Rainbow Tea at Jerusalem

Introduction, Notes, and Photos by Elaine Jefferson

The Second Annual Rainbow Tea was held in the Fellowship Hall of Jerusalem Baptist Church on April 28, 2007. It was held as a fundraising fellowship event. Each banquet table and captain was decorated and dressed in a color of the rainbow. Guests were also encouraged to wear a color of the rainbow in support of a captain. Each captain presented the significance of the color they chose.

Lue Alice Seaborn – Blue is spirituality. It is the color of the distance – oceans, skies, and the heavens. The energy of blue helps us to look beyond the immediate environment, expanding our perceptions toward the unknown. Blue is the color of Divinity. It brings peace and understanding and enhances the flow of communication between yourself and others. Blue is calming and relaxing.

Laris Andrews – Yellow is wisdom. It is naturally associated with the sun. Yellow enriches, lightens and activates many of the systems of the body. It’s bright sunny energy brings about clearness of thought, orderliness, memory improvement, better decision making skills and alleviates confusion.

Wanda Murrell – Red is vitality. It is the color with the longest wavelength. We feel in red-activity. The red ray furnishes sustenance for the physical body. It brings about energy, enthusiasm, interest, passion and security.

Linda Young – Orange is creative energy. It combines red and yellow. It contains the fiery energy of red and the wisdom and control of yellow. Orange is a dynamic energy like red but more thoughtful and controlled. It brings about creativity, playfulness, exploration on a practical level, and relief from boredom and equilibrium.

Queen Mitchell – Green is life balance and nature. Green is the merging color of yellow because of its mind and blue because of its spirit. The human eye is able to recognize more variation in the color green than in any other color. Its energy contains harmony, sympathy, health, abundance, balance, growth, and expansion.

Lydia Johnson – Violet is the highest element of the spiritual mastery. It is a combination of both red and blue. The darker tones are associated with sorrow. Deep purple signifies high spiritual attainment. Pale lilac brings love for humanity. Bluish purple brings idealism, inspiration, and sparks the imagination.

Earline Johnson, the worship leader for the program gave a description of indigo, which had not represented by a captain. Indigo means infinity. Unlike blue, which is calming, indigo is sedating. It represents spiritual attainment, wisdom, sudden awareness, intuition, and psychic abilities.

The food, program, and fellowship were superb and made this a very successful event that was enjoyed by all in attendance.