This Sunday, in addition to the "accepted acts of worship",  I’ve planned for us to experience a time of reflection and a time of silence.  I make the distinctions in the following manner.

 The time of reflection will be to consider a portion of text from Christian literature followed by our weekly selection from the Psalms.

The time of silence will be a portion of time of waiting silently before the Lord.

We’ll read the classic passage from Habakkuk 2:20 joined with Zechariah 2:13 (though we won’t sing the corresponding song) I’ll show a video snippet about silence and then we allow for a time of silence.

I’ve posted the entire assembly structure on our website if you care to perouse. 

 Any similar experiences?

3 Responses to “Silence”

1. Stoogelover says:

   August 29, 2007 at 5:29 pm

   I’ve done that once, years ago. For the most part, one might conclude we would prefer pain over silence!
2. cwinwc says:

   August 29, 2007 at 7:02 pm

   “Silence.” Now that is something my teacher’s heart can appreciate.
3. Brady says:

   August 30, 2007 at 5:31 am

   Haven’t scheduled it into our family time. Sometimes during “open” prayer there is silence, but it’s not quite the same thing, is it?