Posted by: Mark Fletcher | December 7, 2009

Carols by Candlelight

Our two most popular services of the year are coming up in the run up to christmas. Our Carols by candlelight are beautiful traditional carol services, old favourites, choral numbers, mulled wine and  an uplifting message.

This amazing image of the Lights of Bethlehem was taken by Mathieu Soete (Belgium).
Posted by: Mark Fletcher | December 2, 2009

Advent 2009


Once again this year we are marking the season of Advent with a series of reflections, day by day we will take turns sharing a thought, and image or a prayer as we travel through this time of preparation together. You can follow them here

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | October 17, 2009

Church on the Corner Photography Prize 2009

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22nd and 23rd October

Taking a picture makes us look at the things around us in a different way; seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary, or capturing the essence of a beautiful place. Have you had a moment where you’ve lifted your eyes up from the daily grind and captured a unique or surprising image? Enter your photographs exploring the theme ‘I lift my eyes up’ to be displayed in a gallery at Church on the Corner on 22nd and 23rd October

First Prize: £250, plus have your photo framed up to the value of £100 at ‘The Only Place for Pictures’

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photography entry form

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | October 11, 2009

Church Weekend Away


ironbridge_shropshire_thomas_telfordThis Weekend we are heading out to the wilds (of shropshire) for a weekend away together. Time to think & pray, to hang out with old friends and meet new ones. To eat, rest and play. These are always fantastic events. Don’t miss it. If you have booked in see you there, if not talk to Bee and book your place.

Our Speaker is a friend of mine called Mark Berry. Find his blog here, and more about the theme of the weekend here.

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | October 1, 2009

The Age of Stupid

age-of-stupid2We are doing a screening of The Age of Stupid at All Saints Church in the Parish. Find out more here

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | September 24, 2009

48 Hours of prayer

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This weekend we are taking some time out with God as church. We will be praying for 48 hours, and you are invited to participate.  The chapel will be filled with a mix of solo and group prayer, in all sorts of different styles and forms. You will be able to follow the event here.
Update: The weekend was amazing, and the Chapel looked beautiful. Toms pictures can be found here

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Posted by: Mark Fletcher | September 6, 2009

Creativity Workshops

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In this Autumn’s series of Saturday workshops, we will be exploring ‘creativity’. You will re-discover a sense of play through simple improvisation and writing exercises. And in the process have a lot of laughs and gain a fresh perspective on your own creative journey.

When: Saturdays, 2pm – 5pm (19th September, 3rd October, 10th October, 31st October)
Where: Church on the Corner
Who: Anyone! (You don’t need to come to all four, as each one is a stand alone session)

And finally, what people have said about previous Saturday afternoon workshops.
“I can’t encourage you enough to take part in one of these workshops. It may be the start of a whole new chapter in your life!”
“The laughter and freedom you experience is wondeful and as a non-creative person (my own label) I have
been amazed at what I have produced!”

Email Rebecca for more information or to book your place: rebecca.mackenzie@gmail.com

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | September 6, 2009

Making Life Work

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We are quite excited about our homegroup series this Autumn, on the book of proverbs. Our homegroups meet all across Islington, and involve eating together, discussion, bible and prayer. They are the main place that community happens at church, and the best way to get stuck in to COTC. You can find out more here.

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | September 6, 2009

New Parish Website

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Our links with our local parish have always been important to our identity, but we have been working hard to strengthen them over the last few years. There is always a danger for a church like COTC that it exists in a rather virtual world, and it is our commitment to belong in this place that keeps our feet (literally) on the ground. Our commitment to the morning service at St Andrews, and the Bemerton Soul project on our local estate are part of this. Also we now have a Parish website at www.barnsburyparish.com which is an expression of our unity and a place where parish wide projects can be publicised.

Why not drop in, comment on the articles, and be part of that online expression of our local community.

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | September 1, 2009

Greenbelt 2009 – Decelerate

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Welcome to everyone visiting after seeing us at Greenbelt. Great to meet so many of you there.

Here is the set list, and resources for you to use. It would be great to know about places where you use them!

1) Our starting point was this terrible Samsung advert called Patience is not a virtue

2) Our rebuttal of the ad; Impatience is not a virtue

3) Camille’s monologue – The best things come to those who wait (Mp3 Audio)

4) Luggage Tags

5)  Demotivational posters

6) Mark’s reflection ‘How did we get here’ (Mp3)

7)Decelerate liturgy (PDF)

And finally Toms pictures of the service can be found here.

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | July 16, 2009

Christianity in the Digital Space


I spent the last few days at a symposium at St John’s in the beautiful city of Durham. It was a gathering of christians working in the digital environment, and it was a fascinating gathering of people.

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Posted by: Mark Fletcher | May 8, 2009

Football Tournament

Another amazing London Churches Football Tournament at Hyde Park. COTC host this every year, along with Ambassadors in Sport to raise money for local football ministry and 60 odd churches from across London and beyond compete. A Titanic effort from everyone at church to make it happen, and from the four teams we put out (perhaps Titanic is an unfortunate adjective!)

Tom C took some fantastic pictures of the day (that boy has talent). You can find them here.

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | April 12, 2009

Change

We made this video in honour of James and Katherine’s wedding. G E N I U S!

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Posted by: Mark Fletcher | April 9, 2009

Holy Week 2009

Easter Services

Maundy Thursday 9th April
The last Supper. Communion Service at All Saints church 7.45pm
Good Friday
Service of Shadows 7.45pm at COTC
Easter Sunday Celebration.
10.30am at St Andrews
No Sunday evening service at COTC this week. Back as usual on 19th April
Posted by: Mark Fletcher | February 24, 2009

Lent 2009 – 40 Days

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This Lent at COTC we are committing ourselves to reading the whole New Testament in 40 days. 

Traditionally lent has been a time for reflection, self-sacrifice, rededication and self denial. I was challenged by my own sermon on Sunday evening about our failure to really open ourselves up to the Bible, to let it shape and challenge our thinking, stir our hearts and infuse our lives. 

So who is up for a challenge this Lent? 

Instead of giving up chocolate again how about doing something really positive, and join us in reading through the whole New Testament in 40 Days? It will take some serious commitment – 3 or 4 chapters twice a day. But what a great thing to do whether it is for the first time, or once again.

“The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two edged sword…”

We will be reflecting on the process together, and holding each other accountable so that it doesn’t fade out half way through. You can sign up, download the reading plan and follow the reflections on our new ‘40 days’ blog here.
Posted by: Mark Fletcher | January 15, 2009

Home

 

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Rebecca Mackenzie is our new Artist in Residence. She will be encouraging the many creative gifts at church, and her first project is called Home.

The project involves daily writing, reflecting on the theme of home, and everyone is welcome to participate. You can find out more here.

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | December 15, 2008

Christmas Carols

We had both our Christmas Lunch and the first of our carol services this week. Both very lovely. Well done to Bee, Jon and Anna for their amazing work cooking christmas Dinner for 70 people, and to Sam and the corner voices, and thank you to everyone who pitched in for this mammoth sunday. You can find pictures here

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | December 6, 2008

Christmas at COTC

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What’s on at COTC and in the Parish this Christmas. Download the full size version here.
UPDATE The Christmas tree is here!

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | December 3, 2008

Be part of the action

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This is a great piece of work. I spotted it on the BBC website, it is an oil painting by Andrew Gad for the Church Advertising network who were responsible for The revolution begins.  Instead of the traditional nativity scene it imagines Jesus born in a London bus shelter. Not only provocative, it is beautiful too.

I have used it for our carol service invitation, so if you want to send it to friends or workmates you can download it here.

Posted by: Mark Fletcher | December 3, 2008

Advent Prayers

Lovely to see so many of you at our Advent prayer meeting. 

I particularly appreciated some of the responses to our ‘Advent Hope’ section, where we imagined we were writing a card telling the story of someone we had met, someone who was in need in one way or another and who needed to see the kingdom of God come in their life, even if they couldn’t articulate it. We used them as a basis for our prayers, but so many of them were so good that I want to put them up in Church. This was a good one.

“My hope this Christmas is that my children don’t end up like me. I pray that they will escape from the life that I live, that the lessons they learn at school will be their passport out of this. I pray that they will never have to experience the feeling of not being able to pay the rent or buy food for their famly. This is what I hope.”

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