Worship using short film clips and converation - PDF
The following mid-week Lenten services included short films prepared by a nonprofit company called NOOMA (www.nooma.com). Each film focuses on one theme. Presenter, Rob Bell, speaks concisely and communicates well on issues that we care about and provides much food for thought on our Lenten journey. Following each presentation worshippers were invited into a time of silence or quiet conversation – reflection questions are included.
Worship in the style of Taize - PDF
Here is a mid-week Lenten worship order crafted in the worship style of Taize. Included is a sample of the bulletin as well as a list of suggested hymn possibilities. There are two distinguishing marks of Taize-like worship: repetition and silence. Repetition is not new or unique to Taize, but what is unique is the adaptation of the repetitive form to simple musical lines and core biblical texts that can be sung by the gathered community of various nationalities, languages, and denominations. As we worship we are invited to immerse ourselves in the simple but profound harmonies and let ourselves be carried by this sung prayer. Silence is perhaps the second most important aspect of this particular prayer practice. Rather than a sermon or meditation, for example, there is a long period of silence. Maintaining silence is not a technique or method enabling some special communication with God. It is simply holding oneself in the present moment and letting Christ, through the Holy Spirit, pray in us. This mid-week Lenten worship invites participants to share in the spirit of Taize through their prayer together.
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