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Abundance of the Kingdom & the scarcity of this world
In the Alt Eucharist Service on Sunday 14th June, Ian Mobsby explored the theme of the abundance of the Kingdom of God and the scarcity of this world. This followed a very moving service last week where the community supported a couple recovering from a failed pregnancy. This podcast explored how Christians can go [...]Ancient Faith Future Mission
May 2009 saw the launch of the new book, Ancient Faith Future Mission: fresh expressions in the sacramental tradition [Link in Uk] [Link in USA]. At the London book launch, Stephen Cottrell the Anglican Bishop of Reading, and Richard Giles the former Dean of Philidelphia Cathedral both gave short addresses on the issue of [...]Living with hope in a time of uncertainty
On Holy Saturday April 11th 2009, the Moot Community led by Bishop Richard, the Bishop of London, recommited to the community’s Rhythm of Life in the Faith Chapel in the Crypt of St Paul’s Cathedral. In this homily Bishop Richard explores the issue of being Church in the 21st Century in uncertain times. We will soon [...]Balance in the challenge of this life
Clare Catford, broadcaster, writer and member of the moot community, explores the theme of balance in the Moot Alt Eucharist on Sun 15th March 2009 on the third sunday in the season of Lent. Clare explores the theme in the context of her own life experience, particularly the challenge of facing and living with depression. The [...]What sort of Church will emerge to engage with the challenge of a post-Christian world?
On Sunday 15th March 2009, Ian Mobsby of the Moot Community joined a recorded discussion in Sydney exploring the above title on Australia’s ABC National Radio. In the discussions, the group explored the importance of Emerging and Fresh Expressions of Church engagement with our increasingly post-christian post-secular culture. For a link to the radio show [...]Christian Spirituality in the City, Interview with Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London
In this podcast, Clare Catford with the assistance of Aaron Kennedy interviews Richard Chartres the Bishop of London, exploring the theme of a Christian spirituality in the City. In a time of global economic depression, Bishop Richard challenges the Church to practice a radical form of love and a practical form of spirituality. This podcast [...]Accountabillity & Spirituality
In this podcast of Moot’s Little Service in February 2009, Ian Mobsby explores why accountability is so important in the areas of justice, love and spirituality. In the service, people explored their perceived accountability to God, to themselves, and to others. At this time, the Moot Community is exploring its ‘new monastic’ elements of its [...]Accountability & Deepening Faith
For Moot’s February Alt Eucharist, we were joined by Travis & Brandy, Lutheran Ordinands, to explore Moot’s rhythm of life element concerning accountability. In the service, we explored how we are called to be true to God, true to yourself and true to others, following the monastic traditions. Instead of a homily, David [...]The challenge of hospitality for new forms of church in a consumptive culture
Doerthe Rosenow, a member of the Moot Community explores the importance of Hospitality in new forms of church. She challenges the default position of consumption - a cultural norm, and the call for Christians to be counter cultural in seeking to get beyond individualism and me-isms. She draws on Moot’s Rhythm of Life [...]Reflection on Epiphany
This podcast kicks off the new year with the homily from the Moot Little Service led by Raewyn and Peter Thomas, both members of the Community on 4th January 2009, on the theme of epiphany. Download Standard PodcastsIan Mobsby's Page
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Background on Ian Mobsby
I have been involved in alternative forms of church associated with anglicanism and contextual mission for over 16 years beginning with the dance and rave culture In England in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I have completed research on Anglican Emerging church projects, and has written two books:
“Emerging & Fresh Expressions of Church” in 2007
“The Becoming of G-d” published in Junel 2008
I was one of the founders of the Moot Community in Westminster London, and is the Ordained Priest Missioner to this innovative Community. This community utilises a new monastic basis to its identity with a rhythm of life (aiming to be Christian in the context of urban and postmodern context) exploring creative ways of understanding alternative worship, contextual mission and a postmodern community. The community utilises art-as-mission and radical hospitality activities as forms of affirming contextual mission. I am also an Associate Missioner of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Fresh Expressions Team and an Associate Lecturer at a number of training colleges for training Missional Ordained Pioneer Church of England Ministers. I am also an Assistant Editor of the UK based Emerging Church internet site and assists Karen Ward in the now growing Anglimergent site which aims to promote Emerging Churches working in the context of the Anglican tradition. Ian also has his own blog and contributes to the Moot community blog. If you are interested in resources I and Moot have created then there are a number of online free resources on the Moot website grey space and at cost through the Mootique.
“Emerging & Fresh Expressions of Church” in 2007
“The Becoming of G-d” published in Junel 2008
I was one of the founders of the Moot Community in Westminster London, and is the Ordained Priest Missioner to this innovative Community. This community utilises a new monastic basis to its identity with a rhythm of life (aiming to be Christian in the context of urban and postmodern context) exploring creative ways of understanding alternative worship, contextual mission and a postmodern community. The community utilises art-as-mission and radical hospitality activities as forms of affirming contextual mission. I am also an Associate Missioner of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Fresh Expressions Team and an Associate Lecturer at a number of training colleges for training Missional Ordained Pioneer Church of England Ministers. I am also an Assistant Editor of the UK based Emerging Church internet site and assists Karen Ward in the now growing Anglimergent site which aims to promote Emerging Churches working in the context of the Anglican tradition. Ian also has his own blog and contributes to the Moot community blog. If you are interested in resources I and Moot have created then there are a number of online free resources on the Moot website grey space and at cost through the Mootique.
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Launch of the Book Ancient Faith Future Mission - with practitioners from the UK & US
I am really pleased to say that the above book is now available. It includes within it chapters by Rowan Williams, Karen Ward, Phyllis Tickle, Brian Mclaren, Ian Adams, Sue Wallace, Bp Stephen Cottrell, Bp Steven Croft, Richard Giles, Jonathan Clark, Simon Rundell, Page Blair, Philip Roderick, Tessa Holland, MIchael Volland, Abbot Stuart Burns, and I Ian Mobsby. I am really pleased how… Continue
Posted on May 3, 2009 at 6:35am — 3 Comments
Developing a new Anglimergent network in Australia & New Zealand
In the last three weeks I have had the privilege of speaking and leading training events in Melbourne, Newcastle, Grafton and Sydney. In all these events, I was excited by what was the beginning of a growing network of Anglican Christians who seeking to reimagine Church of the 21st Century. In these sessions, Catholic Anglicans & open evangelicals got together to explore mission and new ways of being church in the context of a culture that is increasingly focused on new forms of spiritual to… Continue
Posted on March 18, 2009 at 1:30am —
Church fit to relate with a post-christian context
Last Sunday Ian Mobsby of the Moot Community and Pete Pilliinger from Fresh Expressions in the UK contributed to a National Radio Broadcast on Australia's ABC Station exploring the needs and challenges of all churches in post industrial nations facing a post-secular post-christendom context. To listen to it in .mp3 version click here
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Posted on March 17, 2009 at 2:20pm —
New Monasticism as a potential Model for Emerging & Fresh Expressions of Church
For those that are interested, I explored the model of New Monasticism in the context of emerging & fresh expressions of church on the online learning site SHARE - click here to see it.
Posted on January 19, 2009 at 11:55am —
New Book & National Pilgrimage to Coventry Cathedral in the UK with the Archbishop of Canterbury to promote emerging & fresh expressions of the sacramental traditions
On the 8th December 2008 a remarkable event took place in Coventry Cathedral. The Archbishop of Canterbury led a National Fresh Expressions Pilgrimage organised by a numb… Continue
Posted on January 5, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment
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I coordinate the Order of St Stephen in NZ.
below are our two statements:
• To build a network of young Anglicans aged 16 to 30 years, committed to their faith and to each other, living out ministry and mission through prayer, community and service.
• To maximize and resource the development of the Order of Saint Stephen across the diocese.
Tim Mathis is looking at establishing a sister order in the US. as you are friends with him im probably stating the obvious..
in NZ: Small group at the moment 6 members its existed since 2003 from Wellington Diocese.
Members develope a life rule around Prayer, community, and service.
I joined in 2005 then in 2007 Network coordinator steped down, i took over and began making the Order more of a National Order.
one of the things we now face is how dispersed we are spread accross NZ. Next thing will be to establish core groups in Diocese.
Order of St Stephen had exsisted in the 1960's and 70's in NZ thru Methodist church, then Anglican and Prebyterians started up their own also. They joined forces then over time it lost momentum and disappeared .
so what we have done is a relaunch but with a different focus. previously OSS was an internship type thing or seen as a cheap way to get a youth worker for a year or two....
now it is focused around Prayer Community and Service. 4 retreats a year, one of those being a national retreat where all members gettogher...
hope that helps to answer your question, once again sorry to take so long..
Regards,
Brad
Grace & peace,
A.T.
Cheers,
Craig
I am CEO of The Bible Society in NZ, Ang. Priest and founder, Priest in Charge of the Anglican Cathedral of Second Life. Me blog is: http://brownblog.info/
Be good to catch up!
Thanks for the complement - I am very glad you liked it. It was written from the guts - such a shame it has such a low profile, so any blog exposure can give, the better
Cheers
Ian X
Paz y esperanza,
Eliacin
Sorry to take a while in getting back to you. I've spoken with some folks and we can get two events in Melbourne and probably two events in Sydney also. Bishop Stephen Hale would be interested in a general worship event and a small residential styled workshop. Here in Sydney we can arrange a public event with Fuzz Kitto, and possibly two others with Church Army and or the college where Mike Frost teaches. If you've got a rough idea of dates we can build some events quite easily through the networks here. I'm likely to be at an international church army event from 24 October until 6 November. Let me know what you're up for. Cheers, Wayne
Thanks for the comment, yes the book is about the theology behind some of the emerging church - which is for me, deeply trinitarian. I have put up dates when I am speaking on my blog - here
The book sale pays my wage - so hoping we sell a few!!
Cheers, Ian
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