October 2009 Blog Posts (12)

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… Continue

Added by Bill Roberts on October 31, 2009 at 8:13am — No Comments

UK Anglican Church featured in YDS Reflections

My article on UK Anglican church (with a sidebar highlighting COTA) was featured in the Yale Divinity School's Fall 2009 issue of Reflections (http://tinyurl.com/yjof85s). If anyone wants a copy of the PDF, email me at bgthedoor@aol.com as it's not available online. And shoot me your address if you want the entire issue and I'll have the editor send one to you.

Added by Becky Garrison on October 30, 2009 at 10:12am — No Comments

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… Continue

Added by Bill Roberts on October 29, 2009 at 3:10pm — No Comments

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… Continue

Added by Bill Roberts on October 28, 2009 at 5:25pm — 4 Comments

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… Continue

Added by Bill Roberts on October 27, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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… Continue

Added by Bill Roberts on October 26, 2009 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Clergy Conference with Karen Ward of cota

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 brought with her three wonderful musicians who played and sang for our liturgies of Morning and Evening Prayer, Compline, and Holy Eucharist. Some of the music came from a sister… Continue

Added by Bill Roberts on October 25, 2009 at 3:39pm — No Comments

EPISCOPAL VILLAGE

EPISCOPAL VILLAGE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED for TEC.
Because it take a whole village to raise churches! PLEASE GIVE ACCORDING TO YOUR HEART and MEANS!

Added by Karen Ward on October 24, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Moot Community is setting up an Arts Cafe Lounge and is seeking an Artistic Director

I am pleased to say that the Moot Community here in London is now in the process of developing and setting up an Arts Cafe Lounge in London. To be able to mix up the activities of spirituality and the arts, we are seeking an Artistic Director. So if you know of anyone who may be interested in this in the UK who lives near London, do let them know.…

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Added by Ian Mobsby on October 22, 2009 at 4:34am — No Comments

The Community of God

We just got back from our weekend away together (at the lovely Coalbrookdale YHA) and I wanted to recommend the talks that Mark Berry put together for us on 'The Community of God'. A series of reflections on being a community rooted in the trinitarian nature of God. The were accessible and biblical, yet challenging and stimulating.

You can find the blurb here, and the poster… Continue

Added by Mark Fletcher on October 21, 2009 at 12:44pm — 1 Comment

Starting a Theology Pub

On Friday, Oct. 16 at annual Convention for the Diocese of Olympia, the Commission for Emerging Mission (CFEM) will be sponsoring a workshop on doing Theology Pub. I will be facilitating that time with a basic introduction. Since we will not have the much time, I thought I would post some thoughts, tips, tricks, etc. here and point people to this page. Many of us here on Anglimergent have probably been leading theology pubs for years, so please add your tips and tricks to mine so we can share… Continue

Added by jon myers on October 16, 2009 at 1:58pm — 8 Comments

Diocesan Emerging Mission Work: First Annual Report from the Diocese of Olympia's Commission for Emerging Mission

CFEM 09 REPORT.pdf

You can download a pretty copy above. Here's the text:

Commission for Emerging Mission (CFEM)

www.emergingmission.org

‘Companioning Congregations and Leaders in Emerging Church and Mission’

CFEM Mission:

To support and resource Episcopal… Continue

Added by Tim Mathis on October 7, 2009 at 11:38pm — 3 Comments