HeartEdge is about sharing, connecting, growing support and developing - finding new ways of being at the heart on the edge.
27th November 2020
'Living God’s Future Now’ is the HeartEdge online festival of theology, ideas and practice.
We’re developing this in response to the pandemic and our changing world. The church is changing too, and - as we improvise and experiment - we can learn and support each other.
This is 'Living God’s Future Now’ - talks, workshops and discussion - hosted by HeartEdge. Created to equip, encourage and energise churches - from leaders to volunteers and enquirers - at the heart and on the edge.
27th November 2020
'Living God’s Future Now’ is our mini online festival of theology, ideas and practice.
We’ve developed this in response to the pandemic and our changing world. The church is changing too, and - as we improvise and experiment - we can learn and support each other.
This is 'Living God’s Future Now’ - talks, workshops and discussion - hosted by HeartEdge. Created to equip, encourage and energise churches - from leaders to volunteers and enquirers - at the heart and on the edge.
25th November 2020
The CEEP Network and HeartEdge have begun collaborating on a series of transatlantic conversations on key issues for churches in the UK and US.
Al Barrett, Ruth Harley and Sharon Prentis and guests explore an 'alternative economy' for the Church's life and mission, which begins with transformative encounters with neighbours and strangers at the edges of our churches, our neighbourhoods, and our imaginations.
Friday 16 October, 14:00-15.30 (BST), zoom - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-interrupted-tickets-122749871169. Session 1 with Anthony Reddie and Lynne Cullens on 'Fault lines in society and Church'.
Thursday 22 October, 15:30-17.00 (BST), zoom - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-interrupted-2-with-guli-francis-dehqani-robb-sutherland-tickets-124970968531. Session 2 with Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani and Robb Sutherland on ‘Missional Economies & Institutional Anxieties.
Thursday 5 November, 16:30 GMT, zoom - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-interrupted-3-reimagining-the-churchs-mission-from-the-outside-in-tickets-126246301085. Session 3: 'Jesus, Interrupted' with Augustine Tanner-Ihm and Dr Jennifer Harvey. In this session we'll be exploring some gospel encounters between Jesus and his 'others', how they shape our imaginations of the church-in-mission, and where in those stories we recognize our own experiences of being gifts and challenges to others, and receiving gifts and challenges from others.
Monday 9 November, 15:30-17:00 (GMT), zoom meeting - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-interrupted-4-life-at-the-edges-tickets-127004372497. Session 4 ‘Life at the edges’ with Paul Wright and Clare McLean and Sahra Farah (two of the Street Connecting team at Hodge Hill).
Monday 16 November, 16:30-18:00 (GMT), zoom meeting - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/being-interrupted-5-what-would-the-roman-centurion-do-tickets-127016398467. Session 5 ‘What would the Roman centurian do …?’ with Azariah France-Williams and Rachel Mann.
Monday 23 November, 16:30 (GMT), zoom meeting. Session6 ‘Resurrection from the compost heap’ with guests (tbc).
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HeartEdge is offering three weekly online workshops - a Biblical Studies class, Sermon Preparation workshop and a Community of Practitioners meeting - involving Revd Sally Hitchiner, Revd Dr Sam Wells and Revd Dr Simon Woodman which may be of interest to church practitioners.
'Living God’s Future Now' describes a series of online seminars, discussions and presentations hosted by HeartEdge. They are designed to equip, encourage and energise church leaders, laypeople and enquirers alike, in areas such as preaching, growing a church, shifting online, deepening spirituality in a congregation and responding to social need.
Congregations developing open, hospitable, welcoming approaches to day-to-day communal life, liturgy and worship.
We think it’s possible to be a church without being defensive or closed-minded. The Holy Spirit works as much beyond the church as within it - we look for God at work and join in.
God wants us to live before death as well as after.
HeartEdge is about deepening and widening the congregation.
Engaging local need and addressing social justice.
We do unbelievable things when we start with our assets rather than deficits.
It’s possible to be compassionate with those excluded or in trouble, in a way that enhances community.
Care comes not from altruism but recognition of our own need, and desire to be transformed by the strangers God sends us.
Visual and performing art and ideas, re-imagining the Christian narrative for the present moment.
Exploring new avenues of arts from expand and encourage new cultures within church and the community.
Commercial activity generating finance, creatively extending and enhancing mission.
We think it is possible to have commercial activities available within Church that demonstrates a wider understanding of the Faith.
By allowing our assets - likes buildings and facilities - to broaden and appeal to a larger market we remain at the centre of our community, valued and considered by all.
Day-to-day communal life, liturgy and worship
Congregations developing open, hospitable, welcoming approaches to day-to-day communal life, liturgy and worship.
We think it’s possible to be a church without being defensive or closed-minded. The Holy Spirit works as much beyond the church as within it - we look for God at work and join in.
God wants us to live before death as well as after.
HeartEdge is about deepening and widening the congregation.
Partnering with others in forming relationships, releasing the gifts of strangers
Engaging local need and addressing social justice.
We do unbelievable things when we start with our assets rather than deficits.
It’s possible to be compassionate with those excluded or in trouble, in a way that enhances community.
Care comes not from altruism but recognition of our own need, and desire to be transformed by the strangers God sends us.
Re-imagining the Christian narrative for the present
Visual and performing art and ideas, re-imagining the Christian narrative for the present moment.
Exploring new avenues of arts from expand and encourage new cultures within church and the community.
Finding income streams to achieve financial sustainability and grow flourishing programmes
Commercial activity generating finance, creatively extending and enhancing mission.
We think it is possible to have commercial activities available within Church that demonstrates a wider understanding of the Faith.
By allowing our assets - likes buildings and facilities - to broaden and appeal to a larger market we remain at the centre of our community, valued and considered by all.
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Find those with lived experience relevant to your situation. Learn from other stories and grow solidarity.
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