A study day & a half, with John L. Bell & Graham Maule of the Wild Goose Resource Group to introduce the new collection of 100 Wild Goose songs in German translation, published in German this year by Strube Verlag of Munich, entitled 'Freut Euch und Singt – Wild Goose Songs from the Iona Community (Glasgow, Iona &
A collection of 100 Wild Goose songs will be published in German translation this year by Strube Verlag of Munich, entitled 'Freut Euch und Singt – Wild Goose Songs from the Iona Community (Glasgow, Iona & Scotland)‘. 10 euros (Adults), 8 euros (Young people), 20 euros (Families with children). 06154 694334 Fricke.dek.darmstadt-land@ekhn-net.de 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');
John Bell will lead this retreat, in which we’ll use conversation, study, song and silence to increase our understanding of the different gifts God calls out in us. 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');
Exploring the range of resonances in the season ahead and encouraging participants to move from celebrating a babyfest to rediscovering the incarnation. Led by John Bell. 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 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'); //
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. For more info, contact Ewen Gilchrist (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');
A retreat looking at spiritual aspects of the ancient Celtic tradition, and what we can learn from those who went before us. Led by John Bell.
John Bell leads workshops on songs for Lent & Easter and Rediscovering the Psalms. To book a place, call Ruxley Church office Tues-Fri 9-11.30am (020 8394 1081) or Anne & Brian Cockram (020 8397 5809). Cost includes ploughman's lunch.
10am morning worship at Ruxley Church will be followed by an afternoon Big Sing, part of the 'Celebrating the Church's Song' weekend in Epsom.
In this retreat we will reflect on what fed the spirituality of this incarnate, rooted saviour in the hope that we might find some clues as to how we can nourish ours. Led by John Bell.
A wee living room gig for justice & peace. Paul Baker Hernandez is an indefatigable peace and justice activist, who wields his beautiful self-crafted guitar, songs and stories in order to protest against harmful activities of corporate and international interests and war and to campaign for oppressed peoples and the planet. The life of this
The first public manifestation, during our ’The Gap’ year, when we’ve been engaging with local congregations to explore creative liturgy and faithful practice. Join us and the good folks of the g.r.A.c.c.e. parish grouping (Cranhill, Garthamlock and Ruchazie congregations) in Glasgow’s east end, for a liturgy exploring one of Jesus’ most famous stories, the
A 'Leap of Faith' service of celebration, hosted by MHA patron Pam Rhodes, exploring the role of our faith in the second half of life.
John Bell looks at a whole range of reasons why God's people sing, with song illustrations throughout the evening.
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.
Weewonderbox: A Pentecostal Launch - An open day to launch weewonderbox (our new events programme) and to introduce members, associates, friends and other interested folk to this programme and our new Base.
'An Evening of Pentateuchery' will be a relaxed affair - a wee soirée, with beverages and nibbles, plus ‘choice’ entertainment and diversions (music, sketches, spoken word, films & other nonsense).
Starting on Wednesday 1st of June, and running throughout the rest of the month of June 2016, weeWONDERBOX welcomes a weekly Iona Community Liturgy for yer delectation and devotion.
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.
Are you an ‘Undecided’? Not sure which way to vote in the EU Referendum? Leaning towards ‘Yes’ (Remain), or maybe towards ‘No’ (Leave), but there are some big issues that you are still not sure about? Interested in joining a respectful conversation? The Wild Goose Resource Group and Ian Milligan (Anabaptist Network) are offering an
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’.
Zabbaleen of Cairo – A personal journey to the margins in word, music and image with Christian Stejskal
This unique one-man performance is a colourful multi-media, personal journey by Christian Stejskal. After meeting Cairo’s “Zabbaleen” rubbish collectors while walking from Vienna to Axum Ethiopia, Christian spent 5 years taking photos and listening to their stories. This spoken-word and photographic recounting of their lives is accompanied by music on the violin.
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.
weeWONDERBOX: Missing Women - A search for sturdy females, with John L. Bell.
A 4 week series looking at the stories of women overlooked in the Biblical narrative.
An evening exploring mission and worship with John Bell, hosted by South Holderness Methodist Circuit.
John L. Bell presents an exploration of world music and its influence on the Western church.
Sunday morning adult education hour with John L. Bell.
Some people say that men are from Mars and women are from Venus - but how can we learn to live together on planet Earth? John L. Bell opens the ‘Pandora’s Box’ of the Bible to discover surprises, contradictions and enlightenment and to engage us in a conversation about gender and sexuality that’s less about
John L. Bell addresses a meeting of the Rutland Theological Society. If the Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan doesn't re-issue an updated version of The Times They Are a-Changin', people of faith should at least try to offer some lifelines to a society bewildered by Brexit, Trump, Immigrants and the Economy. Prophetic communities such as the
John L. Bell speaks at a meeting of 'Exploring Faith: Reimagining Church in the 21st-22nd Century'. This lecture has been arranged through the Montgomery Trust
Some see the Bible as a book of problems, others a book of answers; some can hardly scan a line without being reminded of the voice of their childhood priest or pastor; others never open it, but keep it handy just in case; and for some others, it is seen as a book which can best be opened
For many lay people in the West, the Bible is a book which needs to be opened by a priest or pastor... as if God only spoke to those who were ordained. Yet for most of human history and for most people in the world today, the Bible was not a book, but a family
Something old, something new, not much Christmas, but special attention to Advent and Epiphany. These are songs for everyone to sing, because they have been sung by all ages and stages, music readers and people who prefer reading knitting patterns. So everyone should come - knitters especially welcome.
An evening of light entertainment with John Bell. Seasonal Stories and Songs on the theme of Hidden Humour in Holy Scriptures. This event will be in aid of L'Arche. Refreshments provided.
Not simply a baby in arms and Saviour on the cross – this is the starting point for this retreat. The incarnation did not happen so that Jesus could die, nor was his death primarily a consequence of his birth despite the words of hymns and creeds. Jesus’ life, particularly his three-year ministry, showed us
John L. Bell will talk on The Love of God and Global Warming.
John L. Bell will talk on Keeping Faith in an Age of Consumerism.
In this residential retreat, John L. Bell will explore the challenges of scripture and contemporary experience.
URC Northern Synod Music Day, with John Bell. Session titles: Leadership by the Laity Limited or Limitless Resources? Colourful Congregational Song Songs for the Season Registration and refreshments from 9.30am £8 per person, payable on the day. Bring a packed lunch, drinks provided. Please register by contacting Alison Shiel in advance.
A workshop on understanding and managing change, led by John Bell. Organised by the local Anglican and Methodist Church Councils.
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