A Darkness Pregnant with Hope(1570 -1593)
Title: A Darkness Pregnant with Hope (1571) Origin: Cityside Quiet Service, Winter 2001 Theme: Turning points. Finding the light of hope in the cold of night. Relishing the dark and the cold…
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A Fishy Tale
Origin: Curated Ambient Art-Based Prayer Services for Self Denial Missions Appeal in NZ Baptist Churches, 2002 Theme: Reflection on fishing stories in the Bible. Mood: Setup: Gear: . Concept…
An Encounter With Jesus
Origin: Carey Baptist College Opening Devotions. September, 2003 Based on service ‘When Your Past Overtakes You’ (see this section) Theme: To use the story of the Woman at the Well and an ar…
An Ordinary Sunday
Origin: Cityside Sunday 9 November, 2003. Curated by Brenda Stone. Theme: Mood: Setup: Gear: On this Sunday morning the situation arose where the person who was meant to be doing the sermon…
Arguing with God
Origin: Quiet Service Sunday 17 November 2002 Theme: Reflection on Moses’ interactions with God Mood: Setup: : Sandtrays + candles : Paint, paper, pencils… : Burning bush – steel leaves & pu…
A Service of Welcoming
Origin: Carey College Youth Intensive, Monday 21 April, 1996. Designed and curated by Mike Riddell and Mark Pierson Theme: To introduce participants to each other and to focus on the purpose…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Origin: Black Stump Festival, 7.30pm start and open ended. Saturday 5 October, 2002. Repeated with variations at Cityside Quiet Service 15 November 2002. Theme: Woman Caught in Adultery. Jes…
Fire in the Dark
Origin: Parallel Universe June 30, 1996 Theme: Fire – some of its symbolism in the Bible. An encounter with God through the symbolism of fire. Mood: Slow moving, lots of silence and space. S…
For God So Loved
Origin: Curtainraiser Ministers Conference Evening Worship. 15 November, 1996 Theme: Refreshment/Recreation/Renewal Mood: Setup: Banner (Mt 11, Message, ‘Are you tired, worn out…’), candles…
For God So Loved the World
Origin: Curtainraiser Ministers Conference Evening Worship. 16 November 1996 Theme: Affirmation of the world as the place where God is Mood: Setup: Banners, candles, communion gear, 4-5 ‘res…
Grieshog Celtic Ritual
Origin: Cityside Quiet Service. 20 May 2001. Theme: Using the ancient Celtic ritual of grieshog – keeping of embers through the night – to reflect on God’s keeping of us through the dark tim…
Journey Toward Easter(1510-1521)
Title: On the Road Again – Journey Toward Easter (1511) Origin: Cityside: Quiet Service, Sunday 18 March, 2001. Third Sunday in Lent. This service is rerun most years in a similar form early…
On the Way
Origin: Cityside Quiet Service Sunday 17 March, 2002. 5th Sunday in Lent. Based on a previous year’s service. Theme: To read the Easter story in a large chunk. Mood: Sombre Setup: 20 metres(…
Our Groans Ascend to God
Origin: Cityside Quiet Service 23 May 1999 (Pentecost Sunday) Theme: Text Romans 8: 22-27 The Message. An opportunity to pray and reflect. Mood: Quiet, meditative. Setup: Hang white screens/…
Return of the Prodigal 2
Origin: Cityside Baptist/Parallel Universe, Sunday 17 September 2000 Theme: To provide space and a setting in which punters can listen to and respond to God as they reflect on Rembrandt’s pa…
Ripples Through Time 1
Origin: Cityside Quiet Service 17 December, 2000. Based on a seed idea of ripples in a pond from a service by Stuart McGregor and Peter Olds. Theme: Reflecting on Christmas. An opportunity t…
Ripples Through Time 2
Origin: Cityside Quiet Service, 16 December, 2001. A remediation of Ripples Through Time 1. Theme: Reflecting on Christmas Mood: Reflective, upbeat. Setup: 3m diameter pool (polythene, plast…
Ripples Through Time 3
Origin: Parallel Universe Worship, Cityside 15 December 2002. A remediation of Ripples Through Time 1 and 2. Theme: To read through the full Christmas story and provide opportunity to reflec…
Sonar
Origin: Cityside Quiet Service 21/09/03. Curated by Campbell Hooper- Johnson, Andrew Rockell and Stu McGregor. Theme: Depth – encountering God in the depth of our normal experience. Mood: Re…
Sounds of Silence
Origin: Quiet Service 18 October 1998 Theme: Silence Mood: Silent! Lots of silence between readings. Setup: Communion, red floods up walls — on dimmer. Gear: Henri Nouwen’s With Open Hands…
Spring Equinox Stations
Origin: Cityside Baptist, 22 September 2002, designed and curated by Brenda Stone Theme: Reflection on the end of winter and the starting of spring. Mood: Hopeful, meditative, chatty/interac…
Sukkot Jewish Festival
Origin: Cityside Quiet Service. Sunday October 21, 2001 Theme: God’s presence is our security. Mood: Setup: Fabric ‘tent’ hanging limp from ceiling centre, communion elements set up within f…
The Long Now
Origin: Cityside Quiet Service Sunday 15 July, 2001. This service is based on material and ideas from two websites, www.longnow.com and www.slowfood.com Theme: Slowing our lives down. Mood…
The Mothering God
Origin: Quiet Service, Cityside 17 May 1998 (Near Mothers Day) Theme: God as Mother Mood: Setup: Large screen forms one end OHP + Slide projector rear projected 3 clusters of 6 large candles…
The Return of the Prodigal 1
Origin: Cityside Quiet Service 19 September 1999 Theme: God welcomes us all back at any time and regardless of our circumstances. Mood: Reflective Setup: Full width screen at one end, 3 slid…
The White Stone
Origin: Curtainraiser Conference Worship Wednesday 10 Nov 1999. Inspired by a service curated by Dave Tomlinson, Greenbelt Festival, August 1999. Theme: Rev 2/17 – “To those who win the vict…
Water Stones Fire
Origin: End of Black Stump Festival, 9-10.15am. Sunday 30 September, 2001 Adapted from Ripples Through Time services concept. Theme: Ripples from the story of God affect us Ripples from what…
When the Fit hits the Sham
Origin: Greenbelt Festival Worship.. Curated by Mark Pierson and Andy Harrington (UK) Note: this is an incomplete planning version of this service. Theme: Ultimately God is in control of the…
When Your Past Overtakes You
Origin: Chapel Service. Carey College, Wednesday 15 May, 2002 Theme: To use slides of art based on the woman at the well story to reflect on what Jesus knows about me and what he wants from…
Wheres Wally
Origin: Blackstump Festival, 2003. Sunday 5 October 9-10.30am Theme: God is active and present in all places at all times, we need to look Mood: Reflective Setup: Carpet and walls of newspap…
White Stones Secret Names
Origin: Black Stump Festival, 9-10.15am. Sunday 06 October, 2002 This follows closely the previous service but has some significant differences. Theme: Revelation 2/17 – “To those who win th…
Why Worry
Origin: Parallel Universe, October 1994. Theme: A fairly chaotic collage of video/audio/etc presenting the kind of stuff we worry about, intermingled with what God says about worry…ie not a…
Wilderness
Origin: Quiet Service, Sunday 19 October, 2003 Theme: To remind ourselves that the wilderness can be the place God leads us into and isn’t necessarily a bad place to be. Based on the words…
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