A service of thanksgiving for the work of Christian Aid over the past 70 years. Wild Goose’s Jo & Graham have been tasked with designing the liturgy, and will be aided in leading the liturgy by members of the Wild Goose Collective. The preacher will be Dr Rowan Williams, Chair of Christian Aid, and the service
An afternoon workshop exploring worship (2.30pm-5pm), and an evening Big Sing (7pm) led by Graham Maule and Jo Love. Workshop registration £5, Big Sing tickets £5. Attend BOTH events for £7.50. Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');
An exploration of the season leading up to and into Christmas with the Wild Goose Resource Group, with stories, songs and surprises, and a cast of between 42 and 60. Tea & coffee provided. For more information, contact Robert Calvert (details below). Tweet // !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s),p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); //
More Biblical blethers on the hoof with Jo Love, as part of Holy City's 'The Gap' session 2015-16. Darkness and light are big themes of this season, but is it true that God and good things belong only to the “light”? Or can some of life’s treasures only come
Holy City's Biblical blethers on the hoof resume with a chance to share and ponder the ways we mark (or don’t!) these forty days, this season of Lent. With Jo Love as guide, taking us on a wee walk along an intriguing route, interspersed by conversations about a seasonal text, this month's questions will concern
Holy City’s Biblical blethers on the hoof continue, at a leisurely, but determined pace. This month, April, on an intriguing tale of two people encountering God and also talking about it.
Holy City's Biblical blethers on the hoof move into May, with Jo Love as guide, walking an intriguing route and conversing about a the one and only biblical character, Job ... along the Greenock Cut trail.
The Song Of Songs in 60 minutes in a liturgical installation. Hosted by Wild Goose Resource Group and Nitekirk.
The final Root 66 in Holy City's 2015-16 'The Gap' season and your last chance for a while for some biblical blethers on the hoof.
Of Flesh & Bones' ... a guide to doing worship well.
Wild Goose Resource Group
Abbey & MacLeod Centres, Iona, 25 June - 1 July 2016
Worship is not primarily about the ego, personal taste, inflexible tradition or anaesthesia. It is about God and humanity. To enable worship to be effective, to speak for and to people requires commitment, imagination and engagement. This is what the week is all about and it is open to all.
The Wild Goose Resource Group will be leading the week’s workshops, with plenty of singing, plenty of dreaming, plenty of people seeking ‘new ways to touch the hearts of all’.
A Book Group on Learning from the experiences of churchless Christians
A short 2-week series to read and discuss excerpts of the recent book, ‘The Invisible Church’ by Steve Aisthorpe (a Mission Development Worker for the Church of Scotland and is based in the Highlands). The book explores the realities behind the statistics of apparent church decline and suggests an explanation of some of the processes at work, informed by reflection on scripture. Enabled by Jo Love of the Wild Goose Resource Group.
A bi-monthly gathering for lovers of communal singing. No Divas need drive up. Just bring your own, beautifully ordinary and unique tonsils and delight in singing in up to 4 parts with a wheen of similarly beautiful others.
A series of faith explorations on the rescuing of Jesus today. Saving Jesus is a 12-session DVD-based small group exploration of a credible Jesus for the third millennium. Led by Jo Love, Graham Maule and others.
In aid of the IONA ABBEY REFURBISHMENT APPEAL, John L. Bell and Jo Love from the Wild Goose Resource Group will lead an evening of singing - magnificent melodies, hearty harmonies - a glorious sound and all from you! £5 at the door
Biblical blethers on the hoof Root 66 returns, courtesy of Jo Love, for yer healthy and holy delectation. Today's theme will be 'God, us and the environment'. Psalm 104 is an evocative celebration of God’s relationship with creation. As we approach Lent, we will meditate on this psalm and ask how we might honour the
A faithful, environmentally-responsible discipline for the season Don’t give up chocolate, just give up a little time to tend to the neighbourhood. Let the riverside rejoice, let the pavements sing, as we go with bags and gloves around the Carlton Court area on a weekly pre-liturgy litter lift. Wednesdays from 1st March to 12th April
More information soon. See the weeWONDERBOX 2016-17 listings page for more information about these other events. Cost: Free. Venue: In the area around The Ground @ The Iona Community Base, 21 Carlton Court, Glasgow, Scotland G5 9JP, Scotland. Access to The Ground is via one step. Inside there is a low-stepped ramp. We
Unfortunately, due to low booking, this event has regretfully been cancelled. A short, afternoon urban retreat for those who wish to reflect in the midst of the season. Following our successful Advent urban retreat in December (Entertaining Advent), this is a second opportunity to take time to focus on the stories, practices and prayerful challenges
Biblical blethers on the hoof Root 66 continues on Sunday 26th March Acts 13-15:35 give us snapshots of Paul’s first missionary journey. Sailings, sermons, miracles, riots, divided opinions and brutal assaults, what thoughts and questions do these raise for us? Is this still how the Spirit blows through human lives? After last month’s overly wild
Biblical blethers on the hoof Root 66 continues on Sunday 7th May @ 3.00-5.30pm, at Seven Lochs Wetland Park on the east side of Glasgow. According to the tale of human origins related in Genesis 4, family life got off to a bad start and a murderous brother was banished to a land called 'Wandering' in the
John L. Bell will be keynote speaker and Jo Love will lead a creative workshop at this gathering of laity and clergy from the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of St. Andrew's, Dunkeld and Dunblane, to celebrate the work of God in their congregations, and to be encouraged and equipped to participate in the Mission of God
Biblical blethers on the hoof XXXX Ayr shorefront or River Ayr via Auchincruive to Annbank - 3pm start. Details Cost: Free (tho’ donations welcomed) Booking / RSVP: If you can, please let us know if you’re coming (see the bottom of this page, under Venue details) or email us: weewonderbox@wildgoose.scot Venue: TBC To receive
A week with the Wild Goose Resource Group on Iona For many people in churches, change is a no-go area, a source of stress and the cause of major disagreement.Yet change is the central dynamic of the Christian faith: Jesus both changes people and in the resurrection moves from being a corpse to a living
Danish / Scottish conversations on Liturgy Monday 18 – Wednesday 20 September 2017 Denmark is a predominantly Lutheran nation, Scotland, a predominantly Calvinist one, in terms of their respective Christian heritage. There are distinctive spiritual streams, but each in practice, incorporates other significant influences. So in this year, marking 500 years since the Reformation, a
Biblical blethers on the hoof “Fire Works” ... well, does it?! Come and walk as we explore some well-known and less well-known Biblical tales featuring fire. A preparatory challenge - have a look for the one that intrigues you most! We'll be visiting Baidlandhill, Dalry. Meet at Cross, Dalry town centre @ 2.30pm. Train from
Northern Lights Our partnership venue featuring – Iona Community, WGRG, Church Action on Poverty (CAP). Location – same place as 2017 - near the ‘junction’ between the two halves of the festival field, end of avenue backing onto the water. (Look for the bright turquoise/purple/green décor!) NL programme is taking shape - provisional plans so
Exploring the Bible without getting bored When we read or hear a passage from the Bible, it often doesn't stick. How could we stay with it, play with it, chew on it and even be changed by it? This autumn weeWONDERBOX offers an experimental series of evenings exploring the Bible creatively. Through collage, wordles, image-making
Greenbelt is a festival of arts, faith and justice. Energised by a progressive Christian worldview, with 19 stages, galleries, installations and outdoor performances, Greenbelt creates a festival that is inclusive, open-minded, participatory and generous in spirit. Its 2019 theme is 'Wit and Wisdom'. WGRG in main Greenbelt programme 'Big Sing' on Saturday, Shelter venue,
A two day international conversation on how to make friends with Holy Scripture, enabled by the Wild Goose Resource Group The Bible ... ... open or closed? ... public or private? ... experience or theory? ... dynamic or dead? Many lay people feel inadequate when speaking about the Bible. And quite a few ministers
Exploring the Bible without getting bored When we read or hear a passage from the Bible, it often doesn't stick. How could we stay with it, play with it, chew on it and even be changed by it? This autumn weeWONDERBOX offers an experimental series of evenings exploring the Bible creatively. Through collage, wordles, image-making
Do you think of yourself as someone who lives creatively? Do you habitually draw on art, writing, making things, time outdoors, to reflect on life? Are you curious about the practices that others practise, that help us stay alive, especially in the darker months of the year? If you’re a resounding ‘yes’ or a yearning
An online practical theology short course with Mark Johnston and Jo Love. Trinity College Glasgow and Theology & Religious Studies, University of Glasgow. This is an open access course available as a 10-credit course (accredited by the University of Glasgow) or audit-only for those who just wish to engage with the learning programme for their
'Into the Books of the Bible - a world of life' In 2020, a new Bible was published in Denmark, in an accessible translation. In this conference, the workshops, lectures, liturgies and discussions will inspire and explore how to use the Bible in a new way. Large parts of the programme will take place in
We invite you to journey with us through Holy Week, as we remember and re-enact the last days of Jesus’ life. Material, prepared by Jo Love and Pat Bennett, can be found here. The booklet offers reflections and questions for each day, along with liturgical resources and suggestions for ways to disrupt our living spaces
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