Added by Karen Ward on December 13, 2009 at 9:13am —
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EPISCOPAL VILLAGE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED for TEC.
Because it take a whole village to raise churches!
PLEASE GIVE ACCORDING TO YOUR HEART and MEANS!
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Added by Karen Ward on October 24, 2009 at 11:00am —
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The most recent edition of Time magazine has a piece on Twitter being used in church services. Throughout the service the congregation is encouraged to twitter about the service, with a large screen in the auditorium streaming the tweets as they occur.
The same piece also spoke about Trinity Wall Street Church who this past Easter twittered the passion play including, ‘via @romanguard1: I’ve got dibs on his robe, but if you guys want to cast lots for the rest of his clothes I’m cool with that.’…
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Added by Mark Brown on May 26, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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I'm doing research into the charismatic renewal movement and its effect on South African Christianity. The movement peaked in the 1970s and 1980s and has been declining since then, and I'm wondering if any of the people involved in it have found their way into the emerging church movement.
My interest is not exclusively among Anglicans, though I have found Anglicans the most forthcoming and willing to help.
If you are interested in knowing more, see…
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Added by Steve Hayes on May 20, 2009 at 4:28am —
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Dear Friends,
I am the Rector of Christ Church Parish in Mexico. We visit every Monday the General Hospital taking sandwiches and coffee to the families in the emeregency waiting room and I bring the sacraments to the sick and the dying. Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit patients who are infected with the Swine Virus. According to the statistics that I recieved the cases reported and given by the media are quite accurate. At this hospital there have been some deaths (less than 10) in the…
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Added by Vincent Karl Schwahn Ryckman on April 28, 2009 at 11:43am —
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Many are questioning the point of Twitter. Perhaps the best question to ask is, how can this assist us in the church? I have just set up a Twitter account called, 'Anglican Church' and invite you if you are on Twitter to make a connection. See: http://twitter.com/AnglicanChurch
And hopefully together we can answer that pertinent question!
God bless,
Rev Mark
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Added by Mark Brown on April 12, 2009 at 3:23am —
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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
The discussion covers…
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Added by Ian Mobsby on March 17, 2009 at 2:20pm —
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I have written a paper entitled, ‘
The Digital Revolution and the Church‘, in which I outline the characteristics of the phenomenal internet driven digital revolution presently sweeping the globe. I particularly focus on how it is affecting human behavior, which offers some insights into how we as a church might need to respond.The opening paragraph reads,
There is a revolution sweeping across the globe, driven by the massive growth of the internet and internet related technologies. Kn…
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Added by Mark Brown on January 24, 2009 at 6:32pm —
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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…
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Added by Ian Mobsby on January 5, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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This last weekend (December 4-6), dozens of Episcopalians came together in Memphis for a unique conversation about some of the new realities emerging in our Church. In well-organized fashion, Emergent Village and roughly 20 presenters, 10 sponsors and several organizers brought them together with 200 more attendees in a gathering advertised as “The Great Emergence.” At least 23 denominations and movements came to the Cathedral of St Mary in Memphis to explore what it means to be part of “Emergin…
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Added by Thomas L Brackett on December 10, 2008 at 1:47pm —
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If you have missed Tom Sine on his book tour, Tom led a session at the Moot Community in London focusing on the issue of ecological and social sustainability and Christian community. It was brilliant! If you want to list to it, go to the Moot podcasting site…
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Added by Ian Mobsby on October 5, 2008 at 2:07am —
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I am really pleased to be able to say that we are organising a fantastic day's pilgrimage promoting the idea of Ancient:Future mission. The day, on the Feast Day of the Conception of Mary, we look to promote Fresh Expressions that draw on the catholic and contemplative tra…
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Added by Ian Mobsby on September 16, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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One of the great new revolutions in the CofE, is the Fresh Expressions initiative to innovate, grow and develop Emerging/Fresh Expressions of Church. The CofE has been through a mini-revolution to not only recognise non-parish defined new forms of church through Bishop Mission…
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Added by Ian Mobsby on August 7, 2008 at 9:44am —
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Mark McCleary, a former member of the Moot Community interviews Karen Ward, Ian Mobsby and members of Church of the Apostles in Seattle, exploring New Monasticism for BBC Radio Ulster. To listen to the report, click…
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Added by Ian Mobsby on July 27, 2008 at 2:30pm —
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In
Brian McLaren's post, he mentions Rowan Williams. I just finished a paper on the relevance of Rowan Williams's theology for the emerging church movement. I would be thrilled to have anyone here interact with it. My paper is posted at my blog post:
The missional ecclesiology of Rowan Williams.
Andy Rowell
Doctor of Theo…
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Added by Andy Rowell on March 26, 2008 at 11:27am —
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If we really believe that everyone is equal, then what huge effect would that have on the way we are and do "church"?
Talked a little about equality at the Lab last weekend, and this was the main question that hit me from the point of view of someone who has the privilege of leading and shaping our church community.
It would be silly to try and convince ourselves that every has the same level of skill and ability in every area - sure some people are better at
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Added by James Henley on March 2, 2008 at 9:00am —
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Anglimergents have been experimenting with inclusive forms of community, and participative forms of leadership, but at the same time have recognised the importance of the local Diocese as the Local Church and the Bishop as the point of unity with other local forms of the body Christ of varying different traditions.
In Anglican polity it is an oxymoron for local bodies of Christ to 'opt out' of relationship with their local provincial bishop, opting to go with others outside the province. Why? -…
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Added by Ian Mobsby on March 1, 2008 at 4:00am —
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A couple of times over the last week or so different people have made comments to me about how eating together helps to grow community. Even just thinking about it, it seems bizarre that the simple act of sitting down and eating can do so much to bring people together. In
The Search to Belong, Joe Myers talks alot about
creating he…
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Added by James Henley on February 21, 2008 at 8:03am —
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Much has been written concerning the return and power of the image and film in postmodernity. We are now very much a visual culture, which creates real opportunities for engagement through a metaphorical approach. It is in this ancient:refreshed approach, that the Emerging Church seeks to enable spiritual encounter through the imagination. This is nothing new. The prophets used the arts …
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Added by Ian Mobsby on February 18, 2008 at 3:30am —
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