grace vox went really well last night… we set up a soapbox in a sound proof room. people were given timed tickets to go and make their great speech on something they were passionate about. the image of this was projected into the main space so we could see people throughout the evening on the soapbox though we couldn’t hear them. this was all part of thinking about what it means to speak out. the grace web site has been revamped. part of that is an archive section. so in the next week or so i’m sure we’ll add bits and pieces from the service to that. this image (click on it to see it larger) is a selection of stills of the great speeches. another crazy idea that came off…
(as a sidenote this image may shatter the myth that alternative worship is populated by a single age group of postmodern types – i reckon there are people in their tens, twenties, thirties, forties, fifties and sixties in this montage. grace is not a youth or young adult thing)
[update: i have added this as worship trick 81]
Sounds like a deep night and really creative service! Wish i coulda been there to experience it!
But does the picture perpetuate that alt.worship is mostly white males… speaking as one of the white males at grace last night 😉
or is it that the white males are the ones that get up and spout off when given a chance!!
i reckon there were as many women as men there but they didn’t take the opportunity!
jonny, thanks for sharing a glimpse of the gathering. very inspiring, indeed. my buddy gavin from gavoweb.blogs.com and i have our worship feast- prayer stations cd-rom project out and i want to send you a copy since one of the tracks that were chosen for it is “baker’s dozen” with your voice mixed into it.
email me your mailing address: stphransus@gmail.com and i’ll mail it out to you.
shalom,
jonathon
It was interesting how people were initially a little reluctant to sign up for this. But once it got started, I got the impression that there was a steady stream of people coming through. There’s maybe something there about needing time and encouragement to find our voices, and the importance of helping other people find theirs.
As for the white male predominance that Adam picked up on, it’s true that men are gobbier, but why didn’t more women come forward? Probably more to do with church and society in general rather than with Grace in particular. Are women less likely to feel the need to find their voice in public, or do they still feel silenced, even in our postmodern inclusive age?
Wow!! What a great and yet simple idea… as all the best things tend to be!!
Mmmmm, hoe do I add that to plans for this week…