5 Years – 5 Worship tricks…

A couple of these are picked up by Jonny, but not them all so here are five worship tricks that have evolved from Sanctus1:

1: The Man in Black – used as a invitation to Eucharist at the Johnny Cash service.

He was the original Man in Black

Standing alongside the poor
the marginalized,
the vulnerable and the excluded.
He was the Man in Black

At the well with the Samaritan woman,
Before the Pharisees with the woman caught in adultery,
He was the Man in Black.

Sharing food with tax collectors,
Touching lepers,
And befriending prostitutes,
He was the Man in Black.

Upsetting polite company,
Befriending isolated people,
Welcoming the stranger,
He was the man in black.

And through this sacrament at this table,
We remember that he still is the Man in black.

Those who wish to follow him,
Must first be led by him,
Led by him to befriend the stranger,
The marginalized,
The excluded,
And the vulnerable.

This is the table where all are welcome;
Where the Man in black reaches out to us in our brokenness and makes us whole.

So come, Jesus Christ,
the Man in Black, welcomes you.

2: May God Bless you – Beautiful sung blessing by Seamingof Sanctus1.

3: Contact – Call to worship: At the start of the film contact is a scene that starts off on planet earth, gradually the camera withdraws and you get further and further away until you find yourself flying through the Galaxy. Some stunning CGI and it works well with the call to worship from Alternative Worship read on the top of it.

4 – Three Candle – Each Sanctus1 service starts with the lighting of three candles. One for Father, one for Son and one for Spirit. We then close with a dispersal of the three candles. The reason that we have this is that it provides the liturgical framework within which to be experimental. When I light the candles people know that the service is beginning, when they are dispersed people know the service is finishing. Here is one example of the a candle lighting liturgy that we have used, it’s written by Laura:

*I light this light in the name of…The Creator
Who was here before us, before we even began
Who formed and joined us, welcoming us all first
Who walks with us and guides us still

I light this light in the name of…The Redeemer
Who celebrated with people at time of great joy
Whose service still provides our example
Who was five years old once too…

I light this light in the name of…The Sustainer
Who was there at our birth
Who is both life-giver and life-force
Who transforms us and urges us on

We light three lights for the Trinity of Love
God above us
God beside us
God beneath us
The beginning, the end, the everlasting one.
Amen.

* - end = I carry this light in the name of…

5 – Great selection of video’s here from Ninja Tunes. I’ve often used the Great Drive By by Funki Porcini.