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10000 New Churches? Wye Brooks Group LECTIONARY READINGS 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Update for 11th July Psalm 24 Ephesians 1:3-14 Trinity 6—GREEN Mark 6:14-29 appearance may One worry is that if we do not be there at all. encourage new style churches, that will lead to a sidelining of older, Unsurprisingly more traditional believers, but the 10000 New there are a lot of truth is that more traditional murmurings—that it churches are likely to get fewer and is just an attempt to fewer anyway because they don’t dismantle the attract anyone. The hard thing for us parish system, or a to accept is not just that most Churches? cost cutting people don’t like tradition and exercise. And formality, but that they can’t grow where on earth are A year or so ago we were told that as Christians when it’s imposed on we doing to get all those new the Church of England is making them. Think about David fighting leaders with sufficient education and radical plans to establish up to Goliath (1 Samuel 17). He was training to be able to lead the new 10000 new churches and offered the traditional armour, but churches? communities in this country within found it impossible to wear and be the next ten years. The proposals In the background is the Fresh effective. will be debated at General Synod, Expressions movement and also the But other people really can’t imagine which is this weekend. The initiative, new churches: New Wine and so on, a church without traditional called Myriad, is described in a Many traditional believers find the language, or without a fully report to Synod called Simpler, new churches threatening. Their sacramental life and dignified liturgy Humbler, Bolder, and the aim is "a demonstrative, emotional non-rigid - things that are in essence cultural revitalised parish system within worship and demanding sermons features. To those people, a church which new and inherited are not what we are used to. without historical liturgical worshipping communities flourish credentials isn’t church at all. The together. intention may I suppose be to care It's all about arresting decline. The for these churches until they shrink Church of England, once the to nothing. mainstay of the nation, has been I think we must consider what are contracting for the best part of 100 the essentials. For me it’s the years, and In the ten years to 2019 Christian gospel—offer of salvation it shrank by another 15-20%. and abundant life in Christ and then Thinking about our own churches, But their informal style and the encouragement to holy Christ the average age of members is emphasis on whole life discipleship centred worship and behaviour. To about 70 and getting higher, and are a good recipe for attracting me, if we are not culturally crucially, there is no-one younger children, young people and families, accessible, gospel centred and coming in. encouraging a much more active, evangelical we might as well close. committed, mission minded faith, So it’s exciting news that we are and they are better placed to We have yet to see the detail, of trying to do something about it. But communicate with a our more course and the truth may be much just hang on a minute. There is informal, technology and media better or much worse than we hope already a shortage of clergy and driven society. Moreover, because or fear. But surely in a nation which 10000 new churches seems an they are likely to emphasise is forgetting its Christian heritage, impossible dream. conversion and a new, abundant and moving further from Christian The answer is that these new Christ centred life there is a very faith every day, we must go for it. communities may not have vicars. clear distinction between faith and We have to take every opportunity They may be lay led under the not-faith, which is easier to work to include Christian practice the supervision of a vicar. And they may with. It is these churches which majority can access from within not meet in religious buildings but in have a much greater chance of their own culture. homes or halls. Worship, it is said, survival and growth, in my opinion. will still be fundamentally Imitating them may be a good sacramental, but that solid CofE move. poor and vulnerable people to whom the church folk were ministering in their spare time. And yet she had never been invited to speak in church about her work, even though she probably spent more time with the poor and vulnerable than anyone else in the congregation. This church did actually have provision for invited people to speak in small groups, but this drew attention to an issue of who speaks. If it’s only church HOW TO GROW YOUR CHURCH leaders then the temptation in the Remember that for several weeks I’ll be bringing congregation is to see only that which you snippets from Neil Hudson’s book Imagining is done by its officials or leaders as authentic ministry. The valuable roles Church. The clear message is that growth is a that all active Christians end up SPIRITUAL ISSUE which can only be solved getting ignored. spiritually. He writes... The church leaders took up the challenge and soon there was a much A story from a Manchester Church wider range of people being asked to They are an average sized church with speak. a consistent, active, generous and fruitful ministry. They give away Ben writes plenty of money each year to agencies In the evangelical world certainly, and others, there working with the poor, and they is something of a tradition of congregations being minister to the poor themselves too. able to look at how God is working in people’s lives At a gathering of leaders I was asking through personal testimony, people telling their about the heroes of the church and own story. Our lives and faith can be enriched by about who was most likely to be listening to others describe how their Christian faith invited to share what God was going. works out in practice. Those leaders thought that for them it was those who were working with the poor. It would be good, perhaps, to find some space for personal testimony in the services regularly, so that At the meeting was a doctor, there we gradually learn how God is at work among us as only because she was married to one of a Christian community. What do you think? By all the church leaders. Her job brought her into contact with some of the same means feed back. QUIZ—SO YOU THINK YOU QUIZ Things you might find in a church. KNOW YOUR CHURCH BUILDING Things you might find in a church. A. The upper slab of an altar Match the item below to the description opposite. B. A small alcove on the north side of the altar where the reserved sacrament is kept. 1. PISCINA C. A small linen square covering the chalice 2. QUARREL D. Small stone basin set in a church wall near 3. MENSA the altar 4. PALL E. One of the points projecting from the 5. CUSP underside of a trefoil arch. 6. AUMBRY F. A diamond shaped piece of glass fitted by Answers given next week. lead into a window NEWS THIS WEEK COMING UP FACE MASKS AND SINGING 11 July Marstow 10.00 So, very soon the wearing of masks will be voluntary, 18 July Llangrove 10.00 (poss HC) and the strong expectation is that congregational hymn 25 July Goodrich 10.00 (lay led) singing will be allowed. It hasn’t been spelt out yet, but 1 Aug Welsh Newton 10.00 expect some new in the next few days. 8 Aug Llangarron 10.00 The current plan is for more services from HEREFORD CATHEDRAL - NEW DEAN Sept, and including one Holy Communion per It was announced this week that the new Dean of week, but it depends on the Covid situation. Hereford Cathedral is Reverend Canon Sarah Brown. She is the first woman to hold the post in the SUNDAY 18th AT LLANGROVE Cathedral’s history. Currently Canon Missioner at Peterborough Cathedral, she came to faith in a rural church and for her, this post ticks all the right boxes. If Benefice service at 10am you want to get to know her a bit, have a look at this With optional act of Holy Communion YouTube conversation between her and Bishop Richard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uO4IzTZqIA GENERAL SYNOD RULES FOR CHURCH EVENTS The General Synod is meeting this weekend (Friday to Services (including baptisms) Tuesday). If you want to take a peek at what they are doing, just Google Church of England General Synod July Inside. 2021 • Numbers limited only by social distancing guidelines - go alone or in a group of up to six. SAME SEX MARRIAGE AND THE METHODIST • Masks to be worn. CHURCH • Singing is illegal (at least for another week) Within the last couple of weeks the Methodist Church • Refreshments CAN be served afterwards, inside or outside. See https://www.churchofengland.org/ has voted to allow same sex marriage, and by a big sites/default/files/2021-06/COVID%2019% majority. It’s the largest UK Christian denomination to 20advice%20on%20conducting%20public% do that. But it is allowing its ministers to exercise 20worship%20v3.5_0.pdf freedom of conscience and refuse to conduct same sex weddings. The Church of England is of course debating Outside the whole area of sex and sexuality and that will • Should we choose to have worship outside, we undoubtedly mean a General Synod vote on it within a can sing.
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