the long worship - more pictures...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
more photos from the 'Long Worship' at this year's Greenbelt, this time taken by fellow Dream-er Frances Shoesmith. Go see the slideshow.
Labels: alternative worship, Dream, Greenbelt, worship
the long worship...
Saturday, September 19, 2009
As I mentioned in a previous post, Dream was involved in a day long worship installation at this year's Greenbelt festival in collaboration with three other emerging church communties. For anyone who wants to see what it was like, Mark Berry (from Safe Space) has uploaded some photos to flickr. You can see a slideshow here.
Labels: alternative worship, Dream, Greenbelt, worship
pioneers and pastors...
Thursday, September 17, 2009
This is a really interesting and challenging conversation prompted by Mark Berry's initial honest post about his struggle with the church's unstated expectation that pioneers will become pastors. I'm particularly stuck by Mark's comment later in the thread where he writes, in response to one person's practical question, "I don't think it necessarily means moving to a new place... but about keeping true to gifting in community... as I say it seems to be generally accepted/expected that Pioneers will become Pastors, but that assumes that leadership is held, I wonder what might happen if leadership were not held..."
Well worth a read!
Labels: leadership
a free man...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
This is great news - justice at last after a long fight for freedom.
Labels: news
another excellent year...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
I'm recovering and catching up after another great Greenbelt. The highlights of this year's festival for me were...- Athlete on Monday night - the best music set at Greenbelt for a good few years (in my humble opinion)
- Gene Robinson - for a man who has been lambasted and judged by so many you can't help but be moved by the grace with which he speaks about issues that he is deeply passionate about, be challenged by his clear teaching, and be blown away by his deep personal spirituality and faith. I don't care if it does get me into trouble (with some) for saying so, but his seminars were definite highlights of the festival for me, and are well worth downloading if you missed them
- Rob Bell - the queuing was a pain but I can't think of a more effective and absorbing communicator in the Church of today
- the Long Worship in New Forms on the Monday (see photo above) - yes, I know that I was involved in organising and running it, but maybe for that reason it was moving to see so many people (over 900) connect with God in the space in so many unique and personal ways
- the atmosphere and catching up with friends - but that's always a highlight of Greenbelt!
I'm already looking forward to Greenbelt 2010!!
If you were at this year's festival, what were your highlights?...
Labels: Greenbelt
I'm Malcolm Chamberlain
from Liverpool, United Kingdom
. I'm married with two young children and, in addition to Liverpool, have lived in Leicester (for the first 18 years of my life), York, Peshawar (Pakistan), Oxford and Walsall. I've been actively involved in the emerging church since 2001, as a founding member of Dream in Liverpool City, and coordinator of the Dream network. I'm currently engaged in research into emerging missional communities, and work as a parish priest and pioneer minister.
