Grace - fresh vital worship since 1993

September 2015: Fresh!

fresh flyer

1. as people arrive: [congregational game]

A guessing game of words that have totally changed their meaning - 'Old Concepts, Fresh Expressions'

2. intro: [talk/slideshow]

ben's story about minister unable to translate 'jesus is lord and worthy to be praised': See here.

3. reinventing religious cliches [congregational activity]

ask congregation to translate into contemporary language and ideas (if they can) using expressions that people can relate to, not christian jargon/cliches

hand out cliches on paper: for individual phrases do a list of say 5 on a piece of paper, with space for the new versions or a hymn, verse or liturgy by itself on paper, with space for new version write footnotes to old hymns/liturgies - if you don't use it in normal language add footnotes

small group or individual activity but stick up on wall

all go and look at the results - presenter can read out some and invite explanation/discussion

4. all things bright and beautiful [talk/slideshow]

See here. how we use agrarian images while living in an urban society

5. build your church lord [congregational activity]

what do words like prayer, teaching, mission, church mean now?
what should we give up and what should we hold on to?
what are the core things of church? and how should they be expressed now?

to help us think about this, play the heresy! game

6. final prayer

final prayer on screen

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A guessing game of words that have totally changed their meaning - 'Old Concepts, Fresh Expressions'

Playing the Heresy! game

Church-related words and phrases were printed as stickers and attached to Jenga blocks. The Church is built from new and old ideas using new and old words. What can you add and remove before it falls down?

If you want to keep the word as part of the church, remove the brick and place it on top. If you don’t want to keep the word, remove the brick and don’t put it back.

If you think of a better word for the same idea, or want to add a totally new word, write it on the sticker paper, cut it out and stick it on a brick. Put the brick on top.

If the church falls down, rebuild it without the words you have rejected.

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