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a spirit of WONDER imagining a church creatively immersed in contemporary culture art installations / conversations / seminars / Uniting College & Pilgrim Uniting Church / 8 - 12 March 2010 / jonny baker / cheryl lawrie / steve taylor / tim hein spirit culture community Monday 8 - Friday 12 March Rather than seeing a life-giving , spirituality as other-worldly, these Uniting College is partnering with Pilgrim Uniting sessions explore how we discover maybe in this and express our spirituality within Church to host a series of conversations, there is a glimpse of the kingdom contemporary culture, in our local interactive prayer installations, and seminars a foretaste, a hint, a promise. contexts. How might we as individuals let it hold you and let it send you and as the church respond to the exploring the connections between spirituality so you will never be at peace transforming activity of a God who is until all are fed deeply present in all of life? and creativity, and helping church leaders until all know home These events are sponsored by the engage imaginatively with contemporary culture. until all are free Uniting College for Leadership & until justice is done Theology in association with Pilgrim The program coincides with the Adelaide Fringe Festival until peace is the way Uniting Church and CitySoul. until grace is the law (19 Feb-14 March and follows on from WOMADelaide (5-8 March). Participants may register for the full until love is the rule program or for each day. Some until God’s realm comes sessions may be attended on an until God’s realm comes individual basis. See the registration until God’s realm comes… form for details. cheryl lawrie This program can be undertaken for Our prophets are often artists, poets credit towards an MMin through and musicians, opening windows to enrolment with the Adelaide College the sacred, exposing the frailty of of Divinity. being human, and envisioning a new For more information contact creation - a world being re-birthed Uniting College into wholeness. 34 Lipsett Tce, Brooklyn Park SA 5032 Tel: 08 8416 8420 Spirituality and imagination seem email:[email protected] inextricably linked, for faith and hope www.unitingcollege.org.au require openness to the unknown, leaps of intuition, and unlikely trust. Uniting College for Leadership & Theology is an agency of the Uniting Church in Australia, Presbytery & Synod of South Australia. Monday 8 March Spirituality & the Imagination [re]generate - Jonny Baker - Cheryl Lawrie 6.30-9.30pm, Hosted by Steve Taylor. 12.00-1.30pm, Pilgrim UC, 12 Flinders St Astor Hotel, Pulteney & Gilles Sts. This session is offered as a ‘public conversation’ in A pub conversation over a meal about the the city, discussing the importance of imagination and emerging church in the UK. Jonny will speak about intuition as ways that we uncover and engage with Grace, the Christian community which he helped territory of the soul. Cost: $10 start in London. Their imaginative worship has encouraged people around the world to express their own creativity. Grace is a small community Fostering Fresh Expressions of Church whose multi-sensory worship combines symbols - Jonny Baker and Tim Hein from present and past, and invites participation 2.00-5.30pm, CitySoul, 40 Waymouth St and conversation. They encourage artists and poets, use objects and symbols from everyday life, Jonny will speak from over a decade of experience in create media, and seek to drawn on the Christian the UK about ways in which churches and leaders are tradition and contemporary culture. birthing new forms of Christian community, both connected existing congregations and as new initiatives in mission. Tim will tell the story of initiating Cost: $10 plus meal & drinks. Main meals from CitySoul and share insights from local learnings about $10. Menu at www.theastor.com.au/menu.html starting ‘fresh expressions’ of church. Cost: $30 The Astor Hotel is at the corner of Gilles St and Pulteney St. The Landscape of Desire 7.30-9.30pm, Pilgrim UC, 12 Flinders St A multi-sensory, interactive art installation space Tuesday 9 March inviting an exploration of the soul, connecting with the great themes of life - hope, fear, doubt, wonder and Intuitive Leadership - Steve Taylor desire. Pilgrim Church will be transformed into spaces of visual art, multimedia, poetry, story, light and 10.30-11.30am, Pilgrim UC, 12 Flinders St landscape. Curated by Jonny Baker and Cheryl Steve will explore the nature of missional Lawrie. leadership in terms of imagination and creativity, ‘The Landscape of Desire’ is an Adelaide Fringe looking at how ministry leaders nurture the Festival event and runs 9 -12 March, 7.30-9.30 pm capacity for innovation and hopeful experimentation in themselves and others. and Thursday 11 March, 12.00-2.00pm at Pilgrim Cost: $10 Uniting Church. Free Admission. 15+: Parental guidance recommended for under 15s

photos by jonny baker Wednesday 10 March Thursday 11 March

Worship Beyond the Fringe Spirit & Culture - Steve Taylor (Creating Sacred Spaces in Public and Hidden Places) 10.30-11.30am, Pilgrim UC, 12 Flinders St - Cheryl Lawrie Throughout the New Testament, the Holy Spirit is the agent of mission, provoking 10.00 am-12.00 pm, Adelaide West Uniting Church, Sir Donald Bradman Drive, disciples to embody ad proclaim the goods news of Jesus Christ in many cultures and Brooklyn Park. Cost: $30 places. In what way is this grounding of the gospel in particular communities the work of Cheryl describes the ways in which she and others create opportunities for spiritual the Spirit in the everyday lives of Christians? How do we discern and respond to the reflection, prayer and worship in car parks, prisons, bushfire communities and other movement of the Spirit in the communities in which we live? Cost: $10 places. For chaplains and people in pastoral ministry. Cost: $30 Thursday continued Spirituality and Contemporary Culture Chapel Communion Service - Jonny Baker - Jonny Baker & Steve Taylor 12.00-1.30pm, Pilgrim UC, 12 Flinders St 12.15-1.15pm, Adelaide College of Divinity Chapel, Brooklyn Park. This session is offered as a ‘public conversation’ in the city, exploring the ways in which art and creativity in contemporary culture provide windows to the sacred, invite spiritual exploration and help us to see ourselves and the world in a new light. Cost: $10 Forming Pioneering Church Leadership - Jonny Baker 2.30-5.00pm, Adelaide West UC, Brooklyn Park Visit Adelaide Fringe Festival Evening. Participants are able to attend Fringe Festivals or exhibitions (at their own Jonny will speak about developments in the UK in identifying, equipping and placing expense). ordained and lay leaders who will pioneer new and creative expressions of church. For program information go to Jonny’s role with the Anglican Church Mission Society is to work on integrating such training in terms of practical experience and formal learning. This initiative arose from www.adelaidefringe.com.au the “Mission Shaped Church” report in the UK. The session will be of interest to anyone involved in recruiting and educating church leaders for the future. Cost: $30 Friday 12 March Citysoul ‘feast’ & conversation What is the Spirit saying to the Churches? - Tim Hein with Tim Hein 10.00-11.00 am, ACD Campus 6.00-9.30pm, CitySoul, 40 Waymouth St A reflection on the learnings of the week and challenge for the future. (Free admission) Visit CitySoul’s weekly meal & worship and talk afterwards with Pastor Tim Hein. Visit ‘Fringe’ Religious Art Exhibition CitySoul is a new young adult Christian community in the heart of Adelaide, founded 11.00 am, ACD Campus (Free admission) by Tim and a ministry team. This will be an opportunity to experience their worship and community life, followed by a discussion with Tim about leadership and mission Closing Worship with young adults. Cost: $5 for meal 11.30am-12.30pm, ACD Campus p jonny baker cheryl lawrie steve taylor tim hein

Jonny Baker works with the Cheryl Lawrie is Director of the Steve Taylor is a Baptist minister Tim Hein is Pastor of CitySoul, Anglican Church Mission Society Spirituality, Culture and Context from Christchurch, New Zealand. an inner-city church plant in (CMS) in the UK, developing Unit with the Uniting Church, He is the Director in Missiology at Adelaide. He is a strategic pioneering leadership for ‘fresh Synod of . Cheryl has Uniting College for Leadership & consultant with Capacity Builders expressions’ of church. He is also a worked within and beyond the Theology in Adelaide. Steve has and State Co-ordinator of Arrow writer, photographer and musician. church in exploring ways to craft been a church planter and led a Leadership Australia. Tim has As a member of the Grace ritual experiences that engage with traditional congregation through a ministry experience in a variety of community in Ealing, London, everyday themes of life - process of transformation, fostering contexts including a large Jonny has worked with others to bewilderment, fear, hope, fragility, a range of ‘fresh expressions’ of evangelical church, plus smaller create multi-sensory, interactive and temporality. She regularly writes church. Steve has a PhD in contexts including marginal cultures worship experiences that connect on spirituality for the Melbourne Age. Theology and has lectured at through St Martins in Melbourne Christian faith with everyday culture. Cheryl is a former youth and Laidlaw College (formerly BCNZ). under John Smith (God's Squad). Jonny is a prolific blogger at children’s worker with the Uniting Steve is the author of “The Out of He was previously on faculty at jonnybaker.blogs.com and regularly Church in both Victoria and SA. Bounds Church,” and is interested in Tabor College Victoria, and has been comments on the interfaces Her Master’s Degree in Education the interfaces between theology, involved in the missional church between gospel and culture. Jonny explored intuition as a valid form of culture and spirituality in everyday conversation for many years through has a Master’s Degree focusing on knowledge. Cheryl blogs at life. He blogs at Forge. Tim is a candidate for reclaiming the Labyrinth as a holdthisspace.org.au. www.emergentkiwi.org.nz. ordination in the Uniting Church, a contemporary spiritual practice. creative thinker and popular speaker throughout Australia. a spirit of wonder - registration form

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 Please add me to your mailing list for future events. Contact method preferred (circle one): REGULAR MAIL / EMAIL (Your information is collected and used in accordance with the Privacy Policy of the Uniting Church SA.) program attendance All prices are GST inclusive. monday thursday  [re]generate - Jonny Baker $10 (does not include meal)  Spirit & Culture - Steve Taylor $10 tuesday  Spirituality & Contemporary Culture - Jonny Baker $10  Intuitive Leadership - Steve Taylor $10  Spirituality & the Imagination - Cheryl Lawrie $10 friday  Fostering Fresh Expressions - Jonny Baker & Tim Hein $30  What is the Spirit saying to the Churches? - Tim Hein wednesday (Free admission)  Worship Beyond the Fringe - Cheryl Lawrie $30  Visit ‘Fringe’ Religious Art Exhibition (Free admission)  Forming Pioneering Church Leadership - Jonny Baker $30  CitySoul ‘Feast’ & Conversation - Tim Hein $5 (covers meal) REFUND POLICY: If you withdraw before 19 February you will Amount enclosed: $ ______(Make cheques payable to “Uniting College”) receive 75% refund. Withdrawal after 19 February - no refund.  I wish to pay by credit card. (We will phone you to take your credit card details.)