Basically, our labyrinth was seven different stations that were located throughout the sanctuary... each station dealt with a different portion of the Lord's prayer. Some stations were just meditative in nature... but most of them prompted the participants to engage in various activities. Here are a few pics from the experience:
People were encouraged to take a rock from the table and drop it in the bucket of water to symbolize their releasing any unforgiveness in their lives.
This is a blurry picture of a wide shot of the sanctuary... I guess it's kind of hard to tell what is going on here... but I wanted to include an 'overview' shot of the labyrinth.
Participants were given a list of the names of God... then they were asked to write the one name that they cling to most on the white board: For some it was Yahweh Jireh... the God who provides. For others it was the simple acknowledgement of the great 'I AM.'
This station asked people to light a candle for someone they wanted to come to know Jesus... or someone who needed God's healing touch.
Communion was served... right in the middle... they had the opportunity to use the altar for this station as well.
Overall, the night went well... I just wish more people would've take advantage of it. I think we are going to try one again sometime soon.
3 comments:
I've never heard of a prayer labyrinth...looks neat, can you explain more about what it is?
Angele...
It's a tool to get people centered on quieting themselves before God.
There were seven stations set up in the sanctuary... there was tape on the floor marking the path from one station to the next.
At each station, there was a prayer guide to read through to help focus your thoughts and meditations in that particular station... and usually there was an activity to go along with it, like lighting a candle or receiving communion.
It took most people about 45 minutes to complete. You could spend as much or little time at each station as you wanted... It turned out to be pretty neat. Hope that helped!
Yeah, thanks for the visual.
I can see myself getting overly obsessed with trying to be focused and centered and instead being super flightly...wondering if I can get a bigger piece of communion bread or maybe dying to trim a candle wick or two:) Just kidding, sort of.
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