June 2010 Blog Posts (7)

Moot Community and its arts cafe lounge vision in the City of London

Some will know that some of us in moot have had a vision of developing an arts cafe lounge in central London for nearly 15 years. We have been to see what the Spurriergate Centre in York have done, COTA in Seattle, Sanctus 1 and Nexus in Manchester, and some church army initiatives around the UK.

We are pleased that we are making progress with setting up our own in the square mile in London, and more news about that shortly.

We are therefore…

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Added by Ian Mobsby on June 28, 2010 at 3:30am — No Comments

Help a pilgrim looking for hospitality Post-Greenbelt Festival

Dear Friends and co-conspirators (whom some I know personally, others virtually and others by the fortune of having friends in common)…

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Added by Eliacin Rosario-Cruz on June 23, 2010 at 4:01pm — No Comments

Archbishop Rowan Endorses My Book Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim's Tale

A few weeks ago a friend emailed to ask if I'd heard the message the Archbishop of Canterbury had given at the Fresh Expressions-Changing the Landscape gathering that took place in March in England.

When I went to the site http://bit.ly/d0Ea89 and listened to his message I was blown away to discover that he spent the last 10 minutes talking about my book Chasing Francis:A… Continue

Added by Ian Morgan Cron on June 20, 2010 at 3:05pm — 1 Comment

The Episcopal Church and the New Reformation

Check out this post on my blog www.ecubishop.wordpress.com

Added by Chris Epting on June 18, 2010 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization

The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization is to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 16-24 October 2010.

In order to prepare for it, there is a "conversation" web site at

http://conversation.lausanne.org/conversations

there is probably some overlap between the "emerging conversation" and the "world evangelization" conversation, so there could be some useful cross-fertilization.

Added by Steve Hayes on June 15, 2010 at 2:15am — No Comments

Wisdom from John Bell

John Bell is a member of the Iona Community and an ordained Presbyterian minister. Known largely for his musical compositions and arrangements, he is nevertheless a gifted teacher about community.

Here are some nuggets:

- Community requires proximity in worship. Too few people in large buildings give the impression that others are infected

- Many people belong to the Back to Egypt Brigade of Numbers 13-14 when it comes…

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Added by Norah Bolton on June 12, 2010 at 12:51pm — No Comments