The groups divided into 3 tables, with around 4-5 papers per table. The prompts below were divided amongst the tables. Delegates were asked to return to the newspaper(s) and look for a story which fits the prompt: interpretation of the prompt is up to you; feel free to discuss; decide how you pray about it. After praying stories are posted on the wall for all groups to see.
- “How many are your works, O Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number-living things both large and small. (Psalm 104:24-25)
- John 17:15: My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one
- A story to do with “Social Media” (positive or negative)
- A story that relates to Social Activism (positive or negative)
- A positive message to take from a story that is presented negatively
- An “ending”
- A “beginning”
- A ‘global’ story
- Mark 14:38: Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- A ‘local’ story
- For a story of ‘hope’
- Evidence of God’s blessing
- A situation that looks as though it is ‘beyond hope’
- Matthew 5:44: But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
- Find an image that really ‘speaks’
- A story that relates to a friend
- Numbers 25:12: Therefore tell him I am making my covenant of peace with him.
- A date in history that has modern day resonance
- A story related to “being creative”
- Genesis 4:9: Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
- A story of community
- A story of healing
- A story of inclusion
- A story of exclusion
- A story of “religion”
- An image of “hope”