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Archive for the Missional Grace Category


Mall Walking by Carol B.

For five years now I have been walking for exercise twice or more times a week in our local malls. I have been so wonderfully blessed in these walks these past five years to be given a greater goal than that of physical health. Although about 20 women at different times have alsked with me […]

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Unlimited Church

James Grier explains how the Unlimited youth church begins to be seen in a new light as it becomes a BMO. I was first appointed by the Diocese of Exeter to pioneer a youth church in the city and advise and encourage other expressions of youth church. Unlimited, which looks to reach young people who […]

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Surf’s up for Jesus Longboard Classic at Tubestation

Tubestation, the fresh expression of church on the beach at Polzeath, recently hosted the 5th Jesus Longboard Classic surfing competition. The Christian Surfers UK (CSUK) event in Cornwall attracted more than 70 competitors from across the country to compete in stunning conditions. A gentle offshore breeze and waves of three feet and over gave the […]

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Moot

The Moot monastic community (featured on expressions: the dvd – 2) offers hospitality and welcome in the heart of the City of London to ‘questers’ or ‘spiritual seekers’. Vanessa Elston, one of the community’s core team responsible for developing mission and evangelism, describes its work. Listen to Vanessa Elston and Ian Mobsby in the Fresh Expressions […]

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Visions and Transcendence

Sue Wallace reports on the development of Transcendence, an Ancient-Future mass in York Minster. Going to Transcendence has been compared to stepping into a medieval painting, bathed in light and moving images. It’s a place where you can sit on a cushion and watch the incense smoke curling through the projector beams, lighting up the […]

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Contemplative Fire

The vision and call of Contemplative Fire is revealed in the phrase ‘Creating a Community of Christ at the Edge’. Founded as a networked community by Revd Philip Roderick in the Diocese of Oxford in 2004, Contemplative Fire is now seeing all sorts of new things emerge. Philip explains more. We are a ‘Community of […]

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Rooftop Crisis

The church (especially in the west) is experiencing a major crisis.  This might me the end.  Or it could be an occassion for an awakening – an opportunity unlike anything the Christianity has seen in 1000 years.  Or it might mean both, really.  It really depend on how we respond.  How will you respond? Click this […]

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TranceFormation

The month of October at Patterson Avenue Baptist Church will feature a series of sermons based on Acts 10:1-11:18.  These sermons were inspired by my friend and British Evangelist Dennis Pethers and his “More to Life” training materials. This weeks sermon is titled TranceFormation and can be heard or downloaded when you click this link.

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What’s Happening In The Church

A church in my community recently fired its pastor.  It was a small number of folks who spearheaded the effort.  It’s a big church – or it was.  One hundred families have left that congregation since this action. Another congregation has lost significant numbers because a conflict between a Senior Pastor and his staff resulted […]

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Alive In Christ

Here is the sermon from Patterson Avenue Baptist, dated on July 31, based on Collossians 1 & 2, with special focus on 2:6-14. The though behind this sermon is simply this:  “We are not called to live for Christ.  It it so much better than this.  We are ALIVE IN CHRIST – and our lifestyles […]

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