May 27th, 2007 - Pentecost
Creator moved to one service this Sunday. A majority of the congregation did wear red to mark Pentecost and it is always an inspiring sight for the occasion.
Word, music, and sacrament told a story in this worship; as always. The Confession today was particularly powerful for me:
We confess to you all the ways in which we dismiss the resurrection news. Foolish and slow of heart to believe, we turn from others and retreat in fear...
There was an arresting musical moment. The Psalmody was a Taize community gift to worship called Veni Sancte Spiritus. As "Veni Sante Spiritus" was repeated (translated as Holy Spirit, come to us) Kelly sang the cantor part over those words. It set a tone of deep reverence and felt like a request being made from our collective heart.
Pastor Dayle preached about the Synod assembly and the apprehension of the Holy Spirit being palpable when Bishop Mark Hanson wore a prayer shawl given to him last year by another synod when they were in the process of selecting a new bishop. The prayer shawl connected the synod assembly to another synod who selected their bishop last year and to something larger.
Pastor Dayle brought up the language to describe the Holy Spirit and the absence of voices that might call us to listen to the gospel in a new way. I appreciated the language she used when describing how the Holy Spirit works in us. We may sometimes feel like God speaking to or through us should be a large, extraordinary event where we feel righteous and certain.
Pastor Dayle preached about the nudges we feel, something we are moved to do. Sometimes we follow through and sometimes we are tempted not to. We may understand God's will through the "nudge". This is more what I feel in life, not a tremendous sense of certainty at first, that comes later; after a commitment to the action I am called to do.
Mary proposed a project to me when we talked later about the service. What if the mystical experiences, those holy moments of knowing God were listed starting this Pentecost (and again emphasize these are not necessarily large, extraordinary experiences). We could open this to everyone at Creator.
So I roll the invitation out to you. You can add to this blog or email your experiences. Let me know if you feel comfortable in having them published to the community or not.
This could help our understanding of where the spirit takes us and how God works through us.
Creator moved to one service this Sunday. A majority of the congregation did wear red to mark Pentecost and it is always an inspiring sight for the occasion.
Word, music, and sacrament told a story in this worship; as always. The Confession today was particularly powerful for me:
We confess to you all the ways in which we dismiss the resurrection news. Foolish and slow of heart to believe, we turn from others and retreat in fear...
There was an arresting musical moment. The Psalmody was a Taize community gift to worship called Veni Sancte Spiritus. As "Veni Sante Spiritus" was repeated (translated as Holy Spirit, come to us) Kelly sang the cantor part over those words. It set a tone of deep reverence and felt like a request being made from our collective heart.
Pastor Dayle preached about the Synod assembly and the apprehension of the Holy Spirit being palpable when Bishop Mark Hanson wore a prayer shawl given to him last year by another synod when they were in the process of selecting a new bishop. The prayer shawl connected the synod assembly to another synod who selected their bishop last year and to something larger.
Pastor Dayle brought up the language to describe the Holy Spirit and the absence of voices that might call us to listen to the gospel in a new way. I appreciated the language she used when describing how the Holy Spirit works in us. We may sometimes feel like God speaking to or through us should be a large, extraordinary event where we feel righteous and certain.
Pastor Dayle preached about the nudges we feel, something we are moved to do. Sometimes we follow through and sometimes we are tempted not to. We may understand God's will through the "nudge". This is more what I feel in life, not a tremendous sense of certainty at first, that comes later; after a commitment to the action I am called to do.
Mary proposed a project to me when we talked later about the service. What if the mystical experiences, those holy moments of knowing God were listed starting this Pentecost (and again emphasize these are not necessarily large, extraordinary experiences). We could open this to everyone at Creator.
So I roll the invitation out to you. You can add to this blog or email your experiences. Let me know if you feel comfortable in having them published to the community or not.
This could help our understanding of where the spirit takes us and how God works through us.
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