Practicing Spiritual Life: Contemplation & Meditation (February 21)

Practicing Spiritual Life (Part 3)

February 21: Contemplation & Meditation

Christian meditation and contemplation is the practice of reflecting upon, ruminating about, and considering matters of our faith. We recognize that every experience offers more than meets the eye and are open to seeing the unseen world. In other religions, meditation serves as a means to empty the mind in order to become detached from the world. Christians agree that meditation is an effective technique to quiet and clear the mind and achieve detachment from the world. But, for the Christian, detachment is not enough; we must go on to attachment. Detachment from the confusion all around us is in order to have a richer attachment to God and is a preparation for God's inspiration.

Producers: Tim Suddarth & Ken Kim
Set-Up: Tim Suddarth
Music Leader (if needed): Ryan Miller, Mitch Peterson & Dave Chojnacki
Sound Tech: Josh McInnes
Keynote Tech: TBA (if needed)
Pickup: Josh McInnes
Nursery: Kerri Dominguez
Greeters: Aaron & Renay Burger.

Corporate Meditation and Contemplation ideas

Lectio Divina – Philippians 2 or perhaps multiple modalities of Psalms
Call to worship in Latin (maybe with translation or possibly switching languages throughout)
Be Still and know he is God – Newsboys
Progression through music meditation
“The Stand” – chorus of a Hillsong/Michael W. Smith arrangement
Time-lapsed Sunrise – Praying in the sunrise
Empty Me – Jeremy Camp (Clay/pottery)
I Corinthians 13
They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love – Jars of Clay
Rise – Robbie Seay
John 1
All Around Me – Flyleaf
Maranatha (Aramaic – Chanting)
World Peace
Centering Prayer

Communion Ideas

Everyone take at the same time
People reading scripture from around the room
Respond by audience repeating scripture “Do This in Remebrence of me”
Different interpretation
Actual Breaking

Music for Communion

By His Wounds
Paid it All
Holy, Holy, Holy
Lead me to the Cross

Things we could use as contemplation material

Jesus w/ Dirty Feet - Everts
Blue Like Jazz - Miller
Soul Cravings – McManus
Face to Face (Devotional Book)