Pentecost at the Cathedral
There was much fun to be had for families, children and young people at the Thy Kingdom Come Pentecost Fest at Southwark Cathedral.
Attendants were invited to use all five of their God gifted senses to smell, hear, taste, touch and see the items distributed on tables and communicate sensation as a shared language to remind us of those “affected with new wine” as they spoke in tongues on the morning of the birth of Christianity.
We built “flame sticks” made of red, yellow string, ribbons and tinsel which we waved around in concert with the swishing rhythms of the Holy Spirit as it entered the chapel and danced around our heads.
We also sang chants as we marched around the cathedral led by Bishop Alistair reciting a new song Mother Sharon taught us, finishing with a prayer and the biggest “Amen..!” ever heard in Southwark so far this year!
At the end of the session we were rewarded with sandwiches and the biggest homemade cupcakes that looked like massive saucers in the children’s hands. All in all it was a wonderful way to light the flames of Pentecost from this day and all year round.
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