August 2012: Greenbelt 2012 - God's not fair + Workshop
We did two things at Greenbelt - a service using Si Smith's artwork in a gallery space exploring the theme 'God's not fair' (see here for earlier Grace version), and a workshop 'Now we are eighteen', in which we discussed our journey, how to plan services and do curation, etc.
God's not fair
Entrance
Intro
Two radically different statements – people need to decide whether they are fair or not. Want to avoid having a middle option – aim is to provoke thought rather than finding out what people want to do.
People asked to put a marble in one of two jars – but if they don’t like what they had to vote for think about they would have preferred to vote for.
People can write their own statements down – use post it notes or to write it down on the banqueting role stuck up on the wall.
Exhibition
Brief intro to the Book of Job. Si to talk about book of Job and what inspired him.
Readings from the Book of Job
About the tree Job 14
God says do what you will with him
Good things happening to bad people and vice versa
1 or 2 voices
Two people reading from:
Deuteronomy 26 & 28, short accounts of the Kings very formulaic
New Testament versions – sun shines on just and unjust and the parable of the workers in the vineyard, do not judge lest you be judged
Laptop with some images on pattern behaviour to obtain reward for people to look at - use a groupings of people with ipads
What is faith?
Oswald Chambers quote – we labour away to serve God not for a reward