About the images:
Upper Left: I took this photo in the Australian high country at Danny's Lookout where it snows in winter. Sometimes the light up there is really amazing and the mountains seem to glow. Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities - for more information on the High Country visit: https://www.travelvictoria.com.au/regions/highcountry/
Upper Right: This is also my photo with biblical text added. This photo is taken looking down Duck Arm (to where we live) on the Gippsland Lakes (for more info: http://www.gippslandtourism.com.au/Gippsland-Lakes/). Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities.
Middle Left: This is a free Heartlight image. Please see my links column at left.
Middle Right: This a is a free image from the wonderful Church galleries site which is down at present - see my link column to the left - and quite useful seeing Ash Wednesday is only three days away.
Lower Left: This is a free clipart from Cerrezo Barredo - see my link column at left
Lower Right: This is a free Heartlight image. Please see my links column at left.
Listening Song: ShineBy the Newsboys on their album, Going Public (pictured at left) or on WOW 1996. This song uses words from the gospel reading.
Listening Song: Jubilate
By Robert Prizeman on the album, Libera (pictured at right). I used this with the Adult Response below.
Kid's Story: WestlandiaBy Paul Fleischman (Author), Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator), Candlewick Press, ISBN 9780763600068 (pictured at left).
Discussion:
Share a time when you have experienced the presence of God?
Share a time when you have experienced the presence of God?
Musalaha (Reconciliation) is an organisation in the Holy Land which brings together Christians, Jews and Muslims, Palestinians and Israelis. They cut through the fear and disconnection and distraction of all that is going on in this divided Land and they talk and act out hope and love and dreams. Their actions transfigure their world. Visit their site here at https://musalaha.org/ and watch some of their excellent videos.
Found in Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks by Wayne Rice, Youth Specialties Inc, 1994, ISBN 031040261, page 126 (pictured at left). This story is based on the Matthew reading.
Story: The Boy and the Circus
Found in Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks by Wayne Rice, Youth Specialties Inc, 1994, ISBN 031040261, page 56 (pictured at left). This story is based on the Matthew reading.
Found in Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks by Wayne Rice, Youth Specialties Inc, 1994, ISBN 031040261, page 56 (pictured at left). This story is based on the Matthew reading.
Adult Response:
Give everyone a pencil and a card with a mountain pictured on it.
Suggest: Let's think of ways we can "climb the mountain" and put ourselves in places where God can reveal His presence to us. Have a minute or so in silence. Play a piece of thinking music - Jubilate (above) works really well. Use the card to write a prayer, draw a picture, compose a poem or put down a resolution. Not sure where I got this idea from - let me know if it's not mine.
Suggest: Let's think of ways we can "climb the mountain" and put ourselves in places where God can reveal His presence to us. Have a minute or so in silence. Play a piece of thinking music - Jubilate (above) works really well. Use the card to write a prayer, draw a picture, compose a poem or put down a resolution. Not sure where I got this idea from - let me know if it's not mine.
Poem and prayer: transfiguration.Found in Dad and Daughter by Ron Gordon and Jennie Gordon, 2012, ISBN 9780646586601, page 18 (pictured at left). These are based on the gospel reading.
Also:
Response Activity: Seeing the Face of God
Found in Bringing the Word To Life Together: Year A by Andrew Collis and Dorothy McRae-McMahon, Mediacom, Adelaide, 2010, ISBN 9780949656919, page 48ff (pictured at right). This is based on the Gospel reading and the Old Testament reading.
Lots of Useful Stuff
Found in The Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual by Jenee Woodard (Ed.), Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2013, page 53ff (pictured at left).
Drama: Transfiguration
Found in Mega Drama 1 by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2001, ISBN 0859109151v1, page 99 (pictured at right). This has been written for the gospel reading.
Drama for Ash Wednesday: If the Glove Fits....
Found in Mega Drama 1 by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2001, ISBN 0859109151v1, page 30 (pictured at right). This has been written for the 1 Corinthians reading.
Found in Mega Drama 1 by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2001, ISBN 0859109151v1, page 30 (pictured at right). This has been written for the 1 Corinthians reading.
Found in Let's Make Another Scene 3 by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1995, ISBN 0859107620, page 54 (pictured at left). This drama is based on the gospel reading.
Drama: Told Not to Tell
Found in Present on Earth by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 2002, ISBN 0 901557 64 2, page 57ff (pictured at right). This is based on the Matthew reading.
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