the talks from the digimisssion conference are online at slipstream. you can download mine directly here
as i'm a fairly visual person some of it only makes sense with the presentation so a pdf of that is here... (thought you mac users would like this slide!)
maggi dawn was one of the speakers. while there i took some photos for her for publicity shots one of which i have added to flickr...
it's a bit of a proost week on the blog...
ben edson (who co-ordinates the worship at greenbelt) had the great idea of pulling together some of the liturgies from groups who had contributed to the worship programme at greenbelt this year to make a book in the pocket liturgies series on the festival theme - standing in the long now. this whole self publishing world is amazing - within 2 months the book was made, uploaded and printed. and is now available on proost either to download or as a physical book. contributions in the book are from sanctus1, blesséd, safespace, sanctuary, church on the corner, ambient wonder, foundation, sanctum and maybe along with the sunday morning communion liturgy. the series of pocket liturgies really has grown into a neat series...
if you subscribe you can access the book as a download in the download area.
i didn't mention it in the last post because there was so much advent stuff to write about and the books hadn't been delivered but they have now arrived.
other pocket liturgies books
(and same size but slightly different - )
9 Lessons is a wonderful new flash animation from jon birch of asbojesus fame. it is incredibly simple an idea. run the flash file (in a browser or flash player) and there are 9 animating loops corresponding to each of the nine lessons and carols from the traditional christmas service. but here's the brilliant part - each one loops for as long as you like while you do the reading and whatever else. then you simply click on the play button in the corner to move on to the next image. it's only £2.99 and is this year's offering from proost into the ever expanding creative melee of ideas as the worldwide body of christ goes crazy to celebrate the coming of jesus the god/human into the world.
proost actually now have an amazing selection of advent ideas and resources. if you've not come across them have a look at the following:
nine - nine artists interpret the traditional nine readings with 6 movies and 3 songs - see here for info
25 - si smith's amazing cutout and make nativity characters and advent calendar and comic
- see here for more info
wait - vaux's simple but powerful movie and liturgy on waiting in advent - see here
silent night - a movie that's ideal for pretty much any christmas service - see here
then of course lots of liturgies and songs on the advent theme elsewhere in the books and audio sections...
it's probably obvious but these resources are as useable round a meal table or in your lounge with a family and friends as they are in a worship service. use with creativity and imagination!
did i ever mention that if you subscribe to proost you get access to all the back content and the coming year whenever you like for the equivalent of five pounds a month?! ;-)
anyway hope your own creative juices are flowing and that of your communities. i'll be blogging other ideas and stuff that's out there as the weeks go by.
i am making 9 lessons a worship trick - no 75 in the third series - as i love it so much.
[update: jon has added it to youtube if you want to take a look]
the next resource weekend is in london from jan 8-10 and focuses on mission and worship. it's hosted by grace and moot. the weekend will include...
fri evening in the scooterworks bar in waterloo
sat morning - reflecting on the story of grace, an alternative worship community and unpacking its mission instincts in relation to postmodern (or whatever you want to call it) culture
sat afternoon - some practical worskhops in small groups in whatever areas of interest the group have - curation/planning, leadership, visuals, creativity, music, community life...
sat evening - grace and grace cafe
sun morning - reflecting on the story of moot, a new monastic community, and unpacking its mission instincts and theology in relation to life in the city
sun afternoon - visiting art installations in london and reflecting on them theologically
sun evening - moot
i am looking forward to it. the good news is that you can just book into this weekend - it will stand alone. so if you missed the first resource weekend it won't matter. it's only £95 which includes food in the day on sat and sun. you need to find your own accomodation. details are on the resource web site here. and you can book from there... we get a lot of people visiting interested in finding out more about grace so this weekend is absolutely ideal if you are thinking of making such a visit.
you probably remember the beyond advent beach hut calendar which is going to be happening again in brighton this year. well the guys at beyond have created an actual advent calendar with photos of the beach huts (i assume they are the actual beach huts that were opened on those days last year) on each of the windows. mine arrived through the post yesterday. it looks wonderful, is around A3 in size and only costs £5 - get your orders in now...
ok just kidding...
standing still is the title of a new movie on proost from andi mac themed as a ghostly tale for halloween. we also have two new movies from molten meditation which blend scripture, quiet music and visual wallpaper. these tracks are from his new album molten meditation 3 also up as part of our latest upload.
and yes if you subscribe this is all included in your subscription in the download area.
another grace, another bundle of creativity and worship. the theme was bread and the service involved making yeast, making and baking bread and reflecting on and discussing various things on the way. the smell of the bread baking was great and the bread was then shared and broken at the end of the worship.
i always like the visual side of worship. and when it comes to curating i think a good question to ask as well as developing an order of service and stations and whatever else is whether you can create something that makes visual impact as a central idea. this time round we came up with the idea of getting some alphabet cutters and cutting text into bread that was suspended on washing line across the front of the space saying i am the bread of life. we toasted it so it was less floppy - grace toast!
it was simple but looked brilliant. an added bonus was projecting light onto it created a silhouette of the words on the church wall above.
when the cutters arrived they looked such fun i had to try them out at home and ended up making two video loops using some bread and my oven - grace toasted and grace grilled, both on vimeo. i made these using the canon 5d mkii whose video making potential is such a massive bonus to the camera. to get that photographic look and quality on movies is wonderful. my grill pan has never looked so good...
anyway i am making bread suspension (and related activities) worship trick 73 series 3 . well done to sarah who was curating her first ever grace and pulled off a pretty impressive grace. details will get added to the grace archive in due course i'm sure and photos will appear in the gracelondon flickr group no doubt.
The environment has changed. Mission is on the agenda of the church in Britain and certainly of the Church of England. There are inspiring leaders, networks, resources, training, and creativity. There is a culture of permission. Church exists for mission. There is lots to be done for sure but if you had predicted 10 years ago the new world no-one would have believed you.
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where i come across creative ideas, liturgies, movies, music tracks, service outlines or anything that strikes me, i add them as worship tricks. i started these in april 2002 when i first began blogging and they have built up over the years so that i am now on the third series. this has proved a pretty popular feature of the blog.
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