Description
These resources are adapted from the material originally made available as part of the Holiness and Humanness series. Designed to be used over six weeks, the Call to Worship, the Holiness and Humanness song and the Interactive Prayer of Confession are the same for each week (nothing wrong with intentional repetition when it comes to gathered weekly worship). The extra resources this week focus on Creative Bible Engagement.
Today we are reading from the book of Hebrews, specifically Hebrews1:1-4, 2:5-12. We don’t know who wrote this part of the Bible, it doesn’t tell us. Unlike many other parts in this section of the Bible, it’s not written as a letter. We don’t really know why it was written. It also gets pretty complicated as the writer tries to explain how everything in the world works. The first resource, “Boxes” is an invitation to pray, read the Bible together and have some fun with boxes to help us sort it all out.
In the second resource, “Cards and Kings”, we hear how the ancient Hebrew people – maybe a bit like twenty-first century Australian people – thought that things all belonged in a certain order. We hear about a whole lot of different kinds of beings: ancestors, prophets, angels, kings, humans. Some things, and some beings, were considered far more important and of far greater value than others. Where might Jesus fit into this? With a few packs of cards and some jellybeans, we’ll explore this question together – perhaps coming up with a surprising answer!
