We were given boxes to open with an object to represent the charcter and then a meditiation/ video/ image/ poem/ reading to help us reflect. So far so good.
Joseph was first out the box - a simple wooden carved figure. Then a mini Bounty bar, which Ben said represented the hospitality of the innkeeper. No, really. But we all got to eat a chocolate so we tried to overlook this weird advent twist...
Then we pulled out a wooden Mary, and some shepherds, and the wise men. By the time we got to them, the three dudes from the east were following a chain of Milk Ways through the Galaxy (yep!) passing by Mars(es) across the floor...
Baby Jesus turned up early by nearly three weeks, and the angel was actually a star - but by that point we were all rolling about on the floor laughing so hard that none of us cared...
Surreal and memorable in equal measure.
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Yeah, that was a Wednesday group experience. The Tuesday group took it seriously. We harrumphed in the right places and scowled all night long. We then had a two hour theological debate about whether Joseph really did look like a wooden version of Easter Island or not.
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