Loved the effort and approach that went into this. Very creatively done, and clearly a labor of love.

I echo’ed a few of Chris’ comments, and thought to be a very strong approach to communion and to an integration of liturgy in a contemporary church.

If and when you do it, let us know how it goes. It could be a yearly Lenten service, as well – i.e. very repeatable.

So great having you in RED, my dear friend. You added so much to the journey.

Great idea to make the space be significant by altering it from the norm. What you’ve written blends well with the external sources that you draw from. I love St Patrick’s breastplate…so happy to see that in there.

Some more detailed comments:

Section 4 – “We think back two millennia to when the Christ child was born. What would we give the baby? What does the baby ask of us? What gifts did the baby receive? ” All those questions together seem too much to take in, and the material under each of the presents seems very mixed to. Maybe you should let the congregation think about each one separately. As you don’t have a sermon, this is probably the main place where there is input, so you can take more time here.

Section 4 – dealing with the confession.talents material. “Discarded” doesn’t sound reassuring – are you dumping my personal confession in the bin where someone can find it? We tend to shred or burn these things in public – symbolic of God wiping them away. On the other hand, I don’t want my talents shredded or burnt or even discarded…

Section 5 – I really like the “there is one God” liturgy.

Sections 6/7 – you have some great material here (I recognise St Patrick’s breastplace for instance). It would be interesting to know what had come from where.

I still felt like some kicking praise at the end – “You have shown me favour unending” would go great there, if you know it…

Well done.

Chris