"Change" Reflection/Worship

I prepared a Reflecton/Worship for our BOE Staff Meeting today as it was about my turn again. The theme was 'change' given our upcoming 'integration' of the Boards of Education and Mission.

The start was the clip for the Greg Laswell song "How the Day Sounds" which you can check out here

The I shared this reflection/prayer...

“CHANGE” A Reflection
Do we dare? Could we possibly?
Create a space for collaboration, an engaging conversation
A safe space, which is not necessarily comfortable, but honest

This is the space God calls us to,
Where we shift from “I” to “we”
From ‘excellence’ to ‘authenticity’
From the centre to the edge
From the church, intentionally into our context

As we face changes and stare at the future
How does the day sound?
Not just, what are we doing? But, who will we be?
Not simple but complex, not imposed but planned
What costs will we recognise and how will we carry those

In this time of reflection
We are invited to recognise the past and move on
To envisage a future we can participate in
To identify culture and behaviours of value
And to challenge their absence where we find it

What story will we tell?
What space will we make?
What tension will we confront?
What risks will we take?

We spent a brief moment observing what we could learn from a Wordle of our BOE Synod 2010 Report... pictured above

Then there were [4] Prayer Activities to do while we listened to "Changes" a new track from Sarah McLachlan from "Laws of Illusion"

1. Brown lined paper for writing what makes the meeting a 'safe space'

2. Bowl and sandpaper for tearing off strips for 'confessions'/things to let go of

3. Bowl of 'Time Out' bars to take and eat while pondering how you'll take time out:

to listen

to collaborate

to be creative

to recreate

4. Lighting candles for 'others' beyond ourselves

Reading Romans 12: 1-21 and comments

Then we got into our meeting and closed it by re-reading the reflection.