Spring Harvest 2013 report

We had such a great time at Spring Harvest in the Easter week! In the mornings Sam led the Create Zone, then in the afternoons we taught the Worship Zone (you can buy those talks here). But the most fun was in the evening Presence alternative celebrations. We got to hang out with great folks from Bless, who brought loads of creative ideas, musical skills and lots of laughs (see their vid below). We also had Sunil and George there with us playing all kinds of acoustic and electronic instruments, which gave the worship a really experimental feel.

Lots of folks were asking for links to the resources we used, so here is a list of stuff we could find links to:

NIGHT 2

• Jesus lead us to the Father - song with 3 simple parts
• Presence Prayer - we used this every night
• In the name of the Father - song
• God stays the same - poem
• Yesterday, today and forever - song
• Origami boats - we wrote prayers on the paper before folding them and then placing them on a painted 'sea' as a sign of trusting God (see pic)
• My hope is built - using the Jubilate revised words

NIGHT 3

• Jesus, we are here - song from Zimbabwe
• We come to worship - prayer by John Leach
• Praise the Lord, Alleluia - song
• He's my Saviour - interactive song
• Christ be in my waking - song
• Prayer stations - we ended up putting each station in a bag, as we had too many people to have everyone move! But you can download the posters and use them however you want
• Build your Kingdom - this song was too good not to close every subsequent night with it!

NIGHT 4

• Give thanks to the Lord - song (we got people to think of things they were grateful for, then asked people to share over the mic to which everyone responded by singing 'his love endures forever')
• Isaiah 58 video and Worship and Justice confession - taken from our new DVD
• Hear this broken cry - performance song based on Psalm 88 with PowerPoint
• O Come O Come Emmanuel - a song/prayer idea, explained here

NIGHT 5

• Breathe on me breath of God - Jubilate words
• Here is love - as this hymn was sung a cross was moved into the centre of the room, and we invited people to turn to face it. The band came off the stage and we all gathered around the cross
• We are one in Christ - interactive poem/prayer
• Ephesians 2 reading and singing 'Your cross'
• Everyone needs compassion

There you go - if there is something missing (including stuff from the Create and Worship Zones) please ask below.

Here's a vid of the Prayerhouse, set up by Bless, and with George and Sunil from our band playing some ambient goodness in the background!