New Christian Communities campfire gathering

Leading or birthing a new Christian community can be a joyous but also exhausting and isolating experience. This evening is an opportunity for you to spend quality time with the growing network of fellow pioneers following similar callings in other places across or affiliated to Sheffield Methodist District.

Join us around the campfire for an evening of story sharing, outdoor worship, learning and food.

Our hosts for the evening will be Nick Waterfield and the team from Parson Cross Initiative. They will share stories of their community food growing and other work across the Parson Cross estate.

Our guest speaker will be Adam Sanders, Mission Advisor to Birmingham Methodist District. Adam has been part of the formation of several pioneering expressions of church, including Street Banquet, Bread & Belief, Jazz Church and Inclusive Gathering Birmingham and is a member of the national Methodist steering group for the New Places for New People movement. Adam will introduce us to Spiral Dynamics: a powerful tool for understanding contrasting ways that people make sense of life and what this means for churches that aspire to relate to new people.

Plus plenty of time for you to share stories with familiar and new faces in a supportive environment. This event is for anyone who is involved in leading (in any capacity), or hoping to lead, a new Christian community. Not just the “person in charge”, if you have one.

Please register if you are coming, so we can plan the event and catering accordingly, and do invite other members of your team.

Arrive 6pm onwards for a 6:30pm start

Practical details: This is an outdoor event. The allotment is a short walk over uneven ground from onstreet parking. We have some shelter, but will relocate to nearby Mount Tabor chapel in the event of extreme weather. There are no toilet facilities on the allotment, but public toilets are available a short drive away.