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Curation is a term usually used in the art world for the role of
imagining and overseeing an exhibition or art experience. However
the word is now being adopted by people in alternative worship, as
it affords a very different and inventive way of thinking about how
to lead a service or praise event. Rather than simply presiding
over liturgy or fronting a band, curation involves negotiating
between institutions and artists and making do with what is to hand
to create something brilliant. The hope is that moments of epiphany
will be experienced as God is invited to be and breathe in the
space, and people make connections with their own lives and
stories. Curating Worship is in two parts. The first considers the
kind of thinking, skills and disciplines involved in good curation.
The second consists of in depth interviews, which tease out from
people who have curated amazing worship experiences around the
world, the ideas and theories behind their approaches and the
practical processes involved.
John Taylor's most famous book is a reminder that the Holy Spirit
urges us toward a communal humanity. Taylor's is a message
especially pertinent in an age of crushing multinational capitalism
and a rising tide of individual greed and fear of the Other. Based
on his Cadbury lectures delivered in 1967, The Go-Between God is
now considered one of the most important works ever written on the
Holy Spirit and mission. This edition contains a new foreword by
Jonny Baker.
Pioneering ministry sounds like something you do, something active,
even something driven. However, prayer and contemplation are at its
heart, paying attention to God, to the world and to oneself - a
kind of being that goes hand in hand with doing. Pioneering
requires a spirituality that will fuel a life lived beyond the
borders of the church. In this collection, a range of practitioners
explore the inner and outer dimensions of pioneering spirituality.
Offering many proven and innovative ideas, they explore what
resources, fuels and sustains a life of pioneering mission. What is
the spirituality in the UK's wider culture and how do we connect
with it appropriately? How might spiritual treasures such as the
Eucharist, prayer, pilgrimage, spiritual direction and community
rhythms of life be expressed to those with whom pioneers share
life? And how might communities of disciples grow and be formed in
this pioneering spirituality?
The impact that John V. Taylor had on our contemporary
understanding of mission is vast - his determination that mission
should mean engagement across cultural boundaries has deep
resonance today. In 'Imagining Mission with John V. Taylor',
leading missional thinkers Jonny Baker and Cathy Ross invite us
into a vision of church, mission and society which takes John
Taylor's ideas seriously, seeking to imagine what Taylor's insights
might mean for these three areas in our contemporary context. The
result is a clarion call to the church to take bigger risks and
dream bigger dreams.
Ordained pioneer ministry is a significant and growing presence in
the Church of England and the Methodist Church and in denominations
around the world. Here leading practitioners and theologians in the
pioneer movement including Doug Gay, Liz Sercombe, Beth Keith and
Gerald Arbuckle reflect on emerging trends, practices and the key
theological challenges of pioneer work, offering critical
reflection on emerging forms of mission and church in changing
social contexts. They explore how people experience transformation,
contextual engagement, dissent as a form of leadership, emerging
patterns of urban ministry, whether the language of sin and guilt
works today, assumptions about how pioneer ministry is learned, and
more.
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