9 lessons + carols

advent ‘08

looking forward to the upcoming advent focus at hOME…

Rene Padilla evening at House244

Following a successful evening with Tom Sine last month House244 is hosting an evening with Rene Padilla entitled ‘The local church as an agent of transformation’. Places are limited so email to reserve a place. Further info here.

blah… in Oxford

Reimagining Community

Reimagining community – with Tom Sine*
An evening to explore community in conversation with Tom Sine, author of The New Conspirators and founding member of Mustard Seed House
7.45pm | Thurs 25th Sept
244 Iffley Road | Oxford
Space is limited – to reserve a place email house244@gmail.com
hosted by the community at House 244
* Please note that the main [...]

Rene Padilla in the UK

The CMS Crowther Centre regularly welcomes experienced mission thinkers and practitioners to help reflection and learning… and one of the things the community house we are part of will be doing is hosting these thinkers – known as the missiologist in residence…
The first such missiologist to join us will be Rene Padilla (‘South American [...]

re:mixing our approach

The recent blah…, subverting the empire, with Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmat looking at their book Colossians Re:mixed, was a good day…
Mark Berry gives a good summary of the day… which really followed the flow of the book, which I’ve mentioned before.
The morning sessions helpfully explored Colossians in the contexts of Israel (The Jewish [...]

Living as an ordinary radical?… A dialogue with Shane Claiborne

Faithworks, Livability Community Mission and Tearfund are hosting a free discussion evening with Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution (which i’ve just read and will post about soon) and co-founder of The Simple Way community in Philadelphia.
The event is at 7:30pm on Wednesday 30 April 2008 at Church.co.uk, 1a [...]

Journey to justice – action tip

Ten years ago the global debt crisis campaign was thrust into the mainstream as thousands of people formed a big human chain in Birmingham – ten years on and the the anniversary is being marked to:

CELEBRATE ten years since the Birmingham human chain
DISCOVER the impact of debt cancellation so far
DEMAND a lasting solution to the [...]

Brain Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat visiting CMS

I’ve mentioned Colossians Re:mixed before – it’s a great book. The authors Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat are visiting the UK in June – and CMS are organising three events with them.
You need to book a place – costs £20/£15 with lunch – more info and booking online at the following:
Manchester June 5 Birmingham June [...]