ginghamsburg is closing a 5-week message series on servanthood. we called it CHURCH IS A VERB and had some really memorable worship weekends. speakers brian brown, kevin applegate, dave hood and nick cunningham spoke passionately to bring the message home. since ginghamsburg is a mission-driven church community the idea of church being a verb – the action arm of God in the world – is not a foreign concept. we all need reminders from time to time, however!
this past weekend was the culmination of the series as we shared communion, honored 17 – 2009 “towel and basin award” recipients, and lastly were all given the chance to name our own verbs of service. we each identified the unique verb that describes what we do best and wrote that verb on a rock. when we walked up to receive our communion elements we offered up those rocks – and put them in baskets that were carried up to the altar built on the stage. powerful moments in worship.
Incredible series and very memorable – especially the reminder that we are Living Stones, and then offering up our verb on a stone to build an altar – incredibly symbolic and heartfelt.