The Use of Godly Play in Emerging Church/Alternative Worship
I am not sure if many people have heard of this yet, but last year on my theological training course, an Anglican Minister called Sam Wells used Godly Play within a service, and it blew me away. I have...
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MOOT: NATURE SERVICE
Well done Carey and Gareth, (Mike?). A really good and inspiring collection of thoughts, words, images and music. ‘The presence of god like sand in our pockets’ is an excellent and allusive image. And...
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LOWDOWN ON SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
LOWDOWN ON SYDNEY AUSTRALIA What can I see, its hot, its cultured and its where they filmed a lot of the matrix. The bridge in the centre of the city should be familiar to fans of the first film. Its...
View ArticleMOOT DISCUSSION: THE IMPORTANCE OF SYMBOLISM IN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP
The Wednesday moot discussion was on the importance of symbolism on worship and its relevance to being church (traditional & emerging) as a structure of signification. I am left reflecting on the...
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Labyrinth at Coventry Cathedral
Was at Coventry Cathedral at the weekend. Its quite an amazing space. It was completely rebuilt after being bombed in the second world war and has a very contemporary fell to it with some amazing...
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hurt
Mike and Ian did an excellent moot service on sunday night entitled ‘hurt’. At the beginning of the service they played the song ‘hurt’ by Johnny Cash. The song is immensly moving, and a stark...
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ALT WORSHIP AT CAMBRIDGE
There are a number of interesting things going on in Cambridge, but one exciting resource is the Chapel at Robinson College, where Maggi Dawn is the Chaplain. They have great events and services. Not...
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INTERVIEW WITH MARK PIERSON, PIONEER IN ALT WORSHIP & EMERGING CHURCH
Mark Pierson is on the right. It was with a level of shock that my good friend Marl Pierson of Cityside informed me that he was moving from Auckland New Zealand to Melbourne Oz, to meet new...
View ArticleRealize conference
Did some stuff at the Realize conference in Paolo Alto in the US yesterday. About 80 people turned up from the Episcopal church of the US, mainly ministers or those in full time employment of the...
View ArticleALTERNATIVE WORSHIP SPECIAL FEATURE IN THE CHURCH TIMES
church times.jpeg Brian Draper involved in L8r in North London has written a speacial feature article for the Church Times on alternative worship. Generally it was very good linking alternative worship...
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Emergent Arrival @ Nashville
Well we arrived at long last for the emergent convention in Nashville. We missed our connection in Chicago and got here a day late and headed straight for the pool and hot tub to chill out after a...
View ArticleSHORT HISTORY OF ALT WORSHIP – AND THE POTENTIAL OF ALT WORSHIP CONTRIBUTING...
church times.jpeg As promised, please find below two articles by Brian Draper published in the Church Times in mid-may. They are both good. I particularly like the fact that it is acknowledged that...
View ArticleTrickster's contribution to the role of emergent church/alt worship in...
Jonny Baker led an exploration on the above title. Sometime ago he led a session on this title at the Greenbelt Arts Centre, following some reflection on this issue concerning some course work for his...
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Wise Traveller Resources
New book resources for spiritual searchersI am pleased to say that a new series of books have been created through the ideas and writings of a number of people involved in the emerging church for...
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emergingchurch.info
Pleased to say the bumper issue of emergingchurch.info issues for November and December are up on the emerging church portal. This month includes research looking at stations of the cross reframed for...
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New Forthcoming Book: The Becoming of G-d
Pleased to say that after quite a gruelling process, my first book is well on the way to being published. The full title is: The Becoming of G-d: What the Trinitarian nature of God has to do with...
View ArticleOpportunity: Godly Play Storytelling training
In Moot, we have been utilising Godly play approaches to Alt worship, and had established quite an interesting monthly gathering. For those that are interested, we have organised a training afternoon...
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Walk the Labyrinth this Sunday in celebration of Easter Sun 30th March 6.30pm
Labyrinths are ancient tools for worship appropriated into the Christian tradition. In the middle ages, when pilgrimage to Jerusalem became dangerous, labyrinths became an expression of worship in the...
View ArticleVisit to St Andrew’s Holborn Circus & The Archdeacon of Hackney
To remind the community, we are planning to go to St Andrew’s Church Holborn Circus in the City, at 6.45pm on Weds 14th May. If you plan on coming and have not told us, then please add your name on the...
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God & our Work – Gareth Powell
Last night was a bit of a little reunion. Gareth Powell came back to the Moot Eucharist to give the homily addressing the issue of God and Work. It was extremely good, and has been made available for...
View ArticleAffluenza, the new Orthodoxy?
I have had the opportunity for discussion and to hear talks about Affluenza as well as how that relates to people in our community. A number of things concern me about this and the one that concerns me...
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Delightful Chicago
Pleased to say I have escaped the worst hotel I have stayed in at the bottom of a runway with a lot of activity coming through the wall from next door. There is only so much “Yes baby, come on baby,...
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Read all about it – The Becoming of G-d
Just in case anyone has forgotten, Ian’s book (the one he’s talking about in the USA) is on sale in the UK too! You can now get it through YTC Press, Amazon UK, Amazon World, Episcopal book shop New...
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Meditation in the Christian Tradition
In Moot we have been exploring the use of Christian Meditation as a centring activity – to bring spirituality and peace into our lives, in the business of trying to live in the modern world. And boy is...
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So Long San Francisco
Well, my time in San Francisco is now coming to an end. I do love this Diocese and Cathedral. It has been a real privilege to be here. However, it has also been quite quirky. After the Sunday morning...
View ArticleMoot Weekend Away 3-5th October
Well, another new Moot year begins in September 08, and the website has been updated. See link for Moot Diary on the side bar. Lots of stuff happening including a Moot Weekend Away 3-5th October. For...
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Saints: Strength from weakness
For October, Moot is exploring the theme of Saints. I was really moved by a service our sister community Grace completed on the idea of wounds and brokenness. It sounded a really profound service....
View ArticleLooking for something alternative in the Woking mid-surrey area?
My good friend Bryony Davis, who has not had shall we say, not the best experience of the Church of England, is looking to find kindred spirits in the Woking/Mid-Surrey area in England UK, to look at...
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Moot Pocket Liturgy Book
Pleased to say that the Moot Pocket liturgy book with new and old versions of our Little Service, Complines and contemplative elements, has now been published by Proost. For those coming to the ROL...
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Reflection on the Trinity using Rublev’s Ikon
For those who are interested, the Bishop of London has written a short but indepth reflection on the Trinity drawing on Rublev’s ikon. So if you want to explore using this extremely important image...
View ArticleMoot Rhythm of Life Service, St Pauls Cathedral April 2009
On Easter Saturday 2009, Moot held its third Rhythm of Life Service before the Bishop of London in the Crypt of St Paul’s Cathedral. This service was a combination of an alternative worship service...
View ArticleBuilding Ecclesial Communities out of Contextual Mission
I am pleased to say that the Fresh Expressions International Share Site has published a short item I wrote on their blogspace. See here
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The meditation from last night as a couple of people asked it get put here
I have a bit of a thing about party debris. I love empty bottles and cans lining mantelpieces, burnt out tea lights, wet fag ends, redundant corks. The crashed out bodies of last night’s revellers in...
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The need for non-monarchial language for God
Have you ever noticed how often the word “Lord” is used in Church. We Christians use it heavily for naming God. The problem is, that it is, as a word, quite anachronistic to modern parlance. For many...
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Moot is moving to the Church of St Mary Aldermary in the City of London, our...
From the 8th of January 2011, Moot will be moving the community office from the Spirituality Centre on Lombard Street, and its Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday activities from the Church of St Mary...
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Tim Dendy speaking about Moot’s Vision
On Sunday 30th October, All Saint’s Day, we shared a Service of the Word liturgy of “Thanksgiving for Moot” – looking back at where we’ve come from as well as ahead to the future. Tim Dendy (Moot...
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New Year’s Moot Update
Happy New Year from all of us at Moot! Wishing you all a bright January 1st morning, a restful end to holidays, and a peaceful start to the year ahead. As we look to the year ahead and consider...
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Welcome to the wilderness – Lent sermon
Share with us this sermon by our priest Paul Kennedy, bringing us into Lent together, exploring the wilderness we enter into in this Sunday evening sermon.
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Lent Course 1 – The Examen
In the first meeting of our Lent course we heard about the retreat into the desert and the practice of self-examination through the prayer practice of the Examen. Listen here to our first session. We...
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Holy Week at Moot
If you have been joining or would like to join us for the remainder of Lent here’s a list of services we’re holding up until Easter Day. You can find more details by clicking on the links in the list...
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Rhythm of Life Commitment Service
At Moot over the least few years we’ve taken a step back to re-think who we are as a community, and as part of that process we’ve written a new rhythm of life for us to follow together. We’ve tried to...
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