Blogs - Emerging Scotland

Tony Campolo's challenge

On wednesday I went along to Findlay memorial church Glasgow to hear Tony Campolo speak on behalf of Singpost International http://www.signpost-international.org/main.php ,but truth be told he was speaking on behalf of the poor.His passion for what God is doing around the world touched me and challenged me.I always feel my spirit disturbed when I hear the kind of stories Tony shared. And while I agree that the poor of the third world need all the help we can give my passion remains here in Glas… Continue

Added by Billy Queen on June 19, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Graham Cray on Fresh Expressions at General Assembly

Graham Cray's excellent presentation on Fresh Expressions is online at the Church of Scotland webite. It's well worth a look. Continue

Added by Stewart on May 27, 2009 at 9:45pm — No Comments

MP's and Bankers

So now its the turn of those honourable members of parliament. Voted for by us paid for by us the tax payers.Watching them and reading about them this week has made me think about whether or not God might be involved in this whole thing behind the scenes. Is it him who is now revealing to us the results of our culture of greed.Has he decided that enough is enough and opened the door so we can all see what our country has become.I don't stand in judgement of any MP or banker who have reached out… Continue

Added by Billy Queen on May 15, 2009 at 9:23am — 4 Comments

cafechurch UK Network

I attended an information afternoon hosted by the great people over at www.cafechurch.net and held in Costa Coffee in Pollockshaw, Glasgow. The cafechurch team describe themselves as "coffee with a conscience. It’s the fresh expression of community on the high street. It brings communities into the relaxed café atmosphere of Costa Coffee, Gloria Jean's Coffees (and other coffee shops) to deal with issues from a faith perspective." I went with others from m… Continue

Added by Daniel Rous on April 30, 2009 at 11:00pm — 7 Comments

Protestant reforming and emerging church...

The history of Protestantism is littered with division and conflict. Reformation of what has already been reformed. Schisms of schisms. Battles over whose truth is truer and whose understanding of scripture is most enlightened. The legacy of these truth wars can be seen in the countless Protestant descriptive labels/denominations. Here are but a few as they occur to me; Lutherans, Wesleyans, Reformed Weslyans, Methodists, Free Methodists, Primative Methodists, Baptists, Southern Baptists, R… Continue

Added by Chris Goan on April 30, 2009 at 9:12pm — 1 Comment

Emerging Scotland open house weekend- Dunoon.

A great weekend! Thanks to all those who came- great to meet new friends, and to hook up again with others. For those of you who had to pull out at the last moment- you were missed and I hope that there will be other chances to get together. Great too to have a house full of folk-… Continue

Added by Chris Goan on March 29, 2009 at 9:34pm — 1 Comment

Mapping Stuff

It would be great to get a sense of what's out there, what's going on, who with and what it looks like. So, please, don't be shy! Share your story in the stories of hope and innovation discussion thread. You never know who's just around the corner from you... or who might have some help and advice. Continue

Added by Stewart on March 19, 2009 at 4:50pm — No Comments

Scottish Network Conference

This years Scottish Network Conference takes place at Bishopbriggs community church on the 27th and 28th of March with Wes Sutton as the guest.If you are intrested you can book in by contacting them at network@bishopcc.org.uk if you do go along remember and say hello. Continue

Added by bill queen on March 13, 2009 at 10:27am — 3 Comments

Tulloch NET

I work full-time as Community Development Officer for Tulloch NET, a new charity in Perth which seeks to offer practical help and spiritual support to folk in Tulloch, a mixed council /private housing scheme on the NW edge of Perth. We aim to reach the neediest in the community--those struggling with addiction, debt, broken relationships, criminal record, loneliness, poverty, etc. Our hope ultimately is to create a Fresh Expression of local church, ie. a new community of Christians with no denom… Continue

Added by Richard William Higginbottom on March 12, 2009 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

Maturing out, not emerging from

This is going to be an awkward attempt at where I think Im going to. I was raised catholic in Glasgow and there I truly learned that I had no respect for either the catholic or protestant denominations. That was until one day I casually said a prayer to 'placate' a friend of mine. This conversion experience has followed me over the last 25 years. In that time Ive found myself being more wounded within 'church' than I have in the 'world'. What it did do was force me more into looking at scripture… Continue

Added by alistair mackinnon on March 9, 2009 at 2:37am — 8 Comments

That familiar question- what is emerging???

Like many others, I have been participating in the emerging church ‘conversation’ for a few years now. It has been wonderful. It has transformed the way I think about and understand faith, and brought me again to a deep love of Jesus and all he calls us to. It has brought m… Continue

Added by Chris Goan on February 28, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Christian Aid Lent Pilgrimage

Looking for a spiritual forcus through Lent? Join Christian Aid's virtual Lent Pilgrimage to Jerusalem with daily prayer, thinking points and action. What are you giving up or starting up for Lent? Continue

Added by Stewart on February 25, 2009 at 11:59am — 2 Comments

Friendship and on-line communication...

Hi folks- This is a cross post from my blog 'this fragile tent', which concerns an issue that is pretty hot at the moment- namely the place of on-line social networking as a form of community. This seems particularly relevant to us as Christians trying to understand how to live as agents of the Kingdom of God in present day Scotland. I would welcome your thoughts- particularly at the beginning of this new thing...… Continue

Added by Chris Goan on February 22, 2009 at 1:30pm — 5 Comments

Reply To This in Discussions

Just wee tip for the discussions boards. You'll notice there are 2 'reply to this' things at the bottom of each discussion. If you click the bottom one it doesn't include the text of the last post too so if you're replying in the general flow of the discussion then that's the one you want. You can of course reply to individual points by clicking the 'repy to this' after any post which will then include that post below yours. I hope that makes some kind of sense??? Continue

Added by Stewart on February 22, 2009 at 9:05am — No Comments

What IS emerging church?

An often debated question, and I'm not lookinng for the definitive answer. It seems to me that there is some confusion between 'fresh expressions' which to me is about new ways of worshiping and tampering with our model of church and 'emerging church' which in my head describes completely new ways of being church which may have grown out of and draw from the existing church. Am I way off? What do you think we're talking about? Continue

Added by Stewart on February 18, 2009 at 5:21pm — 15 Comments

Emerging Church in Glasgow

The Word on the Street came from a vision to plant a new type of church in a place that was very non-threatening for non-Christians. This vision started about three of years ago, before I had even heard of emerging Church!! The vision was to have church on the street, in a very open and accessible place, a place where people could feel comfoprtable. We decided that shop front was what we wanted. We felt that we should sell secon-hand books of all genres as well as some new Christian books. This… Continue

Added by Alan Hamilton-Messer on February 18, 2009 at 4:50pm — 1 Comment

Welcome to Emerging Scotland

Hi! Welcome to this online space where we hope to further the conversation around emerging church here in Scotland. That will only happen if you contribute. This won't be a site where a few experts tell us all what's happening. We want to hear your thoughts and stories, your experiences and observations. We'd like that convesation to be as wide as possible so please invite your friends! If you're new to Ning, the tool that powers this site, then there are lots of ways you can contribute: You… Continue

Added by Stewart on February 18, 2009 at 9:27am — 2 Comments

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