In our beloved Episcopal and Lutheran churches, COTA (Church of the Apostles) is often though of as 'different.' Meaning, our worship and way of being church is enough 'post box' that our tribes often do not know what to make of us, except to describe our events by saying 'this is really going to be different' or 'tonight evening prayer will be 'with a twist.' Like, 007 does evening prayer ! (rad).
Mostly this makes us chuckle... as we know we are loved by most of our kindred, even as we are 'different.'
In past yea
rs our RISE Easter Vigil has been in two broken down and underground rave venues, a start up arts center and a hip night club in Seattle. But for the past two years, it has been at our own Fremont Abbey building. In some ways RISE has become 'stirred'. It is still 'progressive,' but not as 'out there' as in the past (but i'm thinking up a new service that will be... so stay tuned).
Anyway, here is the flier for this years RISE: Easter Vigil. THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 7TH: 5 PM LITURGY, DINNER AND PARTY till midnight (Easter am).
Even though we are going 'stirred' this year, I'm stoked to know there is another Episcopal Mission in NYC (Trans:Mission) that is SHAKING THANGS UP for Easter (heck, the tomb and earth shook!, remember? ).
They are holding their celebration in a nightclub called Avalon (a former Episcopal church) so as my friend Stephanie Spellers commented on her communities' Crossings blog (yes, yet another 'different/emerging' sister Episcopal mission) 'Where else would Jesus go post tomb?', but to a shaken Easter par-tay!.
Read about it in the lower section of the linked page, beneath the 'Chocolate Passover' CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT EASTER THAT IS SHAKEN AT CLUB AVALON 'EPISCOPAL CHURCH.'
and read more HERE IN BELIEF NET
Audio from the Neighborhood Mission Learning Day with Brian McLaren and missional pastor friends in Seattle, is now available for purchase. The event had 200 participants from 14 different denominations coming to share wisdom and gain inspiration on being church in ways that matter in your local culture and zipcode.
