This contemplative prayer station uses our sense of taste to bring to mind different ways in which we worship God, perhaps without realizing it. Originally this station was meant to be used in tandem with other wordless worship stations, forming an
entire hour long service, but it can also be used individually. You can find instructions for an hour long service in the 1hr+ collection.
Directions for leadership:
Set up several long tables in a row and make it so people begin at one spot and end by the journal.
Place each item in a bowl and set them along the tables with a chair in front of each one. At the end place a community journal with a pen. Next to each bowl set the directions below as well as the instructions for the ending, which is the journal. Make sure you make it clear that there is a definite place to begin and end.
What you need: Large Bowls, Sanitation wipes and trash bin (Beginning), Bread, Grape Juice, Dixie cups and a trash bin, Olives, Cheese (cut into lots of squares), Fruit, Nuts (Be careful because of allergies!), Berries , Veggies, Mint leaves, and any other things that can be tasted.
Prayer Station Instructions: To be placed at the beginning…
On the tables are several bowls. Choose one and follow the directions next to it. Please go to at least three different bowls, if not all of them. When you are done, please go over to the journal at the last table and follow the directions there.
Directions for Next to Bowls:
Spend as much time here as you like before moving to another bowl. Eat one item in the bowl, savoring it. What is its texture and taste? What comes to mind when you taste it? What memories or feelings does it provoke? In what ways does this make you think of God? Or if it does not, why? In what ways do you think this may bring us to worship God?
Directions for Next to the Journal:
It is important that we worship God both individually and in community. As a way to share this experience with each other, we ask that you please take a moment and write down some of your thoughts as you moved through this prayer station in the journal at the end. Feel free to read what others may have written too!
