The best thing about meeting out of doors is when the season changes and the best season change is when spring reveals all it’s newness. Before we met together this morning a roll of paper was laid up the steps and spread on the floor of the bandstand. It was quite amusing watching people trying… Read more »
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Are We Forest Church?
We split our time this morning between meeting in the bandstand and under the stark, bare winter beauty of the weeping beech. Looking on the internet last week for some resources about outdoor church I came across the following: “If you asked me to describe a transcendent moment, the first one that jumps to mind… Read more »
Empty?
What a change a mild morning at the bandstand, bulbs peeking out through the soil and a glimpse of the sun. We said together the following prayer of praise: O Divine Voice, You sing and the universe comes into being; O Divine Breath, You breathe and all things spring to life; O Divine Word, You… Read more »
Putting Jesus back into Christmas
Frost glistening on the grass, winter sun rising over Riber if we were singers we would have sung out … “In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;”… Read more »
Third Space Ancient and Modern
A mild autumn morning greeted us all in the park; birds singing, leaves turning from shades of red to brown and beginning to carpet the floor. A fine morning for thinking about outdoor worship. We began by being Franciscan and reading together part of the Canticle of the Creatures. Saint Francis is said to have… Read more »
Hands and Feet
Autumn seems to have struck … A misty morning, temperature low – what a shame we have been asked to wear sandals. Moving to the place under the beech tree we love so much we began with a Litany from the Iona Community Worship Book The God of Columba The litany reminded us of those… Read more »
Being Like Jesus
Meeting outside and enjoying the sunshine and bird song I often whimsically think we may be a bit “Franciscan”. So I began to look at the life of St. Francis. A few months ago at Third Space we talked about how in today’s world only certain types of Christians seem to get respect. Poets,… Read more »
Head Space
Drinks and lively discussion around the questions pulled out of the hat : “Apparently you follow the rabbit down the hole ad you emerge in a wonderland …” Who said this and in what context? If you were famous what would you like to be famous for doing? Have you ever been… Read more »
It’s Winter
Two things happened this week which dictated what we did this morning. Firstly after preparing something on Jesus’ parable of the Wedding Banquet our printer stopped working. While we were discussing what to do we heard a weather forecast saying Sunday morning would either be VERY cold or VERY wet. So we decided to change… Read more »
Enigma
We gathered at the bandstand with the music (Nimrod (Enigma Variation 9) (Elgar 1889) playing. Jesus being one of our values we have decided over the coming weeks to look more closely at his words. Who was Jesus? – Two-thousand years ago, a carpenter left his home to preach in ancient Israel. His message changed the world and has… Read more »
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