Some of our symbols are probably ones we have in common with many other churches, like the cross or candles. Try to list as many symbols displayed in the church as you can. Many worship planners look at this time of the year with dread, wondering what part of the Christian story to hang their hat on. It is a time when we celebrate God's continuing saving works and all the ways that God is made manifest through the church, the Body of Christ. Christian worship has a long tradition of transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary in the way that it is used.
Ordinary water becomes the symbol of new life and cleansing in our use of it in baptism.
Ordinary bread and fruit of the vine become instrumental in the remembrance of our Lord's Last Supper. And ordinary people are inspired to do extraordinary things to serve Christ in mission. God is described as a rock, shepherd, father and mother, fortress, fountain, and much more. If we can connect ideas about God to our ordinary lives, we can see our lives and purpose as extraordinary through God. We are perhaps more open to a myriad of possibilities and can listen to the voice of the Divine in our wanderings.