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No. |
Purpose |
Activity |
Equipment |
| 1. | self-awareness; |
What kind of a fruit or nut are you today?!
Notice how different they look on the inside – open one if you’d like
to, and hold it as you reflect and pray… |
variety of nuts, some open, nutcracker,
basket, |
| 2. | corporate celebration & thanksgiving for creation | Let’s make a picture as a harvest thank-offering
to God. Choose pictures from the catalogues and stick them down, giving thanks to God for his glorious and generous creation. |
seed catalogues, scissors, Pritstik, parcel paper background |
| 3. | repentance for sin against God, against others, against creation |
Here is an opportunity to recognise and
turn from our sin. |
strips of plastic bags, ‘cross’ of interwoven string on large wooden frame |
| 4. | thanksgiving | God’s goodness and love for us are expressed
in so many ways, and we can encounter him with all our senses.
|
flowers, chimes on banana hook, ocarina, rain stick, merino wool, essential oils on plate, chocolates |
| 5. | praise |
Pull’n’praise! – pull down a prayer and use it to express your praise to God.
|
cards with prayers hanging on elastic from washing line |
| 6. | listening to God | ‘God made the heavens and the earth’: here’s
some earth to explore. What might you discover as you dig about and
play with the soil? Slow down and let God speak to you about his work,
your life and his love... |
wheelbarrow of earth on plastic sheet, sticks, stones, seeds, gardening tools, watering can, bowl of water, towel |
| 7. | responding to God |
Take time here to meet with Jesus Christ,
the Saviour of the world. Take and eat... |
broken loaf of bread |
| 8. | self-offering | Take as many threads as you like, choosing
each to represent a particular ‘thread’ in your life. As you knot them
together, talk to God about each one, and offer them all to him at the
foot of the cross. |
threads in bowl |
| 9. | prayer for others |
This is a sort of prayerful ‘Lucky Dip’:
who will you pray for?! Take a letter out of the bag, and pray for
someone whose name begins with that letter. Replace and repeat as
many times as you like! You can also stencil their initial on the
big sheet, or add a letter sticker for them. |
Scrabble letters, bag, book of names, stencils, pens in pot, alphabet stickers, A1 sheet |
| 10. | prayer for the world | ‘The leaves of the tree are for the healing
of the nations’. (Revelation 22:2) Cut a piece of card into a leaf shape, and write on it the place or situation you want to pray for. Hang it on the tree and ask God to heal the nations... |
‘tree’ in pot, cards in dish, scissors, felt-tips in mug, hole-puncher, thread, waste bin |
| 11. | prayer... |
Sit’n’knit! – let’s make a prayer scarf.
Knit as many rows as you like – any colour, any stitch – praying as
the Spirit leads you. If you like, you can add some embroidery stitches
to represent special petitions. |
knitting in progress, wool, scissors, packet of wool needles |
| 12. |
going out | God is in this place – and in you. Reflect
for a moment on your time here… Is there anything else you need to do
while you’re here – or after you leave? Take a leaf as a reminder of today. Go in the knowledge of God’s call on your life, and his presence with you this autumn and always. |
skeleton leaves |
| reflecting & responding |
What has God been saying to you this Harvest-time?
How would you like to respond to him? |
natural coloured card/paper, other (natural?) materials, scissors, Pritstik, PVA glue, pens, pastels, crayons |
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