HeartEdge Mailer - February 2022

HeartEdge is an international, ecumenical movement of churches shaped by pastoral ministry, fostering an appetite for compassionate, cultural and commercial opportunities.

We're about:

• Expanding the imagination of a church captivated by scarcity.
• Church being fully-alive, transforming church and society through commerce, culture, compassion and congregational life.

This month in our Mailer:

• HeartEdge Gathering - Manchester - 27 / 28 September
• Nomtombi Naomi Tutu on one South Africa and another, Sarah Rogers on Social Media, Pádraig Ó Tuama on story telling.
• Talking death and loss with Juliet Stephenson, also, community emergency, and using church as a space to grow food.
• Plus new book extract 'Abba Amma' by Nicola Slee.

Read the Mailer here. Sign up to receive it regularly here.

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Sixpence None The Richer - Melody Of You.

HeartEdge Update - January 2022

 

HeartEdge is an international, ecumenical movement of churches shaped by pastoral ministry, fostering an appetite for compassionate, cultural and commercial opportunities.

We're about:

• Expanding the imagination of a church captivated by scarcity.
• Church being fully-alive, transforming church and society through commerce, culture, compassion and congregational life.

In this month's Update (January 2022):

• Paula Gooder and Deborah Lewes on art and participation - plus Sarah Rogers on church and Heritage Trails.
• Jo Beacroft Mitchell on funding tactics and tips.
• Ched Myers on advocacy and Dave Andrews 'idiots guide'.
• Plus Credit Union's, 'Common Change', & 'Shared Enterprise Clubs'.
• And Victoria Turner on her new book and a generation of young people disillusioned with church, the meaning of 'woke', Christianity as a radical movement and breaking out from being boxed-in...

Read the January Update here.

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HeartEdge Mailer - December 2021

A blessed Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.

As we move out of Advent, here's a shorter email update to wish you a blessed Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

With Covid on the up and in the midst of Christmas plans being hastily remixed, we hope you stay safe and find joy and wonder rekindled by that first Nativity.

This month:

• Grace - a Christmas conversation about God, home and identity with Bev Thomas, Winnie Varghese and Azariah France-Williams.
• Sam Wells on weariness and finding the joy this Christmas.
• 'Print of Nails' - an extract from a new anthology looking to Holy Week with Steven Shakespeare on the Power of Healing.

Read the December Mailer here.

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Sufjan Stevens - O Come, O Come Emmanuel.

HeartEdge Mailer - November 2021

We're into Advent with all sorts of HeartEdge 4 C ideas and inspiration.

In this months HeartEdge Mailer:
Pioneering tactics, and being on the edge - with Jonny Baker, Fiona MacMillan, Sam Wells and Lorenzo Lebrija.
Miranda Threlfall-Holmes on checking your filters and lenses.
Plus, Porters Gate, and social media tactics with Sarah Rogers.
Dave Nicholson on maximising income via... your church carpark. The repair café.
And celebrating diversity with Out of the Box cards!
Plus what next - building on COP 26...
And Pádraig Ó Tuama on Advent in an extract from 'what were you arguing about along the way'.

Read the November Mailer here.

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The Call - Let The Day Begin.

HeartEdge Mailer - September 2021

The HeartEdge Mailer is a monthly seletion of new, ideas and resources focused on the 4 Cs.  

This month: Lots for churches doing commerce, deepening congregation, living compassion, developing cultural activities - all part of the mission... 

• Liturgy and Lent from Black Liturgies to Beyond the Breadline.
• Ideas from Mary Ann Sieghart, Harakati, and Cities of Sanctuary.
• Plans for post-Covid - Church as art gallery? Plus visual designs.
• Shift beyond the food bank with Dave Nicholson.
• Jo Beacroft-Mitchell on opportunities with HeartEdge.
• Plus, Jonny Baker on change tactics - an extract from his new book. 

Read the Mailer here - https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=3c49876c902f5b7ddcf73b9e3&id=5eefd48e00.

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Nickel Creek - Reasons Why.

HeartEdge Mailer - July/August 2021

The new HeartEdge mailer is out, with new book extracts galore (including Jarel Robinson-Brown and Sam Wells), plus the usual links to unexpected ideas, news and resources. Plus dates for August and September... 

Have a look ...
https://mailchi.mp/48720f51ba1f/heartedge-july-august-update

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King's X - Over My Head.

HeartEdge May Mailer

May HeartEdge Mailer is at the post. Usual mix of ideas, encouragement, plus this month - politics and preaching, 'Woke' church, plans for post-pandemic church, Greg Smith on flags, Val Barron on commercial, Sami Award on doing Palestinian theology - plus an extract from the new book by Carla Grosch Miller...

Have a rummage here.

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Natalie Bergman - Paint The Rain.

HeartEdge Mailer - April 2021

Check out April's great HeartEdge Mailer here - https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?u=3c49876c902f5b7ddcf73b9e3&id=5bffdc4a03. 

Lots of ideas, info, events and an extract from Martyn Percy's latest book.

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Prince - The Cross.

HeartEdge January Mailer

Click here for the January HeartEdge Mailer with ideas, resources, stories, connections and HeartEdge news. 

We are a global ecumenical movement:

• We are churches and organisations developing mission.
• We focus on commercial activity, congregations, culture and compassion.
• This is our monthly update.

Join. Subscribe. Back issues.

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The Welcome Wagon - Galatians 2.20.

HeartEdge Mailer - November

The HeartEdge Mailer for November is out with a focus on compassion. Also included are extracts from books by Sam Wells and Rachel Mann, plus offers, resources, news and events. 

What's not to like? Read it by clicking here.

More information about HeartEdge can be found at www.heartedge.org.

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Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields - Heaven-Haven.

HeartEdge Mailer - September

HeartEdge monthly mailer KLAXON! Includes pigeon murals, usual smorgasbord of stories and resources, PLUS an extract from and 10% off discount for the new book by Barbara Brown-Taylor.

Read it here.

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The Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure.

HeartEdge Mailer - July 2020

The latest HeartEdge Mailer (July 2020) has dropped. Summer reading with web resources, ideas and updates on HeartEdge events... including an extract from Andrew Graystone's fab new book 'Faith, Hope and Mischief - Tiny Acts of Rebellion'. 

Have a gander here - https://mailchi.mp/d57167a01a9c/heartedge-news-resources-and-ideas?fbclid=IwAR2j6R6tD9-0nhnF4HCi2ITXzSKE2sxdYRzBgaS1Igu7IZ-tveh3PWARNeU.

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Tenebrae Choir - Versa est in luctum.

HeartEdge June Mailer

The latest HeartEdge Mailer is out. "The Mailer... is a monthly smorgasbord of ideas, focused around HeartEdge 4C's."

Get the mailer here. Get back issues here.

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Duke Ellington - Freedom.

HeartEdge May Mailer

This month's HeartEdge Mailer has:

Liturgy in a Dangerous Time, Sekai Makoni on faith in the arts, Barbara Brown-Taylor on finding God in other faiths, Carla Grosch-Miller on faith, grief and loss.

Anna Rowlands on living in a time out of shape, John McKnight on Asset Based Community Development, Eve Poole on Universal Basic Income.

Plus fundraising, crowdfunding and citizens assemblies... in a pandemic.

Lots on our online festival of ideas - Living God's Future Now.

And Ellen Loudon and an extract from '12 Rules for Christian Activists'.

Read it here.

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Young Disciples - Apparently Nothin'.

HeartEdge April Mailer

This week the latest HeartEdge Mailer has been published crammed full of ideas and information relating to the 4Cs. It includes:

• Bryony Taylor on tips and tactics for online church, Maggi Dawn on lockdown, Cormac Russell on Covid-19 and community engagement, a benediction from Jane Manfredi and Sherry Maddock on going deeper.
• Amsterdam on a holistic 'donut' response, the challenge of managing a business in the pandemic with 'Clean for Good'. And phone trees!
• 'High Profile' interviews including Patti Smith, all the Greenbelt talks since 2001 and Arvo Pärt. Also, three brilliant short films to share. And free cards to share via 'Out-of-the-Box'
• Plus an extract from Harvey Kwiyani's excellent new book 'Multicultural Kingdom: Ethnic Diversity, Mission and the Church'.

The Mailer can be found here.

Just missing our deadline for inclusion was an important article by Naomi Jacobs in yesterday's Church Times entitled 'Disabled People say welcome to our world'. Maybe now churches will listen to people with disabilities about inclusive ministry, Naomi suggests.

The work that Fiona Macmillan leads at St Martin-in-the-Fields in partnership with Inclusive Church is described.

After lockdown, Naomi will be leading research for HeartEdge into the 4Cs - compassion, culture, commerce, congregation.

Most of all, though, what is described and discussed in this article are approaches and attitudes in the Church, as a whole, that need to change.

Naomi's article can be read here.

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The Staple Singers - We'll Get Over.

HeartEdge update & events

We had a great day yesterday at the HeartEdge Deepening Spirituality day with the London Centre for Spiritual Direction.

We experienced different approaches to deepening the spirituality of congregations and individuals with: Nigel Rooms, Partnership for Missional Church UK, CMS; Richard Carter, Associate Vicar for Mission, St Martin-in-the-Fields; and Antonia Lynn, Community Warden and Referrals Coordinator, LCSD. A wide range of approaches were shared through presentations, interactive exercises, table talks and workshops. Lots of people came and there was lots of interest. Also, lots of wisdom in the room and lots of insights shared.

Upcoming events from HeartEdge and our partners include:

• Greyfriars church, Edinburgh are 400 years young! At that age you'll be celebrating and they are. Visit here for details from their minister Richard Frazer and a year long programme of celebrations.
• 11th February, Urban Spirituality: Looking at living out your faith in a city: 7:30-9:30pm St Thomas Derby. Do Christians need to retreat to country to find God? Explore living out your Christian faith in a city environment with Simon Cartwright and the St Thomas' community. Book here.
• 12 February, 10:00 – 3:30pm, East of England HeartEdge Day, St Peter Mancroft: Exploring mission, sharing ideas, uncovering solutions and finding support, this is an ecumenical day with Sam Wells and guests. Book here.
• 12th February 2020 from 6.30 - 7.30 pm, My Spirit Sang All Day, St Peter Mancroft, Hay Hill, Norwich NR2 1QQ. A Choral Concert with singers from St Peter Mancroft and St-Martin-in-the-Fields. Tallis - Gjeilo - Ireland - Finzi. St Peter Mancroft Choral Scholars & St Martin's Voices. Jody James - Conductor. Andrew Earis - Conductor. Free - Retiring Collection. More information here.
• 19 March, 2.00-4.30pm ‘Inspired to Follow: Art & the Bible Story’ Mission Model workshop, St Martin-in-the-Fields. An opportunity to experience one of the sessions of ‘Inspired to Follow’ and to learn how to make the most of the resource. Free to HeartEdge partners, £10 for others. Book here.
• 1 April 2020, Liverpool HeartEdge Day: Exploring mission, sharing ideas, uncovering solutions and finding support, this is an ecumenical day with Sam Wells and guests. Book here.
• 29 April. West Cornwall HeartEdge Day: Details to follow!
• May 18 - 20 San Antonio - Texas. Faith+Finance: Reimagining God’s Economy is a new gathering with a bias for action. We are bringing together pastors and impact investors, theologians and social entrepreneurs to respond with courage and imagination to the most urgent and demanding economic, social, environmental, and spiritual challenges of our day.
• 19 May, 10.00am – 3.30pm, Wessex HeartEdge Day: Christchurch Priory. Exploring mission, sharing ideas, uncovering solutions and finding support, this is an ecumenical day with Sam Wells and guests. Book here.
• 21 -22 September - London: HeartEdge Annual Gathering - an exciting smorgasbord of theology, ideas and 'how-to' plus curry, catching up, sharing stories and making connections. Make a weekend of it - from Sunday evening's Sacred Space to Wednesday visiting projects. Save the date - more details next time.

This month the HeartEdge mailer includes:

• Kelly Brown Douglas on befriending the outcast. St Isidore Episcopal church on food pantries, plus 'how to' set up a 'Soft Play' project.
• Walter Brueggemann and Kenyatta Gilbert on economics and Marilyn Robinson on Trump and the battle for good and evil.
• Sarah Cave and Rupert Loydell on poetry, Plus Barbara Glasson on inter-faith, and politics and preaching with Doug Gay.

Plus Lucy Winkett writes on looking back, making plans and avoiding the dead eye in the 2020s.

Click here to read the January Mailer.

HeartEdge are hiring - we have an exciting 6-month research and development project, that might be just right for you. Interested? Details plus the application pack here.

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Arcade Fire - Neon Bible.

HeartEdge Mailer - January 2020

This month the HeartEdge mailer includes:

• Kelly Brown Douglas on befriending the outcast. St Isidore Episcopal church on food pantries, plus 'how to' set up a 'Soft Play' project.
• Walter Brueggemann and Kenyatta Gilbert on economics and Marilyn Robinson on Trump and the battle for good and evil.
• Sarah Cave and Rupert Loydell on poetry, Plus Barbara Glasson on inter-faith, and politics and preaching with Doug Gay.
• Plus Lucy Winkett writes on looking back, making plans and avoiding the dead eye in the 2020s.

Click here to read the January Mailer. More about HeartEdge at https://heartedge.org/. 

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Arvo Pärt - De Profundis.

HeartEdge Mailer | December 2019

HeartEdge is an international ecumenical movement initiated by St Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

• We are churches and other organisations developing mission.
• We focus on 4 wide-ranging areas - commercial activity, compassion, cultural engagement and congregational development.

The mailer is our monthly compilation of stories, web links and original writing, related to our 4 key areas.

This month:

• A focus on intentional communities and new monastic communities
• Banksy at Christmas in Birmingham,, plus how to curate art in churches
• Martin Laird on silence and spirituality and Hannah Malcolm on realism and Sami Award on being light in dark times.
• 'Grandad's Front Room' plus Social enterprise tips, and social investment - leveraging in funding from repayable finance
• Plus Jess Foster learning from the Little Town of Bethlehem.

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Emmylou Harris - All My Tears Be Washed Away.

HeartEdge Mailer | November 2019

HeartEdge Mailer | November 2019

Initiated by St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, HeartEdge is an international ecumenical movement.

• We are churches and other organisations developing mission.
• Our practice is focused on 4 areas - commercial activity, congregational development, cultural engagement and compassion.

Each month we email stories and web links related to developing commercial activity, congregations, cultural engagement and compassion.

This month:

• Hannah Malcolm on hope, Liz Delafield on good society and Val Barren on enterprise - and young and olds sing a new song via Mesadorm.
• Setting up a community shop in church, plus living with a church building, how church can become a community hub plus - activism and Franciscan spirituality.
• Loads of Christmas ideas for congregations, plus community chaplaincy.
• An extract from 'The City is my Monastery: A Contemporary Rule of Life' by Richard Carter.

Read the Mailer here.

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Gungor - Brother Moon.

HeartEdge Mailer | October 2019

HeartEdge is an international ecumenical movement.

• We are churches and other organisations growing commercial and cultural activity, compassionate response to need and congregational life.
• We are sharing, connecting, finding support and developing, at the heart and on the edge.
• Churches join, identify gaps in their resource and find new ways of being.
• We focus on 4 areas - commercial activity, congregations, cultural engagement and compassion.

Join us! Details here.

Each month we collect and email stories and ideas, related to our focus: commercial activity, congregations, cultural engagement and compassion. Useful, inspiring, practical - it's a resource.

This month:

• Ken Robinson on compassion, Miranda Threlfall-Holmes on St Margaret of Antioch, Katherine Venn on direct action and Brian McLaren on preaching.
• Putting a community shop and Post Office in your church, tips on using video and setting up a music venue, and art when no-one is watching.
• Winter night shelters, Russell Brand plus the Beyoncé Mass.
• Plus Jonathan Evens updates on the development of HeartEdge.

Read the October Mailer here.

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Brittany Howard - 13th Century Metal.