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Step "O"
The baskets of dusty rocks are passed around to begin a prayer exercise about attachment:
We are invited to take a few rocks — because we all have more than one attachment — and hold onto them through the service. These are not the smooth, slick Journey river rocks. These are dusty and messy and jagged. We are invited to go to one of the “Love” letter Communion stations. As we reach the servers standing on the wooden boxes, we drop the messy rocks we’ve been holding since the beginning of the service to symbolize letting go of our own attachments in order to be open to receiving God’s Love.
As Journeyers were taking Communion and dropping their rocks on the wooden platforms, the noise was startling and made some of us jump. This is a reminder that letting go of our own attachments can affect others, not just ourselves.
Step "O"
The baskets of dusty rocks are passed around to begin a prayer exercise about attachment:
We are invited to take a few rocks — because we all have more than one attachment — and hold onto them through the service. These are not the smooth, slick Journey river rocks. These are dusty and messy and jagged. We are invited to go to one of the “Love” letter Communion stations. As we reach the servers standing on the wooden boxes, we drop the messy rocks we’ve been holding since the beginning of the service to symbolize letting go of our own attachments in order to be open to receiving God’s Love.
As Journeyers were taking Communion and dropping their rocks on the wooden platforms, the noise was startling and made some of us jump. This is a reminder that letting go of our own attachments can affect others, not just ourselves.