U2charist? Interesting!

[Bill Evans]

http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2010/04/frankenmuth_united_methodist_c.html

[James Diggs]

http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2010/04/frankenmuth_united_methodist_c.html

yea, I've always wanted to do one of these.

[Timothy Parker]

We had one recently at out church -- St. David's Episcopal Church in Austin Texas -- but I had to miss it. Heard great things about it though...

Also: a church member (and English professor at Baylor), Greg Garrett, has a recent book out on U2 and Christianity: We Get To Carry Each Other: The Gospel According to U2. I haven't read it yet but heard some of the presentations based on it and was impressed, and more importantly, moved.


peace and all good...
Timothy

[Gina Stevenson]

Sounds good, and I noted one song is "40" based on Psalm 40 ... from which one of "my" longtime verses is taken re music-writing: Psalm 40:3. ;)

[Bob Hunter]

Paige Blair is the one who put the U2charist on the map. Blair reports about St. George‟s Episcopal Church in New York where Blair and others designed a “U2charist” service that expresses the sacrament of the Lord‟s Supper in a new way. The U2charist service incorporated U2's music and lyrical content into the liturgy, they held the service, and were pleasantly surprised by the response. The sanctuary at St. George filled to capacity, and two thirds were first time visitors. U2charist celebrations spread to other churches, dioceses, and denominations. As of 2008, over 20,000 people have attended a U2charist celebration. The U2charist stimulated new interest in the Lord‟s Supper as a transformational means among those new to the faith. It might be something Nazarenes could implement assuming you have a demographic that would respond to the music genre of U2. If folks are listening to Gaithers then I would STRONGLY advise against it.


Jonathan Clark, “Postmodernism and Sacramentalism,” in Fresh Expressions in the
Sacramental Tradition, ed. Steven Croft (Norwich, UK: Canterbury, 2008), 100-112

[John Kennedy]

Noticed you're posting about St.David's. Visited there several times years ago. Beautiful old church in downtown Austin.

[Timothy Parker]

Noticed you're posting about St.David's. Visited there several times years ago. Beautiful old church in downtown Austin.

Yes -- St. David's is our parish church. And the downtown location and long-standing commitment to remain downtown is a large part of what brought us there. Many solid ministries among the downtown population... but also, historically, the parish decided to remain when that was very much against the trend and most congregations were moving to the suburbs. Instead, St. David's decided to stay put, and has grown significantly since then, has had to build to accommodate such growth, and of course also to deal with all the related challenges of a downtown location. It all adds up to a vibrant and alive parish community that is open and welcoming to all.

If you -- or any other NazNetters -- are ever in Austin, you would be more than welcome to visit.