Yesterday in church

We have an annual open air service at one of my churches. Still being new to the ministry means I am constantly asking what has been done in the past (not wanting to reproduce a previous theme if possible) so that we can be fresh and hopefully look at Scripture from a different angle. Yesterday we remembered Gospel stories that were lodged in our memories - perhaps because we were told them in Sunday School lessons or from our private reflections. We then talked to the person next to us and discussed why they were in our memories. We then wrote down the title (like 'woman at the well') and pegged them on a washing line in the church garden. Later the church was the crowd from the Feeding of the Five Thousand (Mark 6 and John 6). I told the story using the congregation who dressed up appropriately as people who may have followed Jesus. We also threw in a few contemporary suggestions like a diver (thanks Roger), policemen and Turkish belly dancer etc. The point was that on the line was our collective memory/history and putting them on the washing line in a roughly chronological order (which was an interesting exercise!) was a pictorial representation of our living history. These accounts were chosen for a good reason and we looked to think where God had been in our lives. Being the crowd (hopefully) fused a new memory of another story but this time we were all together so we now had a collective memory and just as we acted out the story, so we are encouraged to act out the Gospel accounts that are lodged deep within us.
Did it work? I think it did. Would I do anything differently? I used Mackerel for the fish - I'd go to Morrison's earlier next time and get Sardines - they don't smell so much!