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...
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