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Last year I was a part of a team of people who created an interactive worship experience for our church during the week between Palm Sunday and Easter.  

This Holy Week journey moved through stories of people who encountered Jesus during his life and during the days before his death. The story of each person or group of people was represented by a different room or area. Worshipers moved through these spaces at their own pace, using a booklet as a prompt for questions and themes in each area.

I absolutely love doing things like this…. creating time and space where people can encounter God. There’s no other explanation for what is experienced other than God meets us when we really show up.

I have been asked by several friends if I could share pics, video, descriptions of how we created this particular experience. So this post is all about the sharing. 

View pics of each station

View written descriptions of each station

Download the journey booklet

How we created instant walls

Other posts about this experience

Questions? Comments?  Let me know!

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Recently, we created an interactive worship experience for the senior high students of our church.  We had a month to dream it up, three nights to set it up, and one night to experience it.  Check it out:

 

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS AND A SHORT VIDEO OF YOUTH LEADER BRILLIANCE

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Our holy week journey began last night.  I love doing interactives like this, because the impact on people has to do with having conversation with God. Period. No other explanation for it. We’re just providing time, space, and prompts.
The picture above is what my warrior-princess daughter wrote on the worship wall in the first station… her description of Jesus as he entered Jerusalem: Holy and ‘Couragious‘. Love that.
 Here’s a list of our various stations and their basic themes:
‘We Were There: the Journey’

Station 1: the crowd (Jesus enters Jerusalem; worship)
Station 2: Mary Magdalene (acceptance of Jesus’ work in our lives)
Station 3: Judas (idolatry, betrayal, forgiveness)
Station 4: Peter (betrayal, forgiveness)
Station 5: Pilate (self-preservation, justice, righteousness)
Station 6: the crowd (the call for Jesus’ crucifixion; understanding who Jesus really is)
Station 7: the Lord’s Supper (Jesus’ sacrifice)
Station 8: the cross (invitation for all to come to the cross with thoughts, prayers, and confessions from the journey)

Click here for the complete booklet that guides participants through the journey.
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