Open The Door, A Little Wider

 Open the Door, A Little Wider

  For the wanderers, the herders, and the tricksters

  For twelve sons of one father and 4 women

  For their quarreling, headstrong, frustrating children 

  For their tenacious, faithful, welcoming children 

Open the door a little wider

  For the family of faith

  For their nearest neighbors

  For outcasts who joined them

  For faithful who wanted a deeper connection

  For the neighbors a little farther away

    For the neighbors a long way off.

Open the door a little wider

  For those who share our customs and our food

  For those who drifted from the traditions

  For those who were left out or left behind

  For those who never knew the customs

  For those who never ate the way we did and do

Open the door a little wider

  For the ones who made the rules

  For those who adjusted the rules

  For those who called the rules into question

  For those who could not follow ALL the rules

  For those broke the rules and came back.

  For those who never knew the rules but wanted a deeper connection 

Open the door a little wider

  For the old and young, 

and the days in-between 

  For the men and women

and those who are both and neither

  For those who fit in.

and those who have not found their place

  For the seekers,

and for the sought

  For the lost

and for the found

Open the door a little wider

  For everyone made in the image of god

  For every soul looking for a place to belong

  For everyone should be welcome here

Stations of the Cross: Token Supplies

GOOD FRIDAY

(trick or treat style of stations of the cross)

Need 40 of each

coin

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000R4MSQI?

psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

rooster

https://anwo.com/store/chicken-rooster-toy-mini-good-luck-miniature.htm

wooden coin w crown of thorns on one side

https://stampmore.com/products/crown-of-thorns-stamp

  You may have to search “crown of thorns”

  Circles can be found https://24hourcrafts.com

wood cross

https://24hourcrafts.com

nail

https://www.amazon.com/1lb-Hardened-Steel-Flooring-Nails/dp/B005THULOE/

ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1527484003&sr=8-4&keywords=tremont+nails

red glass stone

https://www.michaels.com

Search “red gem”

SQUARE of white fabric

https://www.michaels.com

Search “white cloth” I used a 4x4 square

Need some background noise/music

Music on loop five songs make sure no commercials

Good Friday Stations of the Cross

  In each basket,
is a token to take.
  A physical reminder
of the Good News.
  That God’s Love
is bigger than death.
  Come and Go
as you please.
  We look forward

to seeing you again. 

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Matthew 26.14-16, 47-54
        Silver Coin
Judas got paid the price of a cheap slave. Jesus’
love would pay any price to welcome you to the
Kingdom.

Matthew 26.33-35, 69-75
        Rooster
Each morning brings an opportunity to decide how
we will respond to Christ’s love. We show that
response through our words and actions.

Mark 15.16-20
        Crown of Thorns
Crowns of Gold for Kings. Wreaths of Laurel are for
the champions. This loop of thorn vines is for the
leader of the oppressed.

John 19.17-22
        Cross
Here all the possibilities of human activity meet.
Here our deepest cruelty and failures meet our
highest caring and fulfillment.

Luke 23. 39-43
        Nail
The carpenter holds the house together with nails.
With these nails God will build not a house but a
Kingdom.

Mark 15.33-39
        Red Stone
Each drop a hope. Each drop a mercy. Each drop a
forgiving. Each drop an act of love.

Matthew 27.57-60
        White Cloth
In strips of cloth he was laid in a manger. In a sheet
of cloth he was laid in a tomb. Beginning and Ending
and Beginning Again.

Benediction
Go knowing that God our Creator loves you. That
Christ our redeemer welcomes you. That the Holy
Spirit is with you and within you.
AMEN
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