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SEPTEMBER 09

[STORY] SEPTEMBER 09
Ordained pioneer ministry in Rochester
ROB RYAN [UK]

"An Ordained Pioneer Minister starts out building a fresh expression in Rochester. On September 6th I was ordained in Rochester Cathedral. I have an elaborate job title of 'Pioneer Curate'. I am the curate on the staff of the cathedral and I am being trained in everything that a Church of England curate needs to be trained in - such as learning how to deacon at the Eucharist, process, preaching, funerals, baptisms and so on. For some Anglicans that would be normal stuff, but coming from my 'low church' background of St. Mark's Gillingham alongside around 14 years of working with Youth for Christ it was quite a culture shock."

[STORY] SEPTEMBER 09
Break down the walls: can we, the working class, have oor church back please?
PAUL THOMPSON
[UK]

"I used to love seeing masel as part of the emerging church until about 4 years ago. However, three things, began to crack and slowly dislodge my identification with all things emerging - in both church and the wider uk society, and propel me back out into scotland. The resulting relationship between me, christianity and the land around me here has changed beyond all recognition.. my faith, my trust has returned again, not just in God but in my roots; the estates I grew up with, the place itself, the land, the people; its colourful mix of natives and newcomers, industries, even creation itself - lost friends regained - all of it is my church now..."

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2007 : nov/dec 07 : october 07 : september 07 : aug 07 : july07 : june 07 : may 07 : april 07 : march 07 : february07 : january07

2006 : december 06 : november06 : october06 : september06 : august06 : june06 : may06 : april06 : march05 : february06 : january06 :

2005 : december05 : november05 : october05 : september05 (simple church) : august05 : july05 : june05 : may05 : april05 : march05 : february05 : january05 :

2004 : december04 : november04 (the 'all blog' issue) : october04 (the 'branding' issue) : september04 : august04 (the ipod bishop) : june04 : may04 : april04 : march04 (the 'downunder' issue) : february04 (mission-shaped church) : january04 :

2003 : december03 : november03 : october03 (launch issue)

[STORY] SEPTEMBER 09
A flurry of questions fired at...
BRIAN DRAPER [UK]

"Where are you at? - I’m on some kind of threshold. Liminal space. And I’m trying to work out whether this is the passage to some place new, or whether I have to get used to living on the threshold. We are, after all, caught between a world that is passing, and a world that is to come. Uncertainty rules."

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