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last week. Week 1. Week 2. 2. worship. Insert your text here. 3. This week’s theme . . . “Re-imagining church— Part 1: Community”. 4. Where do you belong?. 5. Where do you belong? Four different arenas where human beings can belong: Public space Social space Private space

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  1. last week Week 1 Week 2 2

  2. worship Insert your text here 3

  3. This week’s theme . . . “Re-imagining church— Part 1: Community” 4

  4. Where do you belong? 5

  5. Where do you belong? Four different arenas where human beings can belong: • Public space • Social space • Private space • Intimate space Edward T. Hall 6

  6. the search to belong… public space 7

  7. the search to belong… You want to be where everybody knows your name social space And they're always glad you came! 8

  8. the search to belong… personal space 9

  9. the search to belong… intimate space 10

  10. Where do you belong? 11

  11. 12

  12. the passive consumer ‘I want what I want’ + ‘Satisfy Me!’ = Passive consumer! 13

  13. the passive consumer • healthcare… • education… • policing… • public sector reform… 14

  14. satisfy me! 15

  15. satisfy me! • a demand to be ‘entertained’ • ‘Worship is a form of entertainment… If people are not entertained, they don’t feel they are participating.’ • a US pastor in The Washington Post 16

  16. satisfy me! 17

  17. satisfy me! co-responsibility, co-production and community 18

  18. satisfy me! ‘Satisfy Me’ ‘I want what I want’ ‘God loves Me’ ‘It’s My worship & My healing that counts’ 19

  19. me worship from: www.sermonspice.com 20

  20. consumer society has much we can celebrate 21

  21. but consumer society has a price tag ‘It privileges the affluent & well-off and excludes the poor. It has harmed the environment and championed choice at the expense of other, sometimes more important values. It can lead to hedonistic lifestyles that downplay moral obligations and appeal to the baser instincts.’ 22

  22. but consumer society has a price tag fresh expressions can be consumerist . . . . . . but can also nurture community 23

  23. community and those on the edge • a biblical theme • God is not just saving isolated individuals but building a new community • Restoring the image of God who is community • Jesus modeled an inclusive community—men & women, rich & poor, insiders & outsiders 24

  24. fresh expressions on the edge 25

  25. fresh expressions on the edge Listening Serving Building relationships Evangelism Worship 26

  26. ‘We’ve got a product but we’ve forgotten the person.’ Roy Searle - Northumbria Community 27

  27. Insert your text here pause for praise 28

  28. community …the sum of relationships a group of individuals has with one another or their common experience of sharing together 29

  29. community Your task in this group work is to rewrite Acts 2.42-47 into the opposite sense 30

  30. community They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. Acts 2:42-47 31

  31. feedback 32

  32. community They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. Acts 2:42-47 33

  33. description of the early church • not over organised • essentials only • not too centralised • God’s people getting on with it • others liked what they saw! 34

  34. description of the early church Personal and intimate belonging Social and public belonging 35

  35. I have come to feel that the primary reality of which we have to take account in seeking for a Christian impact on public life is the Christian congregation. How is it possible that the gospel should be credible, that people should come to believe that the power which has the last word in human affairs is represented by a man hanging on a cross? I am suggesting that the only answer, the only hermeneutic* of the gospel, is a congregation of men and women who believe it and live by it. Lesslie Newbigin * “Hermeneutics” is the study of interpretation. 36

  36. discuss • Where have you seen real community in a church? Tell a story. • What have you seen that builds strong relationships within the church community? • What have you seen that hinders strong relationships within the church community? 37

  37. ‘The church is the only society that exists for the sake of those who are not its members’ William Temple 38

  38. the kingdom of God is a party Tony Campolo 39

  39. Jesus presents us with a dream . . . not just a dream of more and better individual Christians standing like isolated statues in a museum. It is a dream of a community vibrant with life, pulsating with forgiveness, loud with celebration, fruitful in mission . . . A substantial city whose streets bustle with life, whose buildings echo with praise, a city aglow with the glory of community. Brian McLaren 40

  40. discuss • Public and social belonging • How can we provide opportunities for public belonging within our churches? • How can we provide opportunities for social belonging? • How can we listen to the needs and views of people in our local communities? 41

  41. worship and repentance 42

  42. John 15:12-17 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 43

  43. sung worship Insert your text here 44

  44. let us pray Lord, we are honoured that you call us your friends. For the lost, the unloved, the marginalised and the victimised For those in pain, sorrow & grief, Have mercy, Lord 45

  45. For those on the edge, not loved and cherished, Have mercy, Lord To those in our midst who are lonely and isolated, Have mercy, Lord 46

  46. Forgive us Lord when we have squandered opportunities to share your love. We mourn Lord, for the poverty of our own hearts that would ration out your love. Have mercy, Lord 47

  47. And we cry out to you Lord, for the many who are seeking you but take one look at us, the church and run a mile. Forgive us Lord when we want to settle for the status quo, to take the easy options. Have mercy, Lord 48

  48. This is your mission Lord, we’re in this together! 49

  49. Blessed are you King of the Universe who brings forth bread from the earth. You have given us your peace, and set a hunger in our hearts. 50

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