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 »
Posts Tagged: Doing Church differently
Bring and share at the bandstand
One of the things I love most about our times at the bandstand is the constant sense of surprise at what comes! This morning, instead of one of us preparing and leading the session, we had a ‘bring and share’ arrangement. It turned out to be poignant and moving beyond expectation. Fiona began with her… Read more »
The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
Yesterday our opening worship in the park began with a welcome: welcome to what you cannot see to what you cannot control to what you cannot ignore to what you cannot hide from welcome the welcome is universal the entrance is free the invitation is open the hand is extended the time is now….. welcome… Read more »
Fairtrade, Beatitudes and Sanctuary!
We met together in the bandstand on a grey, wet Sunday morning, and began our worship with the following: God of the Universe, You made the heavens and the earth, So we do not call our home merely “planet earth.” We call it your Creation, a Divine Mystery, a Gift from Your Most Blessed Hand…. Read more »
The Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard.
At our Wednesday evening meeting we continued to look at the parables featured in Amy-Jill Levine’s “Short Stories by Jesus”. In the parable, a landowner searching for workers for his vineyard continues to hire labourers throughout the day, and in the end, he pays all of the workers “whatever is right,” which results in every… Read more »
The Shipping Forecast
We began our worship by reading some verses from Psalm 65:5-9 You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Saviour, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring… Read more »
Alfred the Great
On a beautiful, warm and sunny Sunday morning we met under the beech tree by the bend in the River Derwent in the park. Our worship was inspired by a man who was perhaps the greatest Briton and who possessed a very real Christian faith. Michael Wood describes a man who was ‘not just the greatest… Read more »
Beauty.
On a cold, misty morning we met at the bandstand for worship. The beauty of creation is a symbol of God’s beauty and a demonstration of his creativity. We were encouraged to be in awe and wonder at God’s creation and to thank him for beauty. The following verses from Psalms 8, 19 &… Read more »
The Wonder of the Periodic Table.
On a very mild and dry Sunday morning Third Space met as usual at the Bandstand in the park in Matlock. The topic for our worship was the Periodic Table of the Elements. Most people I think will have a sense of wonder and awe at the scale and beauty of the Universe, and a feeling… Read more »
Bonfire night at Holly House
It’s taken us five years to do it, but this year we celebrated bonfire night together round a fire, with mulled wine, winter punch and parkin. We had sparklers and plenty of laughs – especially when Jon’s ‘noiseless’ fireworks proved ear-splittingly loud (that salesman really saw you coming Jon!) and we sat around the fire sharing… Read more »
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