These are the People of God. (Godly Play-speak.) They're used in telling stories from the Bible. One of the important things about them, in Godly Play, is that the same figures are used in all the stories, whether it's Abraham at Bethel or Paul in Athens. Another thing is that any of the figures can be anyone in the stories; I remember Peter Privett, who is a Godly Play teacher, saying that he liked to make sure that they all got a turn to be Abraham. A third thing is that the story-teller will always refer to them as the People of God, not the Hebrews or the Israelites or the apostles. All of this is because it makes it easier to see a continuity in the stories of how the people are encountering God, and it also makes it easier to see that continuity between the people in the stories and us
.The People of God are actually supposed to be plain wooden silhouettes about half an inch thick. I had to improvise some quickly once, which is why mine are wine corks with coloured paper heads. But I find that means I can say things like 'This is a story about Jesus. Which one would you like to be Jesus?', and that's another little bit of involvement in the story. Also, corks are readily available.
In the background you can just make out a bicycle in pieces. It has no religious significance at all.
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