Posts Tagged: Doing Church differently

The Wonder of Fungi

Posted October 28th, 2018 by Grayden Daniels & filed under Band stand, bandstand, bread and wine, emerging church, Environment, Kingdom of God, Outdoor church, park, Science, seasons, Thanksgiving, Third Space, third space prayers, what we're up to.

On a beautiful, but cold autumnal Sunday morning we met in the park for worship: In the fading of the summer sun, the shortening of days, cooling breeze, swallows’ flight… Read more »

The One and the Many

Posted August 5th, 2018 by Grayden Daniels & filed under Alternative prayer activity, emerging church, Franciscan Incarnational Theology, Kingdom of God, Outdoor church, sharing coffee, Thanksgiving, third space prayers.

On a beautiful, warm sunny morning we sat in the park and shared a Richard Rohr meditation: Perennial Tradition Richard Rohr You can call it the collective unconscious; you can… Read more »

Parables

Posted June 10th, 2018 by Grayden Daniels & filed under bandstand, bread and wine, emerging church, Kingdom of God, Outdoor church, parables, park, Thanksgiving, Third Space.

We met in the bandstand as usual for our Sunday morning worship: welcome to what you cannot see to what you cannot control to what you cannot ignore to what… Read more »

Constantine the Great

Posted June 8th, 2018 by Grayden Daniels & filed under emerging church, stuff we like, what we're up to.

On Wednesday, 6th of June we met at Moca. Since it was a pleasant evening we sat outside to look at the life of Constantine and how his conversion to… Read more »

living peacefully on earth

Posted March 22nd, 2018 by Grayden Daniels & filed under Controversial Jesus, emerging church, Kingdom of God, stuff we like, Thanksgiving, Third Space.

Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation From the Center for Action and Contemplation Living Peacefully on Earth To live non-violently—both toward humans and nature—requires that we recognize God’s image in each living… Read more »

God, Jesus, the Bible and violence.

Posted March 11th, 2018 by Grayden Daniels & filed under Controversial Jesus, emerging church, Kingdom of God, Third Space.

On Wednesday, 17th March we met at Moca to study the important topic of violence in the Bible. The scene was set with the following study; then followed a lively… Read more »

Are We Forest Church?

Posted February 5th, 2018 by barbara & filed under Outdoor church, views of the park.

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… Read more »

Hands and Feet

Posted September 6th, 2017 by barbara & filed under General, Outdoor church, seasons.

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… Read more »

Bring and share at the bandstand

Posted July 30th, 2017 by fi & filed under Outdoor church, Thanksgiving.

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… Read more »

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Posted June 12th, 2017 by Grayden Daniels & filed under bandstand, bread and wine, Controversial Jesus, emerging church, Fairtrade, Outdoor church, park, sharing coffee, Third Space.

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… Read more »