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Reprise Surprise! I remembered soon after posting the Finale last night that I had taken some notes in the Orders for the Services of Liturgy booklet that Karen had put together for our "Seizing the Episcopal Moment" Clergy Conference. Before shar…
October 31
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October 29
cewl! (Welsh phonetic for cool!)
October 29
Indeed! I can I quote you on that at my next event in Virginia! http://diosova.org/?page_id=1230
October 29
Great! I'll put it on my St. Blogory's later today; my wife Ingrid was in the St. Bart's, Manhattan, Bell Choir in the mid 1980s, and she'll get a kick out of it as I did when you showed us the clip at the Conference. Did you like the bit about "Ope…
October 29
There is a short video featuring our Wii'Bell Choir' playing at our 2009 'Rise: Easter Vigil' on the videos page of Anglimergent. Cheers
October 29
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Karen shared a few glimpses of life at Church of the Apostles (cota), beginning with her community's desire to "Engage the big questions": 1. Who is God and why does God matter? 2. Who are we and why do we matter? 3. What is our community and why…
October 27
Cheers. I really think you are on to something as to what is TEC's response to the 'urgency of the Gospel' that is not at all the 'turn or burn' fundamentalist motivation. For me it is something like this. I said this is my 10 minute speech to our…
October 27
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At our first session on Monday morning, Karen asked us to gather in groups of three or four to consider three questions: 1. What do you consider some of the challenges facing the Episcopal Church? 2. What do you consider some of the opportunities…
October 26
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Last Sunday evening through Tuesday noon, the clergy of the Diocese of Chicago gathered for our annual conference, and this year our guest speaker was Karen Ward of the Church of the Apostles in Seattle. Here's the link to the cota website. Karen br…
October 25
Just posted on St. Blogory's the first in a series about our Diocese of Chicago's Clergy Conference with Karen Ward
October 24
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Clergy Conference with Karen Ward of cota, Reprise!

Reprise Surprise!

I remembered soon after posting the Finale last night that I had taken some notes in the Orders for the Services of Liturgy booklet that Karen had put together for our "Seizing the Episcopal Moment" Clergy Conference.

Before sharing those notes and other elements from the Booklet, I'd like to revisit my 4th post on Liturgy in this series. I men… Continue

Posted on October 31, 2009 at 8:13am —

Bill Roberts

Clergy Conference with Karen Ward of cota, Finale

For this last post on our Clergy Conference, we look at some of the spiritual underpinnings of cota's community.

Like many other Emerging Churches and Fresh Expressions, cota has developed its own unique Rule of Life. (Moot also uses the term Rhythm of Life, and you can read about it here.)

COTA Rule of Life:

1.Love God and love neighbors

2. Give invitations and provide welcome

"InvitationContinue

Posted on October 29, 2009 at 3:10pm —

Bill Roberts

Clergy Conference with Karen Ward of cota, 4

Karen described a number of liturgical approaches at Church of the Apostles, including

1. The use of an anthem as an organizing musical theme to frame the service, including the playing of background music during the Eucharistic Prayer.

Her trinity of musicians put that idea to practice during our conference liturgies. I overheard one older priest who said she didn't care for it, but I and many others appreciated the way it supported and enhanced the spoken prayer.

2. The formation of a Litur… Continue

Posted on October 28, 2009 at 5:25pm — 4 Comments

Bill Roberts

Clergy Conference with Karen Ward of cota, 3

Karen shared a few glimpses of life at Church of the Apostles (cota), beginning with her community's desire to "Engage the big questions":

1. Who is God and why does God matter?

2. Who are we and why do we matter?

3. What is our community and why does it matter?

4. What is the world and why does it matter?

For Confirmation Classes the Baptismal Covenant is written on t-shirts with "The Episcopal Church Welcomes You" printed on the back.

Another idea for a t-shirt: "I'm religious, not spiri… Continue

Posted on October 27, 2009 at 9:30pm —

Bill Roberts

Clergy Conference with Karen Ward of cota, 2

At our first session on Monday morning, Karen asked us to gather in groups of three or four to consider three questions:

1. What do you consider some of the challenges facing the Episcopal Church?

2. What do you consider some of the opportunities for the Episcopal Church?

3. Do you recognize any Episcopal Moments?

My small group included two clergy with institutional ministries. Among the challenges, we noted first that people who are already tmembers of the Episcopal Church really love it,… Continue

Posted on October 26, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

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