Today we worshipped as a labyrinth- a journey through the emotions of the early disciples on Easter Sunday morning, as recorded in Mark 16. We walked around the church and meditated on various "icons" symbolising these feelings.
A wrapped "body" represented the grief and abandonment felt by them as they woke up on Sunday morning, and the women prepared to anoint the body of Jesus.
Mark tells us that when the women saw the angel and heard his message they were terrified. I chose snakes to symbolise the emotion of fear, because most people I know are scared of snakes.
At this point Susannah and James performed a dance to a Michael W. Smith song which she interpreted as referring to the process of discovering who Jesus is and learning to walk with Him.
Fear turned to hope as the disciples absorbed the news that Jesus really is alive. This is the point where many christians remain. Instead of walking in faith with Jesus they choose merely to look to the future of eternity in hope.
A map of Australia and a map of the world remind us that Jesus commands us to "Go" and preach the gospel everywhere. This is the response of faith to take up the mission now and follow Jesus in all we do. We asked "Who are the people Jesus is commanding me to go to at this time?"I felt it was an effective way of walking through the Easter story and connecting the events of 2000 years ago with our lives today.
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