jonnybaker

gift

the garden in brighton are a very creative group. they have done various installations and alternative worship experiences at greenbelt over the last few years. the good news is they have started a wiki site to share the resources from the services they have done. each one seems to have a script you can download...

i liked the gift and am making that worship trick 33 series 3 . keep it tucked away until valentines day next year.

the influence of deconstruction, caputo, and rollins seeps through the liturgies! i like their words/comments on who they are on the vision page - poetic | contemporary | provisional | ecstatic | rooted | transformative | inclusive | collaborative | influential

mark who is one of the key people making the garden happen also takes great photos

[i just noticed that that is two posts in a row unrelated with lovehearts in - mmmmm]

moving on resources

had a good time in scotland. it was my first ever visit to edinburgh and i enjoyed wandering the city... the church of scotland national gathering seemed to be a success. if you are visiting the blog having been there hi...

i led an hour worship/teaching/reflection in the evening. several people were asking about the material - what it was and where it was from so if you are interested in where the resources were from read on and follow the links... a lot of the movies and liturgies are published on proost, a company i help run. if you subscribe you can log in and download any of the content - movies, tunes and books of liturgies whenever you like over that year. it works out at only £5 a month!

Moving On Outline

Beforehand/Gathering
Tunes playing:
Wayfaring stranger Burial remix of Jamie Woon
So beautiful - Urban Myth Club
Build a Home - Cinematic Orchestra
Archangel - Haronell
Space and Time - Baker/Birch from Spirit of the New

Movie playing - Space and Time

Welcome/Chill
I am - movie, reading taken from Sanctuary Pocket Liturgies
Come Holy Spirit - from Grace
God above - from Spirit of the New
Jar settling movie is with a CD ROM on Tune In Chill Out
Tune (I am calling to you) was Lovebleeps by Laura B
i open my life to you prayer from Navigatio Pocket Liturgies

Moving On
The invitation of God - Grace Pocket Liturgies and available here
Share with neighbour one thing that you are already thinking you might be called to move on in...
Francis Drake prayer, St Brendan meditation, St Brendan prayer - Navigatio Pocket Liturgies

Reflections/talk
Follow me
Accompanying movie was Sigur Ros

Prayer/Ritual
Confession + Cross movie from proost - the confession is below which I wrote
Tune during writing dreams on paper aeroplanes - I love the way you dream - 1 Giantleap
Doors liturgy is below which I wrote inspire by other doors liturgies

Sending Out/Blessing
Missional turn - do you turn to Christ? - Grace Pocket Liturgies
Here is Love sung facing outward
St Francis Blessing
Final tune - Radiohead - Everything in its right place

linkage and worship trick 31 - sunday

a few news/link type things...

mike morris has started blogging.

beyond church has had it's first worship gathering that looks like it was a lot of fun. and their next event should be hilarious with the brilliant comedian milton jones...

ian adams is branching out into other creative areas and projects offering spiritual direction amongst other things

moby gratis is free music from moby for non commercial ventures. it's film score type stuff - ideal for worship background?

20 questions to use in a small group to get to know people

and darren wright has a whole worship experience called sunday that is free and downloadable. it was originally used at the australian black stump festival. i am making that worship trick 31

holy ground::holy city

holy ground::holy city looks wonderful. i love the scale of it.

i am looking forward to going to melbourne later this year to do some stuff around alt worship with cheryl.

this prayer of cheryl's is brilliant (and gets added to the worship tricks as no 30)

glimpses of redemption
already unfolding.

acts of justice;
of pre-meditated
unprovoked,
love.

surges of liberation
pre-emptive strikes of hope.

do not wait to see the flames
in a burning bush.
the flames are everywhere:
held in every piece of gravel
as pervasive as the grime that gathers on the walls of buildings

do not be stopped simply by the absence of a voice telling you to go:
it’s there, waiting to be heard
within the relentless beeping of a pedestrian crossing
in the squeal of tram tracks
the background hum of airconditioning units

liberation is waiting to unfold
on every streetcorner
in every city square.

we choose, in our everyday
- just like moses did:

will we place ourselves on the side of life

or not?

you are the god who sees

the outline for the feb grace service hagar is now in the grace archive.

i loved steve's blessing you are the god who sees and am making it worship trick 24 series 3

grace video

at grace on saturday we had about 20 students from calvin college in the USA visit. they brought a video camera to record their trip and have uploaded a montage on youtube

beyond the wilderness: lenten journeys

details on the moot lent art exhibition and events are now on the moot community arts pages

Moot Community Arts in association with the SW1 Gallery, Victoria bring BEYOND THE WILDERNESS.
Identify your hidden desires, your soul's yearnings and your long held hopes and dreams in the heart of the city.
Join us for BEYOND THE WILDERNESS - LENTEN JOURNEYS - an edgy collection of visual and performance arts taking you on a Lenten voyage of discovery.
AND IF YOU WANT TO BE THE ARTIST - it's your chance to unleash the poet within, the artist inside and explore your spiritual hunger with others on a similar path.
BEYOND THE WILDERNESS comes from Moot Community Arts and contains:

    * A two-week Lent spirituality course, Tues 12th Weds 20th Feb 08
    * An Art Show, 14th to 21st Feb 08
    * A performance Cabaret, thurs 21st Feb 08
    * A Poetry Workshop day, Sat 16th Feb 08

For more details and to book places, see Moot Community Arts Website

labyrinth web site updated

the labyrinth web site has had an overhaul...

grace nine - samurai swords and helium balloons

last night was the grace christmas celebration nine. i think this is the 6th year we have done this which is definitely as traditional as we get! taking the nine readings from the trad nine lessons and carols service, nine volunteers choose a piece of music and something artistic/creative to do/show/reflect on. it's a really simple idea.

this year didn't disappoint. nine sets of helium balloons defined nine spaces from which the readings would be done. each reading was signaled by one of the kids bursting a balloon at that space. this was a simple idea but it really made the space work as a whole.

i did the reading of the birth of christ which was a good opportunity to use si smith's amazing 25 advent models. people got cutting and sticking and within 10 minutes or so we had created a nativity scene. my tune this year was foy vance's gabriel and the vagabond, a story of hope.

the most dramatic reading was ben's who reflected on thin places, where heaven and earth seem to touch. the reading was from behind a muslin sheet with projected stars on it. having described the shepherds on the hillside experiencing a thin place that night, he produced a samurai sword and cut through the muslin sheet which was a first for us and the sword was quickly locked away out of sight...

mince pies, mulled wine and cntrst DJing rounded off a good night.

i'm sure photos will get added to the gracelondon flickr group in the next few days and the archive will no doubt list the tunes etc some time soon...

community chest

anglican cell uk is developing as a site with articles and content being added regularly. making small/cell/mission communities at the heart of church life rather than an add on is a direction i think lots of people are going in. and i think there are lots of people who have left churches who are finding themselves instead meeting with friends occasionally, often over a meal for prayer and friendship to support each other on the journey of faith. i have chatted to two groups in the last week doing just that. one of the conversations was around ideas for what works in terms of prayer and/or reflection or worship in that small group meal setting which is very different to a larger group.

anyway hopefully community chest will gradually build up a reservoir of ideas that people are using that can be shared... if you have particular ideas you have used do share them over there.