SHOWING THE WAY TO RESURRECTION LIFE

The Church Of The Resurrection Introduces The New Waymarks Program

Waymarks is a multimedia program primarily for groups in our parish – although it can also be used by individuals – which takes someone from their first encounter with the Lord, through growth in the life of faith, to establishing a stable and fruitful spiritual life.

of each of the reflections. Both the video and the audio are now on our parish website.

If a group is going through the reflections, the members might begin each meeting with a prayer, read the reflection or listen to the audio, and then watch the video together before discussing the topic in the group. A group or individual might choose to go through all 20 reflections sequentially, or may choose one or more modules, or even individual topics to discuss as seems most appropriate for the group at any given time.

It was quite a task trying to organize the video shoots and several of them had to be canceled and rescheduled. The whole process took almost a year! But in the end I think the videos turned out very well and look and sound professional, thanks to the participants’ insights on the topics they were given and Jay Jong’s expert video-editing skills.

The program came about after we collated into a book 20 of the reflections we had been presenting on the Resurrection Life Podcast. In the Waymarks book the reflections are divided into 4 modules: Setting Out, Going Deeper, Healing Love, and Responding to God.

We were looking for a way that groups could easily tackle the various topics, so we came up with the idea of developing a series of videos to accompany the reflections in the book. Each video consists of two people having a discussion on one of the topics. The videos act as a starting point for discussion by a group going through the program. There is also an audio presentation

Here is what a couple of our video participants had to say about the project:

“My hope is that by being real about my faith and my struggles [those who watch] will be encouraged.” - Paul

“I think the project is pretty cool…I hope that this can be a simple model for people to start going in depth with the Lord and with other disciples.” - Tim

I am very pleased with the way this program has turned out and I hope that groups in the parish will be able to use all, or part, of the material for a long time to come.

Waymarks program materials can be found on our website at corlansing.org/waymarks

CHRIS & MARY GATES