Preaching:
Rev. Judy Zabel
WELCOME to Rick Belbutoski, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries
WELCOME to Michelle Gehrs, Interim Organist
NEW SERIES: The Gift of Wonder: Creative Practices for Delighting in God
This summer series is about wonder. It is loosely based on our small group book, The Gift of Wonder by Christine Aroney-Sine.
Reflection questions:
Aroney-Sine asks, "Have we dismissed the child within us and lost the joy of life and the delight in God that emerges when we play and laugh and marvel at the world around us? Ask kids what they don't like about adults and they say we don't have enough fun. We don't enjoy life enough and we don't enjoy God enough either. To enjoy God more fully and recognize God's delight in us, we must rediscover the world of childhood and unleash the inner child hidden deep in our souls."
That's just what we are going to do at Hennepin this summer! What would it feel like to really recognize God's delight in us and unleash the inner child hidden in our souls? We will find out.
What do you enjoy doing? What has made you laugh or smile today? In what ways does joyful moments make you sense God's pleasure and draw you closer to God and others?
What keeps you from being joyful? Read Psalm 16:5-11. What does it say about celebrating and joy?
Ponder this poem by Aroney-Sine
How delightful it is
to live in a place of beauty,
to share the joy of life
with the great I AM.
How delightful it is
to see the birds hovering overhead,
and hear the whispering wind
rustling through the trees.
I breathe in the rhythm of God's world,
the ebb and flow of seasons,
the fading of day's bright light
into night's embrace.
I dance for joy
surrounded by God's grandeur
and open my senses to wonder and awe.
I sit content in the glory of God's embrace
and absorb the fragrance of God's loving presence.
