you all for such great ideas - especially the images and the children's lessons. I've been wondering what to use to help decorate the worship space...thank you! Cake is always a good thing...<BR/><BR/>I'm using the Acts 2 story and the Litany for Mothers Day (UMC GBOD worship website) to try and combo Pentecost with Moms Day. Since the reading is so long, I've divided it into three parts and we'll sing "Let it Breathe On Me" (UMH #503) in between the verses.<BR/><BR/>I really want to point to the inclusivity obtained through those divided tongues and try to build on that for Peace with Justice Sunday next week. But, it's only Tuesday and the Spirit could move me someplace completely different! :)RevSishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973144102860035312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-8945948936017011272008-05-06T19:36:00.000-04:002008-05-06T19:36:00.000-04:00barnabas1183JoanCalvin--my prayers are with you.I ...barnabas1183JoanCalvin--my prayers are with you.<BR/><BR/>I am having confirmation and affirmation of baptism on Sunday so I am not preaching so much on the lessons as I am talking about the movement of the Spirit in our lives that allow us to be faithful. I am also talking about what membership in the Church means in the light of the coming of the Holy Spirit. I think I will use some of the I Cor. reading to talk about the Body of Christ.<BR/><BR/>I am confirming my first person--as an Episcopalian in the Lutheran church, this is not a normal thing and in my tradition the work of the bishop. I am going to wear my new pink shirt for the occasion! Anybody want to kiss my ring?<BR/><BR/>We are taking in more than 10% of our sunday attendance in new membership on Sunday. I hope such an influx doesn't come back to bite us.Muthah+https://www.blogger.com/profile/10589837671378205837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-74132210531347787902008-05-06T18:32:00.000-04:002008-05-06T18:32:00.000-04:00Hmmmmmmm, that first link didn't seem to register....Hmmmmmmm, that first link didn't seem to register.<BR/><BR/>My early thoughts are <A HREF="http://riverviewrollson.blogspot.com/2008/05/looking-ahead-to-may-11-2008-pentecost.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>Gordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03767921257861340046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-84260976265845207462008-05-06T18:30:00.000-04:002008-05-06T18:30:00.000-04:00I am going a similar direction to Rainbow PAstor. ...I am going a similar direction to Rainbow PAstor. I think we don't know what to do with the SPirit-filled prophetic voices in our world. Jeremiah Wright may make it into the sermon. He did get mentioned in my <A HRE="http://riverviewrollson.blogspot.com/2008/05/looking-ahead-to-may-11-2008-pentecost.html">early thoughts</A>.<BR/><BR/>If anyone is looking for some liturgical pieces (no kites or birds though) you can find what we are useing <A HREF="http://worshipofferings.blogspot.com/2008/04/for-may-11-2008-pentecost-sunday.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>Gordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03767921257861340046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-34285231542886600122008-05-06T18:10:00.000-04:002008-05-06T18:10:00.000-04:00Red Balloons, children teaching the congregation a...Red Balloons, children teaching the congregation a song that invites all kinds of folks to sing "jubilate deo", birthday cake afterwards. Fun!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107175348265816279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-41169918800125019022008-05-06T17:35:00.000-04:002008-05-06T17:35:00.000-04:00Non-lectionary church person checking in here... S...Non-lectionary church person checking in here... Since it is Mother's Day in the US we are starting a four week series on family relationships. It's student intern preaching Sunday. :)<BR/><BR/>I'm preaching on Hannah and giving our kids to God. Outline almost done. Three teaching pastors-mentors all encouraging and suggesting.... and I'm getting more ideas than one can put into 20 minutes.<BR/><BR/>DebDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077252518911858612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14710344.post-33441462492951178082008-05-06T16:18:00.000-04:002008-05-06T16:18:00.000-04:00I'm focusing on 1 Corinthians. I originally entit...I'm focusing on 1 Corinthians. I originally entitled the sermon "Many Gifts, One Spirit" from the text, but then I received the current Interpreter (UM) magazine and the cover had "Many Faces, One Body" and I decided to combine these. For Children's time, I plan to photocopy the page and cut out the shape of a person, then cut it into puzzle pieces and have the children assemble it. I also plan to include a special prayer for Mother's Day from the UM Book of Worship.Kim in KCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06965504796391007511noreply@blogger.com