tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66594672740239712832024-03-21T16:17:10.398-07:00The Jesus DeckThe Jesus Deckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377376776690917786noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6659467274023971283.post-4293472844302968132015-12-30T07:24:00.003-08:002015-12-30T07:24:29.277-08:00Using The Jesus Deck Book now published. <br />
Happy to announce that Using the Jesus Deck has been published by Grove Books.<br />
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Hope this will answer many of your questions about the use of this unique resource for sharing the faith of Jesus.<br />
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;">What is the Jesus Deck?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How can it be used for reaching people with the Good News of Jesus Christ.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Jesus Deck is a set of 52 + 2 (the Jokers) cards originally designed as a Christian education tool in the 1970’s. It has been published by a US games manufacturer, and was available on the internet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the 1990’s some Christians realised that for many people outside the church the reading of tarot cards has enormous interest. While they could not in any way condone the use of tarot cards as future telling , they did see opportunity for talking to people and using them as a starting point. Using regular tarot cards they began to engage with people to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As an alternative to using the regular tarot cards some of us started to use the Jesus Deck cards. They provided a useful tool for speaking to people about Jesus Christ in a flexible and accessible way in one to one situation. People who were seeking to find out more about Jesus could have a conversation based around the cards.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Jesus Deck has been especially useful in the context of Body Mind and Soul Exhibitions and local pub Psychic Nights. Groups using the Jesus Deck have grown up independently all over the British Isles.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Until recently Decks were available on the internet but as the world wide stocks of the cards were used up the cost went up. It is not possible to obtain them at a reasonable price now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Penny Horseman then working for the Church of England in Essex tracked the price of Jesus Decks for some years and was aware that stocks were running out. As someone who used the cards in her work with people in all kinds of situations and trained others to use them too, this was a concern. In 2010 she began to make enquiries about the possibility of a reprint. The Deck has now been reprinted and is available from The Diocese of Chelmsford. resources@chelmsford.anglican.org</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:jesusdeckinfo@gmail.com" style="color: #312299; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">jesusdeckinfo@gmail.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">FAQ’s</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What does the Jesus Deck look like?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #000099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Jesus Deck of 52 cards and 2 Jokers is divided into 4 suits in the same ways as a normal deck of cards but in the Jesus Deck these correspond to the 4 Gospels. The pictures on the cards depict incidents from the life and sayings of Jesus. Each card has a picture from the life of Jesus Christ, a verse from the Bible, a title and is in full colour.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each of the 4 suits concentrate on a different aspect of the life of Jesus. From Luke come incidents relating to his birth and infancy and early life, and Matthew celebrates his adult ministry and teachings. From Mark’s gospel come descriptions of the passion and crucifixion and the Deck concludes with</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Johns presentation of the Resurrection.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the significance of the numbers on the cards?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The numbers don’t have any real significance</span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. </span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Th</span><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">e Jesus deck was originally produced as a children’s game and the numbers are a part of this.<b> </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How can the Jesus Deck be used to speak to people who don’t know much about the life of Jesus?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Either a small number of cards are dealt out to facing the visitor or they are asked to pick some cards for the pack. Some Jesus Deck practitioners use 5 cards, some 3 and some only one. It is then the task of the practitioner to link their knowledge of the incident on the card with the life and experience of the visitor. The visitor may have no knowledge of the story of Jesus or perhaps they may know a great deal. The card is the conversation starter, the opportunity to tell the story. As one Jesus Deck practitioner has put it. “ It is applied Bible Study.”</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Does the Bible text on the card come directly from the title story?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Not always. For example on Card John 4 the story is the resurrection but the text is a quotation from the first chapter of John. “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” When telling the story of the resurrection of Jesus I might say Christians see Jesus as the Light for the world and quote these words?</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">T</span>hose of us who use the Jesus Deck don’t tend work like that. There is so much profound depth in the Stories of Jesus that it is possible to turn up a card over and over again for different people and tell the story in such a way as it come fresh for each one.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For example the Luke card number 7 tells of the angels coming to the shepherds.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Depending on the experience of the visitor I might tell of how shepherd were an underclass who had no significance in society but God sent the first news of Jesus to them</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Or I </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">might speak of the glory of Heaven sent down to earth to celebrate Jesus coming, and how important it was that he came to be human.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Or I might speak about angels as messengers of Good News from God.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What significance do the colours on the cards have for the visitor?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Colour symbolism is taken very seriously amongst those who attend Body Mind and Soul exhibitions. And colour is important and significant to us all.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks to Steve Hollinghurst for this summary of the meanings of colours.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Most colours also have a range of meanings also so the idea is to get a feel for the colours in the context of the story and the way the picture looks. So below is my approach, but do as you feel led! Colour and picture need to be read together.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Black</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> – actually depicted on the cards as dark blue or perhaps sometimes as dark purple: - night; death; evil; darkness; ignorance; mourning.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Purple/violet</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> (but see above if obviously depicting night-time in a context where darkness and evil might be present):- royalty, both earthly power, but also divine authority; penitence; death as sacrifice.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Light Blue</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> (for dark see black):- heaven; truth; intellectual enlightenment; understanding.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Gold</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- divine presence; revelation of underlying reality; God’s glory.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Grey</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- ash; death; mourning; lifelessness.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Red</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- blood; sacrificial love; martyrdom; fire; the Spirit; passion - both positive and negative.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Green</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- new life; hope; spring;</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">White</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- Holiness; purity; innocence<b></b></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Why did you want to reprint the Jesus Deck? Why not just get it redrawn by an artist and print your own deck?</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Jesus Deck has become well known at Body Mind Soul Exhibitions in the British Isles this is one reason for keeping to the original format. To commission 53 pieces of original artwork of a high standard would cost as or more than having a reprint done.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Are you trying to predict people future with the cards?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No, we are using the cards to tell the story of Jesus and to introduce the visitor to Jesus as a person who can be friend, companion and guide for life. We are not telling people to do anything or that anything will happen to them. This is most important as some of the cards naturally refer to incidents to do with Jesus death. We don’t want people to look at those cards and see predictions of their own death or the death of those around them. They are about Jesus death and his offer of new life for us. We always make it very clear that - " this is not the tarot, it is not fortune telling or future telling. It is the story of Jesus on the cards. And it is looking for the places where his story touches your story.</span><br /><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Where can I get training to use the Jesus Deck.</b></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />Training opportunities by Penny Horseman and others are advertised on the Jesus Deck Facebook page(Penny Horseman can be contacted via www,tathana,com) The Jesus Deck will be available to buy, at these events.</span></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><b>Penny will be available to do training at other venues. Contact her via her website.</b></span></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></b></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
The Jesus Deckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377376776690917786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6659467274023971283.post-78364969382205085762012-04-05T02:09:00.001-07:002012-04-05T02:25:13.689-07:00<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>THE JESUS DECK HAS ARRIVED!</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>After two years of work, a delivery of the reprint of the popular Christian outreach tool – The Jesus Deck, has finally arrived. Penny Horseman is delighted to announce this and gives thanks to God for his faithfulness and leading in this project.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you would like to buy a pack of these colourful cards with their gospel stories and biblical quotations they can be obtained from the Diocese of Chelmsford Resource Centre</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Jesus Deck is a set of 52 + 2 (the Jokers) cards originally designed as a Christian education tool in the 1970’s. It has been published by a US games manufacturer, and was available on the internet.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the 1990’s some Christians realised that for many people outside the church the reading of tarot cards has enormous interest. While they could not in any way condone the use of tarot cards as future telling , they did see opportunity for talking to people and using them as a starting point. Using regular tarot cards they began to engage with people to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As an alternative to using the regular tarot cards some of us started to use the Jesus Deck cards. They provided a useful tool for speaking to people about Jesus Christ in a flexible and accessible way in one to one situation. People who were seeking to find out more about Jesus could have a conversation based around the cards.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Jesus Deck has been especially useful in the context of Body Mind and Soul Exhibitions and local pub Psychic Nights. Groups using the Jesus Deck have grown up independently all over the British Isles.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Until recently Decks were available on the internet but as the world wide stocks of the cards were used up the cost went up. It is not possible to obtain them at a reasonable price now.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Penny Horseman then working for the Church of England in Essex tracked the price of Jesus Decks for some years and was aware that stocks were running out. As someone who used the cards in her work with people in all kinds of situations and trained others to use them too, this was a concern. In 2010 she began to make enquiries about the possibility of a reprint. The Deck has now been reprinted and is available.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">FAQ’s</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What does the Jesus Deck look like?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Jesus Deck of 52 cards and 2 Jokers is divided into 4 suits in the same ways as a normal deck of cards but in the Jesus Deck these correspond to the 4 Gospels. The pictures on the cards depict incidents from the life and sayings of Jesus. Each card has a picture from the life of Jesus Christ, a verse from the Bible, a title and is in full colour.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Each of the 4 suits concentrate on a different aspect of the life of Jesus. From Luke come incidents relating to his birth and infancy and early life, and Matthew celebrates his adult ministry and teachings. From Mark’s gospel come descriptions of the passion and crucifixion and the Deck concludes with</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Johns presentation of the Resurrection.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the significance of the numbers on the cards?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The numbers don’t have any real significance<b>.</b></span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Jesus deck was originally produced as a children’s game and the numbers are a part of this.</span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How can the Jesus Deck be used to speak to people who don’t know much about the life of Jesus?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> Either a small number of cards are dealt out to facing the visitor or they are asked to pick some cards from the pack. Some Jesus Deck practitioners use 5 cards, some 3 and some only one. It is then the task of the practitioner to link their knowledge of the incident on the card with the life and experience of the visitor. The visitor may have no knowledge of the story of Jesus or perhaps they may know a great deal. The card is the conversation starter, the opportunity to tell the story. As one Jesus Deck practitioner has put it. “ It is applied Bible Study.”</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Does the Bible text on the card come directly from the title story?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Not always. For example on Card John 4 the story is the resurrection but the text is a quotation from the first chapter of John. “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” When telling the story of the resurrection of Jesus I might say -Christians see Jesus as the Light for the world and quote these words?</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Can I find a script for each of the cards so that I know what to say each time?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">T</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">hose of us who use the Jesus Deck don’t tend work like that. There is so much profound depth in the Stories of Jesus that it is possible to turn up a card over and over again for different people and tell the story in such a way as it come fresh for each one.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">For example the Luke card number 7 tells of the angels coming to the shepherds.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Depending on the experience of the visitor I might tell of how shepherd were an underclass who had no significance in society but God sent the first news of Jesus to them</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Or I</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">might speak of the glory of Heaven sent down to earth to celebrate Jesus coming, and how important it was that he came to be human.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Or I might speak about angels as messengers of Good News from God.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Or..................................</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What significance do the colours on the cards have for the visitor?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Colour symbolism is taken very seriously amongst those who attend Body Mind and Soul Exhibitions. And colour is important and significant to us all.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thanks to Steve Hollinghurst for this summary of the meanings of colours.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Black</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> – actually depicted on the cards as dark blue or perhaps sometimes as dark purple: - night; death; evil; darkness; ignorance; mourning.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Purple/violet</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> (but see above if obviously depicting night-time in a context where darkness and evil might be present):- royalty, both earthly power, but also divine authority; penitence; death as sacrifice.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Light Blue</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> (for dark see black):- heaven; truth; intellectual enlightenment; understanding.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Gold</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:- divine presence; revelation of underlying reality; God’s glory.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Grey</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:- ash; death; mourning; lifelessness.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Red</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:- blood; sacrificial love; martyrdom; fire; the Spirit; passion - both positive and negative.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Green</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:- new life; hope; spring;</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">White</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:- Holiness; purity; innocence</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Rainbow</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:- all the colours; the fullness of God; the divine breaking into a situation</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Brown</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">:- the down to earth everyday and human.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Why did you want to reprint the Jesus Deck? Why not just get it redrawn by an artist and print your own deck?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Jesus Deck has become well known at Body Mind Soul Exhibitions in the British Isles this is one reason for keeping to the original format. To commission 53 pieces of original artwork of a high standard would cost as much or more than having a reprint done.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Are you trying to predict people future with the cards?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.7pt; margin-bottom: 13.0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">No, we are using the cards to tell the story of Jesus and to introduce the visitor to Jesus as a person who can be friend, companion and guide for life. We are not telling people to do anything or that anything will happen to them. This is most important as some of the cards naturally refer to incidents to do with Jesus death. We don’t want people to look at those cards and see predictions of their own death or the death of those around them. They are about Jesus death and his offer of new life for us. We always make it very clear that - " this is not the tarot, it is not fortune telling or future telling. It is the story of Jesus on the cards. And it is looking for the places where his story touches your story.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>The Jesus Deckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377376776690917786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6659467274023971283.post-14172716334745902582012-03-28T04:16:00.003-07:002012-03-28T04:23:04.753-07:00<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The Jesus Deck reprint will be available in the next few days.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Contact The Diocese Of Chelmsford Resource Centre. 01245 294405 resources@chelmsford.anglican.org</span><br />
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Tuesday 17th April 7.30 pm Christ Church Thames View Barnstable Ave Barking IG11 0NG</span></div></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><br />
Wed 18th April 7.30 pm St Mary's Church Churchgate Street Old Harlow CM17 0JT</span></div></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><br />
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Tuesday 24th April7,30 Marks Tey Methodist Church London Road Marks Tey Colchester, CO6 1DZ</span></div></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><br />
Wednesday 25th April 7.30 pm Chelmsford Diocesan Office 53 New Street Chelmsford. </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">CM 1 !AT</span></span></div></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><br />
Thursday 26th April 7.30 pm St Andrew's Church Southview Drive Westcliff on sea. SS0 9P<br />
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</span>The Jesus Deckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377376776690917786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6659467274023971283.post-35628724901332661312011-03-08T04:26:00.002-08:002012-03-28T04:09:32.430-07:00The Jesus Deck<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;">What is the Jesus Deck?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How can it be used for reaching people with the Good News of Jesus Christ.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Jesus Deck is a set of 52 + 2 (the Jokers) cards originally designed as a Christian education tool in the 1970’s. It has been published by a US games manufacturer, and was available on the internet.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the 1990’s some Christians realised that for many people outside the church the reading of tarot cards has enormous interest. While they could not in any way condone the use of tarot cards as future telling , they did see opportunity for talking to people and using them as a starting point. Using regular tarot cards they began to engage with people to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As an alternative to using the regular tarot cards some of us started to use the Jesus Deck cards. They provided a useful tool for speaking to people about Jesus Christ in a flexible and accessible way in one to one situation. People who were seeking to find out more about Jesus could have a conversation based around the cards. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Jesus Deck has been especially useful in the context of Body Mind and Soul Exhibitions and local pub Psychic Nights. Groups using the Jesus Deck have grown up independently all over the British Isles. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Until recently Decks were available on the internet but as the world wide stocks of the cards were used up the cost went up. It is not possible to obtain them at a reasonable price now.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Penny Horseman then working for the Church of England in Essex tracked the price of Jesus Decks for some years and was aware that stocks were running out. As someone who used the cards in her work with people in all kinds of situations and trained others to use them too, this was a concern. In 2010 she began to make enquiries about the possibility of a reprint. The deck has now been reprinted and will be available.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">FAQ’s </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What does the Jesus Deck look like?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: #000099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Jesus Deck of 52 cards and 2 Jokers is divided into 4 suits in the same ways as a normal deck of cards but in the Jesus Deck these correspond to the 4 Gospels. The pictures on the cards depict incidents from the life and sayings of Jesus. Each card has a picture from the life of Jesus Christ, a verse from the Bible, a title and is in full colour. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: #000099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each of the 4 suits concentrate on a different aspect of the life of Jesus. From Luke come incidents relating to his birth and infancy and early life, and Matthew celebrates his adult ministry and teachings. From Mark’s gospel come descriptions of the passion and crucifixion and the Deck concludes with </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: #000099;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Johns presentation of the Resurrection. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><shape alt="jesus deck john.BMP" id="_x0000_s1040" style="height: 141.75pt; margin-left: 372.75pt; margin-top: 6.6pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 77.25pt; z-index: 251664384;" type="#_x0000_t75" wrapcoords="-419 0 -419 21486 21810 21486 21810 0 -419 0"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><imagedata o:title="jesus deck john" src="file:///C:\Users\PHORSE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png"></imagedata><wrap type="through"></wrap></span></shape><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the significance of the numbers on the cards?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The numbers don’t have any real significance</span><b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. </span></b><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Th</span><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">e Jesus deck was originally produced as a children’s game and the numbers are a part of this.<b> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How can the Jesus Deck be used to speak to people who don’t know much about the life of Jesus?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Either a small number of cards are dealt out to facing the visitor or they are asked to pick some cards for the pack. Some Jesus Deck practitioners use 5 cards, some 3 and some only one. It is then the task of the practitioner to link their knowledge of the incident on the card with the life and experience of the visitor. The visitor may have no knowledge of the story of Jesus or perhaps they may know a great deal. The card is the conversation starter, the opportunity to tell the story. As one Jesus Deck practitioner has put it. “ It is applied Bible Study.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Does the Bible text on the card come directly from the title story?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Not always. For example on Card John 4 the story is the resurrection but the text is a quotation from the first chapter of John. “The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” When telling the story of the resurrection of Jesus I might say Christians see Jesus as the Light for the world and quote these words?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><shape alt="Luke .JPG" id="_x0000_s1041" style="height: 234.75pt; margin-left: 344.25pt; margin-top: 17.8pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 122.25pt; z-index: 251665408;" type="#_x0000_t75" wrapcoords="-265 0 -265 21531 21733 21531 21733 0 -265 0"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><imagedata o:title="Luke " src="file:///C:\Users\PHORSE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image003.jpg"></imagedata><wrap type="through"></wrap></span></shape><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Can I find a script for each of the cards so that I know what to say each time?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">T</span>hose of us who use the Jesus Deck don’t tend work like that. There is so much profound depth in the Stories of Jesus that it is possible to turn up a card over and over again for different people and tell the story in such a way as it come fresh for each one. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For example the Luke card number 7 tells of the angels coming to the shepherds. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Depending on the experience of the visitor I might tell of how shepherd were an underclass who had no significance in society but God sent the first news of Jesus to them </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Or I </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">might speak of the glory of Heaven sent down to earth to celebrate Jesus coming, and how important it was that he came to be human. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Or I might speak about angels as messengers of Good News from God.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Or..................................</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What significance do the colours on the cards have for the visitor?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Colour symbolism is taken very seriously amongst those who attend Body Mind and Soul exhibitions. And colour is important and significant to us all. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thanks to Steve Hollinghurst for this summary of the meanings of colours.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Most colours also have a range of meanings also so the idea is to get a feel for the colours in the context of the story and the way the picture looks. So below is my approach, but do as you feel led! Colour and picture need to be read together.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Black</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> – actually depicted on the cards as dark blue or perhaps sometimes as dark purple: - night; death; evil; darkness; ignorance; mourning.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Purple/violet</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> (but see above if obviously depicting night-time in a context where darkness and evil might be present):- royalty, both earthly power, but also divine authority; penitence; death as sacrifice.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Light Blue</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> (for dark see black):- heaven; truth; intellectual enlightenment; understanding.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Gold</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- divine presence; revelation of underlying reality; God’s glory.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Grey</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- ash; death; mourning; lifelessness. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Red</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- blood; sacrificial love; martyrdom; fire; the Spirit; passion - both positive and negative.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Green</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- new life; hope; spring; </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">White</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- Holiness; purity; innocence<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Rainbow</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- all the colours; the fullness of God; the divine breaking into a situation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Brown</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">:- the down to earth everyday and human.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Why do you want to reprint the Jesus Deck? Why not just get it redrawn by an artist and print your own deck?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Jesus Deck has become well known at Body Mind Soul Exhibitions in the British Isles this is one reason for keeping to the original format. To commission 53 pieces of original artwork of a high standard would cost as or more than having a reprint done.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Are you trying to predict people future with the cards?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">No, we are using the cards to tell the story of Jesus and to introduce the visitor to Jesus as a person who can be friend, companion and guide for life. We are not telling people to do anything or that anything will happen to them. This is most important as some of the cards naturally refer to incidents to do with Jesus death. We don’t want people to look at those cards and see predictions of their own death or the death of those around them. They are about Jesus death and his offer of new life for us. We always make it very clear that - " this is not the tarot, it is not fortune telling or future telling. It is the story of Jesus on the cards. And it is looking for the places where his story touches your story.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we launch the new copies there will be opportunity for some training events. The first of these are happening in Essex in April.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are some Jesus Deck training events coming up in Essex.<br />
Tuesday 17th April 7.30 pm Christ Church Thames View Barnstable Ave Barking IG11 0NG<br />
Wed 18th April 7.30 pm St Mary's Church Churchgate Street Old Harlow CM17 0JT<br />
Tuesday 24th April7,30 Marks Tey Methodist Church London Road Marks Tey Colchester, CO6 1DZ<br />
Wednesday 25th April 7.30 pm Chelmsford Diocesan Office 53 New Street Chelmsford. <span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">CM 1 !AT<br />
Thursday 26th April 7.30 pm St Andrew's Church Southview Drive Westcliff on sea. SS0 9P<br />
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Training is by Penny Horseman ( www,tathana,com) The Jesus Deck will be available to buy, at these events.</span></span><br />
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Bookings with Charlie Kosla at the Diocesan Office ckosla@chelmsford.anglican.org</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />
</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><b>Penny will be available to do training at other venues. Contact her via her website.</b></span></span><br />
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