Monday, January 31, 2011
creationary: Waitangi Day worship resources
For folk in New Zealand, Sunday worship this week falls on the 6th of February, which is also Waitangi Day, a day to reflect upon the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Maori and the Queen of England’s representatives in 1840 and the implications for our life as a nation going forward.
For those thinking about the implications for worship, here are some resources that I have created in previous years that might be of some use.
- a daily prayer service (20 minutes) here
- a sermon I preached in 2007, making linkages between Ephesians 2, Jesus and Waitangi Day.
- some worship ideas (here), including an interactive call to worship, a medley of Scriptures and a song suggestion
- a Waitangi day communion liturgy I wrote for Waitangi Day. It is published in Gerard Kelly’s, RetroFuture: Rediscovering Our Roots, Recharting Our Routes
, 178-9.
Female: Waitangi Day
Where Maori and Pakeha wanted to be one
Hoping for security
Dreaming of biculturalismFemale: We who are many are one body
Male: Ka whatiia e tatou tenei taro.Male: Communion,
Where God wants us to be one,
Hoping for restitution,
Dreaming of full and final settlementFemale: We who are many are one body
Male: Ka whatiia e tatou tenei taro.Female: Communion [raise bread]
Take this and eat it. This is my body,
Jesus, broken, that we might be one.Male: Communion [raise cup]
Take this and drink it. This is my blood.
Jesus, broken, that we might be one.Female: We who are many are one body
Male: Ka whatiia e tatou tenei taro.Female: Waitangi Day – Divided Day
We hear the protest from our margins.
We hear the rage of the disillusioned.Male: Communion. And so we are God’s body,
Caught in the projection of bread and wine,
We are bringers of peace. We are messengers of hope.Female: Communion – brokenness that we might be one
Take this and eat
Take this and bring peaceMale: Communion – brokenness that we might be one
Take this and drink
Take this and live hopeTogether: We who are many are one body.
(It works best if you have a large projected visual image which people walk into to partake of communion.)
Fantastic! Over the last week I’ve been reading through some of your stuff on Waitangi while trying to write a thoughtful reflection for young people commemorating our national day. This is really helpful and very thoughtful
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Amazing work Steve. I love how you think and reflect.
Comment by Lani — February 1, 2011 @ 8:24 am
thanks Lani. I had noticed people were searching and decided to compile the resources in 1 place in a post – so it obviously was you and your searching that got me going!
Glad to hear your still working on the issues – and (if I recall correctly and are getting the right Lani) you have such a unique and valuable perspective to bring to all this, with your Pasifika identity. Good stuff
steve
Comment by steve — February 1, 2011 @ 9:18 am