Posts Categorized: emerging church

Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday

Posted April 5th, 2015 by wendy & filed under emerging church, Outdoor church, park, Third Space.

Well, a few of us who were able met on Thursday evening and shared a meal together. We had lamb Bobotie – a South African dish and Jamie Oliver’s Hot… Read more »

Keep Moving

Posted February 4th, 2015 by barbara & filed under Alternative prayer activities, bandstand, bread and wine, emerging church, General, Outdoor church, park, third space prayers.

I chose the theme of Keep Moving for Sunday morning worship for three reasons; The weather forecast told of extremely cold conditions and a screaming wind straight from the Arctic…. Read more »

We make the road by walking

Posted January 22nd, 2015 by wendy & filed under emerging church, stuff we like.

So last night we started discussing Brian McClaren’s book. We spent much of the evening debating his definition of ‘being spiritual’ as meaning ‘seeking aliveness’. We got a bit lost… Read more »

Advent Fuddle

Posted December 30th, 2014 by barbara & filed under advent, Alternative prayer activities, bandstand, emerging church, General, Outdoor church, park.

Like our friendship groups and our work places we had a pre Christmas Fuddle in the Band Stand (Fuddle a Derbyshire term for bringing along something to share – usually… Read more »

Beautiful unanswerable questions

Posted December 13th, 2014 by jon & filed under emerging church, Science, Third Space.

Bertolt Brecht asked the question “What happens to the hole when the cheese has gone?” According to Einstein, the hole was formed and defined by the cheese around it and… Read more »

Raphael Hefti & Agnieszka Polska at Nottingham Contemporary

Posted December 7th, 2014 by jon & filed under Art, emerging church, General, Third Space.

ThirdSpace went on tour to the Nottingham Contemporary on Sunday. Good art allows us to make sense of the world, our place in it, how we feel about ourselves and… Read more »

When the weather man says it’s raining

Posted November 23rd, 2014 by barbara & filed under bandstand, emerging church, Outdoor church.

It was one of those wet mornings when we used the weather conditions to enhance our worship, just like the Celtic saint of old as they sat in their isolated… Read more »

The Kingdom of God at the bandstand

Posted November 19th, 2014 by wendy & filed under bandstand, emerging church.

 This past Sunday we focused on the heart of Jesus’   message – that God’s Kingdom is coming and that nothing can stop it! A good message in the light of… Read more »

Third Space Lord’s Prayer

Posted November 2nd, 2014 by barbara & filed under bandstand, emerging church.

I was listening to a service on the radio a couple of weeks ago and the congregation recited the Lord’s Prayer. So on a beautiful autumn morning we spent time… Read more »

The meal

Posted October 26th, 2014 by wendy & filed under emerging church, General, meals, Third Space meal.

Reflections on the meal last Wednesday… Lavish food and drink – a symbol of God’s generosity, a sense of a foretaste of the heavenly banquet…     Welcoming and welcoming… Read more »