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the project - if you're in scotland...

the project is on 20 june in edinburgh, a day of

arts – faith – theology – ecology – politics –philosophy - spirituality - justice
…or basically celebration, inspiration, irreverence, profundity, laughter, tears, questions, argument, friendship, shivers up the spine - add your own noun to the list.

there's a listing of the programme here (scroll down) which it includes the likes of beki bateson, doug gay, steve butler, julie wilson, john bell, iain archer. looks wonderful!

the sorting room opens today

the sorting room opens today. andrew and debbie have been working crazy hours in the last few weeks to be ready. it's a co-orerative of several businesses - comunity business initiative i think is the term. it's very exciting. it relates a bit to the sustainability post before - a very different approach. andrew has written a piece i have referenced before on mission and the fourth sector

edinburgh photos

i have now added my edinburgh photos from a day i spent there last weekend and created an edinburgh set

if anyone recognises this bride let me know - it was a wedding i was passing on the royal mile but think it's rather a nice photo and she might like it...

into the light

on the march, originally uploaded by jonnybaker.

cross the lines

cross the lines, originally uploaded by jonnybaker.

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

scotland shapers confession and liturgy

the church of scotland's report church without walls identifies five shapers for the life of the church. these are: spirituality of grace, the gospels, locality, friendship, and the gifts of the spirit. i wrote this confession and liturgy around those shapers (inspired by grace's ethos confession and doors liturgy) which i used in the worship session i led at the national gathering. i am making this worship trick 32 in series 3

Confession

When we have acted out of judgement rather than grace
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy

When we have forgotten your story and been shaped by the story of the Western Dream of the good life
Christ have mercy
Christ have mercy

When church has taken all our energy and we've not had time to get stuck into our locality
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy

When all our friends have become Christians and we haven't made new friendships
Christ have mercy
Christ have mercy

When we have acted in our own strength and forgotten the gifts of your Spirit
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy

But when we are filled with grace,
live out the gospel
in our locality
make good friends
and share the gifts of the Spirit
then God rejoices with us 

Almighty God who forgives all who who truly repent
have mercy on us
pardon and deliver us from our sins
and keep us in life eternal
through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen

Shape Our Lives Liturgy

Shape our lives with generosity and gift
Help us love without judging and with no strings attached
We will enter the Kingdom through the door marked 'grace'

Your life, death and resurrection are good news
Let your story shape our story and imagination
We will enter the Kingdom through the door marked 'gospels'

You became flesh and moved into the neighbourhood
Shape our lives with vision that can be lived close at hand and not far away
We will enter the Kingdom through the door marked 'local'

You have called us friends
Shape us into faithful and kind friends for others
We will enter the Kingdom through the door marked 'friendship'

We will do through these doors in the power of the Spirit,
sharing in the gifts of the Spirit
knowing that Jesus has gone through them first.
Amen

moving on in scotland

this weekend i am taking part in the church without walls national gathering in scotland. i have been invited to lead an hour on sunday evening which blends worship and challenge/teaching around the theme of moving on, as well as a seminar sunday afternoon. it's at the royal highland centre so if you are anywhere near edinburgh then come along...

qwerty

qwerty, originally uploaded by jonnybaker.

you've got to love these old type writers! this one was in the basement at andrew jones pad in orkney. just dug out a few extra pics i didn't post up first time round...

orkney photos

slideflickr.com is a brilliant tool - type in any user, or set or group and you can see a neat slidesshow of it and take the code and embed it on your web page.

i have added a set of orkney photos to flickr and paste it here so you can see an example of slideflickr in action. my favourite are at the end - the reflected light in the water in stromness harbour.

make me an island - worship trick 9 [series 3]

mark berry was with us in orkney and led a liturgy inspired by being on an island - an island of peace in the midst of turbulent seas. this was at the end of a day where we had visted the broch of birsay, an island that gets cut off by the tide where there are the remains of a norse monastery. the islands used to be real hubs for trade and traffic around the british isles so were strategic locations for the monastic communities.

as ever mark's liturgy was inspiring and creative, he has posted the whole thing here with accompanying prayers and ritual. i have pasted the part below make me an island

In the chaos and confusion of modern living
Make me an Island
In the pain of relationships ripped apart
Make me an Island
In the storm of expectation and pressures
Make me an Island
In the anguish of catastrophe and disaster
Make me an Island
In the dead waters of loneliness
Make me an Island
In the fog of rootlessness and uncertainty
Make me an Island
In the swirling eddies of spirituality
Make me an Island
In the battering of depression and grief
Make me an Island
In the whirlpool of fear and panic
Make me an Island
In the lives smashed and ravaged by abuse
Make me an Island
In the heart of the churning ocean of culture
Make me an Island
In love for you and your people
Make me an Island

Float a candle on the water, then light it saying the words
Make me an Island

emerging in orkney

off to orkney later this week to visit andrew jones and family which sgould be fun...

if you are in stromness come along weds night

scotland missional development worker

i don't want to get into a habit of this (i.e. don't send me job descriptions to put on my blog) but a friend asked me to say something about this and i am keen to see missional stuff being encouraged in scotland so here's a sentence about it. if you are inetersted e-mail ian clyne

We are seeking a highly motivated, creative, passionate and dynamic person for the advance of new expressions of church and ministry across the Highlands & Islands of Scotland. This visionary, entrepreneurial and innovative person will deliver training and support in a number of settings, both urban and rural.

may edition of emergingchurch.info

may edition of emergingchurch.info is now online

good to read about revolution in inverness - a highlight of mission 21 for me was having a curry with richard, dave and lindsey. this is a story where a christian community really is emerging out of mission rather than some christians thinking 'let's start an emerging church'! for me that's the right way round...

emerging in scotland

i keep meeting people from scotland! ok big deal i know...

but all the people i've met want to talk about emerging church and mission in scotland. and some lament the lack of networking and things happening. i've been asked why the blah...tour isn't going to scotland (the answer to which is that it falls in school holiday season so i was advised against it). but i can't see any reason why there can't be an excellent network(s) of people sharing ideas, resources, conversation and imagining the future. i have no intention of setting such a thing up - the last thing needed is an englishman trying to do his bit to help ;-) but if you are in scotland and want to network with others leave a comment on this post. if you have an idea of how that should happen or where it is already happening do the same. then get together...

wee beautiful pict recently had a dreamday in edinburgh and there's a podcast of the exploits and dreams. up the revolution...