Puppet People and Sanctuary First
[kml_flashembed movie="http://uk.youtube.com/v/ac-0I51x8jU" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]I was telling you all how I enjoyed Christmas. i was especially impressed by the latest ministry that is being developed out of the church. the Puppet People. thanks to Hugh O'Brien and his inspiration earlier on this year we now have our very own little puppet ministry. I think they did a brillant job of Christmas Day have a look and tell me what you think? Puppet People So I'm now looking forward to the next presentation. I'm hoping we'll be able to use this group to make the children's address come to life on a Sunday.
SANCTUARY FIRST
Believe it or not this Sunday evening we'll be putting on the Sanctuary First service. The theme this month is "A WAKE UP CALL" the service is going to be based around the passage in Revelation 3. This is the letter to the church at Sardis. This community finds itself being rebuked because it is something its not. I always think this is such a challenge to all of us who try to keep the church relevant. We need to be careful that we are not simply promoting programmes to look busy rather than being engaged with effective ministry. Here is the opening part of the liturgy. Its meant to cause you to think. I'm posting it as a kind of trailer, perhaps to coax you to come along or at least loh=g in on the net next Sunday at 7.00pm
"Music playing to reflect imminent danger. On the screen the clock is ticking. There is an interplay between the world on the screen and the ticking clock. Finally the music stops and all that is heard is the ticking of the clock. Then suddenly an alarm breaks the silence!"
A WAKE UP CALL
Narrator Speaks
We're on the edge of disaster .
We're facing economic, ecological, spiritual and moral bankruptcy.
We watch on like people in a dream.
We're asleep.
We're snoring
Ignoring
The clock ticking
We only have one life
And we sleep through it
And we gamble with it
Like poker players in a game
We each hold a hand
We throw away the best cards
In search of the charmed suit
Only to find we hold a busted Flush
