Guerrilla Worship #2 - Crosby Beach Labyrinth

Last Saturday we held our second "Guerrilla Worship" event.

This time we created a 32m square labyrinth drawn in the sands of Crosby Beach - among the 'Another Place' iron men. There were then a series of reflections based on our surroundings.

See http://www.dream.uk.net/index.php/guerrilla-worship2.html for details.

It was a really windy and cold day, so no 'passing trade' from visitors to the beach, but a hardcore of about fifty from the network braved the elements (well done you lot!).

It looked absolutely stunning though, and worked brilliantly as a prayer activity. Now that we've done it once, we're really keen to repeat the idea at short notice on a glorious hot day when I think we'd get a lot of interest from passers by.

For anyone reading this who has access to a local beach somewhere else, do have a go yourself, it's really simple and great fun. Took three of us ninety minutes (of fairly hard work!) to create.

Another idea we had for this event, was to invite participants to bring a camera and upload their photos to a communal photo gallery, so that anyone can create a slideshow using a soundtrack they like - there are a couple of video responses on Youtube.

The stations we used are on our resources section (http://tinyurl.com/crosbybeach), available to download.

Guerrilla Worship - Crosby Beach Labyrinth - 18/07/09

It's nearly three months since the L1 flashmob, so we're ready for some more Guerrilla Worship ... This time on the beach!
We're going to meet up and walk through a huge prayer labyrinth drawn in the sand at 'Another Place' with some creative reflections along the path.

We can't all start together, so come anytime between 12pm and 1pm - bring a picnic if you like.

It'd be great to get as many people there as possible. If you're coming along and are on Facebook, goto http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=93787491093, click 'attending' and share the link (share+), then invite your friends ... and invite your enemies!

Once again, we'll be posting a video on Youtube. This time, we want to encourage you to bring a camera - details on submitting the photos for inclusion in the video will be posted here.

If you'd like to feedback any thoughts on Guerrilla Worship (or fancy having a go yourself) we've set up a Facebook page ... go on - become a 'fan'(?) and share your ideas.

Guerrilla Worship video online

Our first Guerrilla Worship event last Saturday was really special.



You can check out the details and feedback via our Guerrilla Worship Flashmob page

Guerrilla Worship

Put today's date in your diary as the date when Dream Guerilla Worship was born

GW is dream on the streets ... dream in the market place ... dream 'flash mobs' ... random acts of worship.

Creative, intriguing, eye-catching, bite-sized chunks of what we all love within dream, done 'out there'.

We're using a Guerrilla Worship Facebook group to decide together what to do for our first event on Saturday April 4th.

We need your ideas, so come and join the conversation by clicking here.

two important dates

We have two important dates coming up.

7th Feb Retreat day. This is for anyone who's at all interested in exploring the rhythm of life.

We'll meet form 10am - 3pm at St Mary's Wavertree.

The day will include some 'input' interspersed with personal reflection. Coming along doesn't mean that you are committing to the Rhythm of Life, it means you are exploring that possibility for yourself.

Do please get in touch asap if you want to say any of the following...

-"I'm coming"

-"I don't quite understand what it's all about please explain x"

-"I'm coming and want to bring a child/children" (we're hoping to have some very limited places for a children's programme if there is demand)

-"I'm interested but can't make that date, can we do another time?"

-"I live far away but want to connect with the Rhythm of Life online"


26th April. 7.30pm. The first annual service at which those from across the Dream Network who are committing themselves to the rhythm of life for the year ahead do so and others in the network gather to support them.

rhythm of life

In early 2009, a number of people across the Dream network are planning to commit themselves to a shared 'Rhythm of Life'.

If you are in any way connected with Dream and would like to consider whether it might help you (or if you're just interested) you can read a short two page introduction here.

We're also going to work on a version for children.

We're planning to have a retreat day soon-ish for those who want to explore the idea further, so if you would like to be part of that, or have any feedback, please email me.

Richard

Dream Away Day - report back

Last Saturday around 30 adults and children from across the Dream network spent the day together. We explored what it means to go 'deeper' as individuals and as a community.

We then started the process of looking a the possibility of Dream offering a 'rhythm of life' which some of us withing the network might want to adopt.

For those who are interested in that process (whether you were there on the day or not), there is a word document with fairly detailled summaries of all we talked about. Be warned, it's 12 pages long, but this is likely to be a core area in the development of Dream in the months and probably years ahead, so if Dream is your spiritual 'home' (or one of them) then please take some time to read through it and give any feedback either in the comments here or by emailling me.

You can download the document by clicking here.

Thanks,

Richard
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