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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Re-Use
Over the next few months in Sanctus we thought that it'd be good to do a bit of recycling! Sanctus is a fairly transient community of people and so there are many services that the current community has never experienced. So we thought that we'd look through our back-cataloge and re-use some! The service will be looked at, tweeked and redelivered by today's community. But we have so many to choose from! So look through the list and see if there is one that tickles your fancy and help make it happen again... 1. Dekhomi - The Welcoming Place - A service exploring God's welcome 2. A Time for Everything - A Service based on Ecclesiastes 3. 3 - The Trinity 4. 40 - Lent 5. Chance - Randomness of Faith 6. Covenant - God's promises to us 7. Credo – A service exploring belief 8. Detox – Detoxing our lives 9. Discipleship - What does it mean to follow Jesus? 10.Elemental – Fire 11.Elemental – Water 12.Going Higher – Ascension 13.High on Hope 14.Identity 15.Life Giver – Service on Mary 16.Magic Number 17.Mirror Mirror - Reflections on God 18.Pilgrimage 19.Prophetic Politics 20.Sanctum - First ever S1 service! 21.Soteriology - Understanding Salvation 22.Urban Faith 23.Urban Harvest 24.Welcome Home? The Prodigal Son 25.World Service 26.The Man in Black - Service based on Jonny Cash 27.No Place like Home - Service around alice in wonderland 28.Solstice – Midsummer service 29.Gift 30.Sancduko 31.Sanctus Speed dating And add any more that I've not included...
posted by Ben @ 1:45 PM
Thursday, June 18, 2009
"Best Of Manchester Notions"?
 I only wish that this was one of ours... Rather neat I thought. Labels: art, city, culture
posted by LauraHD @ 9:55 AM
Monday, June 15, 2009
Walking on...
Neat web site that a mate directed me to last night - Walk It, the urban walking route planner. For 14 cities/ towns in the UK, you can enter two postcodes or locations and it'll calculate the shortest/ quickest (or "less busy" if you select) route to walk from and to, as well as telling you the carbon saving. Get walking! Labels: city, walk, web
posted by LauraHD @ 9:50 AM
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Sacred Trinity in the ManCon spotlight
Nice piece by Manchester Confidential about Sacred Trinity and the "Very Cool Rev" (TM) Andy Salmon... Labels: church
posted by LauraHD @ 1:07 PM
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Stunned silence | Not in my name
It's been oh so quiet round here. And now I'm not sure what there is to say, other than I know we have to take seriously the need to engage with those who did vote BNP. It's too easy to judge and demonise them. At least they bothered to use their vote; obviously I'd really rather they'd not used it to vote for the BNP, but that's where the serious and sustained engagement is needed. In the meantime, those of having to live under Nick Griffin's "representation", can at least say (with Hope Not Hate) not in my name. Labels: news, politics
posted by LauraHD @ 3:21 PM
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Manchester 10K
 A group from Sanctus1 took part in the Great Manchester 10k run today to raise money for Christian Aid. We had a range of times - and a range of dampness as some of us were only half-way through when we were subjected to 40 minutes of Manchester's finest hardcore rain - but I think everyone felt a real sense of achievement, both for completing it in one piece and for raising the money. Well done team! Same again next year?
posted by rach @ 7:09 PM
Thursday, May 14, 2009
M.E.P. and Total Denial
The award winning film Total Denial (www.totaldenialfilm.com) is being shown on Tuesday 19 May, 7-9.30pm at AMC Cinema, 253 Deansgate. It is followed by the chance to question MEP candidates ahead of June’s European elections about corporate accountability and climate change Total Denial is the story of a historic lawsuit - fifteen villagers from the jungles of Burma bringing their case against a giant oil corporation concerning the abuse of human-rights in a story of the struggle for justice. Come and support their inspiring example, find out what you can do, and question your potential MEPs on how they will work for justice around the world. Please book by emailing totaldenialfilm@gmail.com
posted by Ben @ 1:38 PM
The TED commandments
If you've never seen a TED video, you've been missing out big time! Put down the remote control, and go to http://www.ted.com/ to watch some of the most inspiring and engaging presentations you will ever see. Apparently, each TED speaker gets sent a tablet of stone with the following 10 presentation guidelines engraved on it. There has to be a Sanctus equivalent surely, or at the very least a carcking service idea in here? 1. Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick. 2. Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before. 3. Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion. 4. Thou Shalt Tell a Story. 5. Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers forthe Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy. 6. Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thyFailure as well as thy Success. 7. Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desperate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness. 8. Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good. 9. Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech. 10. Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee.
posted by LauraHD @ 11:41 AM
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Hooray!
Looks like Manchester's going to get new and improved public transport despite saying no to the congestion charge. Everyone's a winner!
posted by rach @ 12:55 PM
Monday, May 11, 2009
Hunger and thirst
Service: "hunger and thirst" Wed 13 May, 7.30pm Nexus Art Cafe, Manchester Labels: nexus, sanctus1, service
posted by LauraHD @ 9:27 AM
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
No ID?
Has anyone worked out the local resistance to the ID card trial yet?
posted by LauraHD @ 9:26 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The Movie Mass
Tonight in Sanctus1 the service is called 'The Movie Mass'. The service will be almost entirely led by film clips with different films leading us through different stages of the service. There will be a a film led call to worship, confession and absolution, reflection on 'the word', time of sharing bread and wine, prayers and finally a blessing... Join us tonight at 7:30 for Coffee and 7:45 to start in Nexus.
posted by Ben @ 9:24 AM
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Transfigurations' with Peterson Toscano.
I just got an email telling me about this event - sounds fascinating, any going to go? Transfigurations', with Peterson Toscano. Tuesday 19 May 2009 8pm. Taurus Bar, 1 Canal Street, Manchester, M1 3HE Tickets £5 (+£0.95 booking fee per order) or phone 0870 428 0785. Trans Bible Characters??? You betcha! In this one-person play, theatrical performance activist Peterson Toscano unearths transgender Bible characters, those people who do not fit in the gender binary, and who in transgressing and transcending gender, find themselves at the centre of some of the Bible's most important stories. After the interval, Peterson will share excerpts from other plays including The Re-Education of George W. Bush, Queer 101-Now I Know my gAy,B,Cs, and Doin' Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House.With stories from the road, new material, and always a few surprises, Peterson shares his own story of trying to 'de-gay' himself and the process he took to integrate his sexuality with all parts of his life. Peterson Toscano is a gay US-based theatrical performance activist and comic actor who travels internationally with original one-person shows that address transgender, bisexual, lesbian, gay and queer concerns as well as issues of race, gender, environment and faith. He spoke at the 2008 Lambeth Conference and has been featured in the Times, BBC World Service, the New Statesman, The New York Times, People Magazine, Logo Channel, PBS and the Tyra Banks Show.
posted by Ben @ 6:23 PM
"What've I missed?"
Fame and fortune!Erm, well, sort of maybe a bit of kudos and a smidge of the former...
posted by LauraHD @ 8:52 AM
Friday, April 17, 2009
The F word
On the spot on Wednesday night, our group named a few female icons and inspiring women... It's amazing what your brain mulling something over, and the input of a few mates, can do in 36 hours, isn't it? Abigail Witchells Amelia Earheart Ang San Su Chi Angela Merkell Anita Roddick Ann Begg Annie Oakley Billie Holiday Boadicea Camilla Batmanghelidjh Charlotte Bronte Debbi Harry Delia Smith Dorothy Day Eleanor Rosevelt Ellen McArthur Emily Bronte Emily Dickinson Emmeline Pankhurst Estelle Morris Esther (Bible) Eve (Bible) Fiona Castle Florence Nightingale Gee Walker Germaine Greer Helen Keller Ida Lupino Jacqueline Wilson Janet Street Porter Jennifer Beals Jo Brand Jo Whiley Joan of Arc Jocelyn Bell-Burnell Julian of Norwich Julie Walters Karen Brady Kate Bush Kate Winslett Kylie Madonna Margaret Atwood Margaret Thatcher Marie Curie Martha (Bible) Mary (Bible) Mary Seacole Michelle Obama Mother Teresa My mum My nan “myself” Nancy Rothwell Naomi (Bible) Patti Smith PJ Harvey Queen Elizabeth I Queen Margaret Queen Victoria Rachel Whiteread Rosa Parkes Ruth (Bible) Sam Taylor Wood Sheila Hancock Tamar (Genesis 38, Bible) Tanni Grey Thompson Virginia Woolf Vivien Westwood Winnie Mandela Labels: icons, inspiration, women
posted by LauraHD @ 10:20 AM
Sunday, April 12, 2009
The 40th Day
Well 40 days done...Thank goodness for that - It was a bit of a marathon! Final day points to resurrection.
posted by Ben @ 7:48 PM
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