Join us May 19th Pentecost Sunday for interactive Prayer Stations.
Station One: The beginning/ A Place of Silence
Today is the day of Pentecost. This important moment described in Acts 2, tells of how the Holy Spirit descended on a gathering and people were able to speak and hear the word of God in different languages. Take a moment to sit quietly. Sit in this first plot of land that began Garfield Community Farm, notice how the plants have grown, notice how the farm has grown and continues to grow. Think of times in your life you have seen God surprise you by using a small beginning to do something significant in the world.
Station Two: Remember Your Baptism
Baptism was never meant to be kept to ourselves but to be shared. After you have touched the waters and remembered the ways you are beloved, fill a watering can, and walk through the garden slowly blessing the plants with the water of life. As you water the plants think of ways you can share God’s love in the world.
Station Three: Taste & See
Station Four: Communion and Offering
Station Five: Lord’s Prayer
The significance of this day and the power of the gospel is in its ability to be translated into many languages—to break boundaries between cultures. Take a moment to listen to prayers to God through Jesus Christ spoken in many languages, and take in the breathtaking beauty of God who speaks through different people languages and cultures.
Station Six: Labyrinth
Station Seven: Listen & Know
We often go through life forgetting to listen to our surroundings and the people around us. Take a moment to listen. Listen to it all, the wildlife, the sounds of the city, and the people moving around you. What sounds were you ignoring up until now that you can now hear? What sounds do you normally ignore that just might be sharing the word of God to you?
Station Eight: Tongues of Fire
Fire is powerful, wild and often scary much like the powerful presence of God. The way God works in the world often feels unpredictable and intimidating. Imagine being part of that original crowd that experienced these tongues of fire! Because God can act and speak in wild unpredictable ways, we often cut off or ignore God working in our midst. Take a moment to reflect on times or ways you are ignoring God speaking and acting in your life? Who are you ignoring, that might be speaking God’s love and redemption? What are you trying to control that was never yours to control? What have you focused your time and energy on that is unimportant to the Kin-dom of God? Take a moment to reflect, write your thoughts on paper and throw the paper into the fire. Allow God to work in wild and bewildering ways.