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A new and unusual service for Lent...
At the beginning of Lent each family in the congregation is invited
to lend a plant from home (silk or live), following a Jewish
Shavuot custom. The following Sundays in Lent build on this focal
point as an object is added each week. Two readers participate in a
dialogue explaining the symbol for that day. A child brings the
symbol forward and holds it during the dialogue. In this way
several families are able to participate.
"Visions of Lent Year 3 "also includes:
- Sample bulletin insert prior to Lent
- Example of plant reminder that can be used in bulletin
- Sample Torah for bulletin inserts
- A suggested worship service for Palm/Passion Sunday
Betty Lynn Schwab of Saskatoon, Canada, is an ordained pastor
serving Meewasin Valley United Church. This is her seventh book
published by CSS. She is the mother of two boys and her hobbies are
camping and computers.
Experience a story of seeming despair, tragedy, and restored hope
-- of a loving daughter, her carpenter father, and the trials they
face when he is branded a leper. A full order of worship, staging
instructions, a "children's moment", and production and lighting
suggestions are included.
Worship in Lent provides an opportunity for a congregation to
reflect significantly on our faith. Unlike Advent and Christmas,
Lent is free from the excitement busyness and commercialism that
distract us as worshipers. We need to hear God's voice afresh. The
Passover tradition is a wonderful vehicle for that kind of
listening, writes Betty Lynn Schwab.
"Visions Of Lent, Year 1" (three-book series) is a resource for
congregational worship on each of the six Sundays in Lent. Special
to Year 1 is a Maundy Thursday communion service.
The series provides congregations with a weekly presentation, which
may be placed in the worship service. Each presentation offers a
symbol. Symbols for Year 1 are Passover-related.
Symbols are:
- The bitter herbs
- The scorched shank bone
- The green herbs
- The fruits and nuts
- The unleavened bread
- The roasted egg
Betty Lynn Schwab, Saskatoon, Canada, is an ordained clergy woman
serving on the staff of Meewasin Valley United Church. Her CSS
books include two Christmas Eve services and one Advent
wreath-lighting book. She was also a contributor to "56 Lectionary
Stories For Preaching."
"Visions of Lent Year 2 "-- Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) offers
congregations a weekly presentation to be included in the regular
Lenten worship service. This follow-up to Volume 1 (which
concentrated on the Feast of Passover) focuses on the Palm Sunday
story and six elements within that story that were significant
parts of the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles or Booths. The festival is
rooted in Leviticus 23:33f, where God commanded Moses to declare
the festival to the people of Israel as a reminder of the temporary
shelters they lived in when He delivered them out of Egypt.
Preparation for this worship series is very simple. Lent 1 begins
with a plain, "symbolic" booth placed somewhere within the
sanctuary. For the next five weeks objects are gradually added
inside the booth.
Objects include:
Lent 2 -- citron (or other citrus fruit) in an attractive yet
simple container
Lent 3 -- musical instruments (flute, cymbal, lyre, harps,
trumpets, etc.)
Lent 4 -- donkey figure or picture
Lent 5 -- a large crown
Lent 6 (Palm Sunday) -- palm branches
Each presentation involves four participants including: minister, a
youth, and two other readers. Parts are brief and need not be
memorized.
Betty Lynn Schwab of Saskatoon. Canada, is an ordained pastor
serving Meewasin Valley United Church. This is her fourth book
published by CSS.
"Every congregation should consider incorporating this welcome
addition to Christmas resources into its programming soon."
Walter Farquharson
Moderator
The United Church of Canada
"The blend of insights and sounds makes the Christmas story come
alive."
Anne M. Squire
Former Moderator
The United Church of Canada
"An excellent resource for those designing Christmas eve worship
for all ages."
Marilyn Perry
General editor
"The Whole People of God," Lectionary curriculum
Attention congregations with young children Here is an exciting,
happy, complete Christmas Eve worship service designed for your
congregation.
The story is in three parts, set within a worship service. It is
based upon two youngsters hiding in the stable while Jesus is born
there.
Three young people can carry the entire story. Others could easily
join the cast. Sounds that occur through the story easily capture
the attention of the congregation. These may be created in the
sanctuary by members of the congregation or pre-recorded.
New Revised Standard texts are used. The author faithfully follows
the biblical story of Jesus' birth.
Betty Lynn Schwab is an ordained clergy woman on the staff at
Meewasin Valley United Methodist Church, Saskatoon, Canada. Her
other CSS title is "Do You Hear What I Hear?" a Christmas Eve
worship service.
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