Deep Church

By Rev Dr Steve Croft. Director, Fresh Expressions

Prior to taking up his post with Fresh Expressions, Steve was Warden of Cranmer Hall in Durham and before that a Vicar in Halifax. His books include:

-Ministry in Three Dimensions: ordination and leadership in the local church
-Transforming Communities: Re-imagining the Church for the 21st Century
(both published by DLT).

He will be giving a paper discussing emerging churches.

27 Feb, 11.15-12.30, Waterloo Bridge Building, King’s College London. (There will be a sign with the room number on the door)

Map link: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/campuses/waterloo-det.html

Do bring a sandwich or stay for lunch afterwards in the canteen.

The Northumbria Community and the Anabaptist Network will be exploring ‘new monasticism’ in a day conference in Coventry on 3 May 2008. Through plenary sessions, discussion, worship, workshops and conversations with a wide range of resource people, we will assess its potential for the church in exile.

See here for more details and a booking form.

There has been some really interesting pieces written on worship of late.

Please do check out this really awesome article by Dan Wilt on the rise of the worship artisan

Jason wrote a great article on recovering liturgy and ritual in the emerging church

I’ve written about exploring worship (including the singing) and the emerging church

And for a practical/experiental example of deep church practised in the community of our church: Vineyard Sutton: Marc has posted the ash wednesday service that we participated in last night and Jason and I have posted our reactions/experiences/actions as a result of that service