Happening

Details of whats happening at Grace:

grace
big complex service
cafe afterwards
second saturday every month
8pm @ st. mary's church, st. mary's road, ealing w5

nov 12th / dec 10th /
jan 14th / feb 11th / mar 10th / apr 14th /
may 12th / jun 9th / jul 14th

gracelet
is taking a break until january

monthly planning meeting
once a month we get together to plan some stuff
if you'd like to join in do...

nov 21st / dec 19th
jan 23rd / feb 20th / mar 19th / apr 23rd
may 21st / jun 18th / jul 23rd

grace issues/ideas/decisions 08/09

this is a list of issues that have come up that need discussing or decisions making (in no particular order).

ongoing presence of grace/small group(s) - discussion ongoing - write your name here if you want this...

weekend away 5-7 june - small team required - ??

web site development - ??

e-mail filtering - jen to e-mail round suggestion of approach

art exhibition in ealing not in church space - jonny, dean

explore doing another grace album - jonny, mike, - matt to take lead role

collective singing revisited - sarah, ben

lent blog - time for a rest from it or not?

facilitation group - currently mike, jen and jonny. agreed to write up tasks involved and a process for change with one new person on and one off each year.

inclusive language - use a planning meeting to explore

follow up on hospitality challenges from discussion paper

serum ??

listening to/encouraging participation of non planning group members - dean

lent book/book group - mike - explore readings on gift/blessing

develop/identify re-useable elements from grace services so wheel is not continually re-invented -

grace planning in progress 08/09

the idea with this page is that any of us can edit/add names into the grid below to update the planning for the year

sept
grace - wounded in all the right places; curator jonny
gracelet - sue
social - sloe gin party - sarah's

oct
grace - contamination/holiness 1 - curator ben and dean
gracelet - jackie
social

nov
grace - contamination/holiness 2 - curator ben and dean
gracelet - gwen and lynda
social - adam and kathy host storytelling evening in pub

dec
grace - christmas - curator mike
gracelet - none
social - grace christmas party at richard and sue's sat 20 dec

jan
grace - breathing space tea ritual? sarah to enquire
gracelet - rebeccah
social - sarah's post christmas party

feb
grace - gift 1 - curator steve c
gracelet - ben
social - film on theme of gift 1

mar
grace - gift 2 - curator adam
gracelet - sarah
social - film on theme of gift 2

apr
grace - easter vigil leading into easter celebration - curator dean
gracelet - jenny
social - george and dragon to celebrate gill's course end 7:30pm onwards

may
grace - the greater silence - curator jonny
gracelet - steve c
social - jon hopkins album launch 26 may at dingwalls

jun
grace - labyrinth - curator jenny
gracelet - jackie
social - weekend away june 5-7 - richard/adam/mike
social - mike/gill party? 27 june

jul
grace - bbq and broken communion revisited from sept service - curator dean
gracelet - ben
social

small chill - grace weekend away 2009

Grace is planning a weekend away for the 5th-7th June. All are welcome to join us.

We are going to Home Farm which is near Stokenchurch on the M40 about 40 minutes from Ealing (by car). It is a small farm campsite on the edge of the Chilterns with views to the north west. There is the Crown Inn pub about 100m from the site that has B&B accomodation at £65 per night and serves local real ale directly from the cask.

Photos of the site:
Google Maps view of the site.
Views from the site and of the pub.

More Details can be found here