This is the Day that the Lord Has Made! Psalm 118
June 26, 2009
Hey Transmission, I’m planning the ritual for July 15 and would love your input. We will have a special guest with us, Pastor Becky, who is visiting Transmission from Florida as part of her summer-long sabbatical, which includes visiting Emerging Churches across the country. You see her Sabbatical Plan and what she’s been up to on her blog, "Karpos Kalos".
Here’s what I’m thinking right now: "This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it", Psalm 118:24
Opening music: Psalm 118 from Isaac’s Emerging Psalter
Remembering: Read text of the psalm together
Thinking: Reflect on historic events related to July 15
Activity: Write yourself a letter for a future July 15th. Seal it and date it. Then, final sharing and pray together…
Closing: The upbeat gospel song based on this verse
Please send your comments and suggestions, what you notice and what you imagine, to epiphany.ny@gmail.com
One Response to “This is the Day that the Lord Has Made! Psalm 118”
This ritual was at Sarah’s house on Dan’s birthday! Clearly, Dan’s birth was a special historical event for July 15th (Sarah made cupcakes) and we used this Transmission to bless Sarah’s house too.
Instead of writing letters to ourselves, we wrote blessing notes to Sarah and hid them around her apartment to find later :-) A great house blessings ritual element. We also blessed water and asperged it around with a branch and prayers.
By Bowie on Oct 18, 2009