mpg10
| Sep ’10 |
| 17 |
| 7:00 pm |
morepraxis gathering 2010
MPG10:There’s one in all of us
Think, pray, play and meet with more of your tribe who long for a Christian spirituality that interconnects social action and theological reflection.
Been waiting for this? Good, so have we.
Where: Clifford Park Scouts camp site – Clifford Rd, Wonga Park VIC (Melways 24 J6)
45 mins from Melbourne
Online Rego here and facebook event to help spam the gathering here
Costs PP: $45 Cabin, $30 Camp, Food $25 Adult/$15 Kids, Day Pass $35, Dinner Pass $30
This is an All Play event – Come ready to share.
http://www.regonline.com/mpg10
You have been preparing all your life to lead a conversation on something – come prepared to engage that conversation but don’t stress on the preparation.
Last year the adventure course was popular, ultimate frisbee was fun, conversations went deep, reconstruction of missles into prayers was beautiful, games, craft and relaxing also went well.
‘lightning talks’ are back and are your 5minutes of fame to spark more conversations.
Last year we had some presentations on activist strategies, politics, ultimate frisbee as discipleship and sermons that suck to name a few. I understand that pacebene may even offer NVDA training excercises and games in the gaps. So get thinking about what you can share.
Also, there will be a space set aside for participants to propaganda/promote their group, cause, next action, t-shirt, study, book…. you get the idea. (byo for your promo space)
If you are at a junction where you need to think and chat about your vocation and the direction of your life with active, prayerful and wise mentors and co-travelers … there will be a bunch at MPG to bounce ideas with.
If you are a family that is interested in connecting social justice and spirituality then this gathering has space for your needs. The site is well equipped for free play and organised chaos
just registered for myself and holly, how goes the registrations for the gig?
Well we got another 8 over the last day or so…. hopefully we will get to 40-50. I like that size. Of course I like more too but there’s a great community feel in the fifties.
I would know more clearly if people actually used the online rego instead of saying ‘yep I am coming’ – I know I do this too but it is hard on catering peeps when about half the camp do it
So if your reading this and want to hang out with an amazing group of young adults, activist, elders of radical discipleship movement, intentional community types, coffee snobs, arty people, tech head, my kids, church leaders and play try to guess the wine wanker talk on the back of a bottle of red – then register already
I will come if you can fly me over..Looks really good Age. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Keegan… aren’t you overseas somewhere. Or is this a cunning plan for a flight home cause you’re stuck?
So back from MPG10. Run down in a nutshell =
Cool bunch; great conspiring; awesome ‘where the wild things are’ forrest alt worship installation by Daz; my clap sticks work well to keep time and remember country (and are loud as); Pace Bene did great NVDA and theology stuff; Chris and her wild walkers reflections were cool with Andy Goldsworthy type of art at the end (BTW my fav artist); Uncle Vince was in good form chatting about stuff and challenging racism; John Smith spoke on topic and gave good fuel to the conversations that followed; dinner catering by some asylum seekers was yummy; lightning talks led brilliantly by drew started great chats about council community development projects and the church, also liquid church got a run as did about face mobs, indigenous hospitality house and talisman saber; JJ got muddy and wet in Piranha pit of the adventure course; jungle speed and silliness rated high; plus more
Thanks to all who came, led bits, cooked, welcomed, cleaned up, supported it, donated wine to help offset costs and played with my kids. It does take our good will and actions to allow it so run so freely. Thank you. I think in ran easier for me this year than last due to this support.
Some have food
Some have none
God bless the revolution.
Amen!
What’s with the horrible devil picture at the top of the page??? This is an absolute insult to Christian culture and spirituality. I will inform the site moderators about the abuse of this website as this type of imagery is culturally inappropriate.
I am interested in hearing other peoples thoughts on this idea before I respond.
I got the email with the key points being that it is not respectful of Christian culture “it is heart breaking and promotes unethical values concerning how people are to view the nature of good and evil”
It’s really only a question of what do people want to promote – God or the opposition, i.e. the devil, God’s values and sentiments or those to the contrary.
AS FOR ME AND MY PEOPLE, WE’LL WORSHIP THE LORD!
Hi Siuyin
Firstly, I can see that images of devils are upsetting for you. Also you have rightly guessed that I do not hold your view on this issue.
I will explain why we used it…
The above image is of a ‘wild thing’ from the children’s book called ‘where the wild things are’. Not a devil.
Theologically speaking I believe the devil is biblically represented as serpent, a false an angel of light and a tempter. The horned red bloke with a pitched fork and all that horror movie stuff is a creation of popular culture as I understand it. Also, I think some people in the Christian faith spend to much time looking for the devil and not enough time following Jesus.
Anyway I have gone a bit off track, the book and the recent movie based on this book deals with some very interesting ideas…
That the pains and hurts we feel lead us to act out and become monster (wild things) and that maybe we need to look at the causes of pain in those that are behaving like monsters towards us.
Ideas around building kingdoms and creating community built on fear and exclusion or acceptance, gifts and inclusion.
The tag line of the movie was ‘inside all of us is…. fear, hope, adventure, a wild thing’
Also it covered themes like journey, storms, risking getting hurt to show love, loving someone so much that you want to ‘eat them up’ to not let them go and a constant love that you cannot be separated from.
I hope those ideas matched a few bible passages in your mind as it did in mine.
In relation to your comments about indigenous spirituality and that I do not take it seriously. I spoke with the local elder of where we met to think about ways to regularly recognise country at our gathering. Traditional clap sticks were used to gather the group for the next activity/food. Also, we had as our honoured guest and key speaker a NAIDOC Elder of the year and head of the Aboriginal and Islander Christian congress. He did not share your concerns over theme/images in fact the ideas and engagement with the book and movie was quite enjoyed.
While on this topic I do hope these and other congress friends do not read your comment under ‘the changing of the constitutional preamble of the Uniting church’. A preamble that recognises the painful history, the churches part and the place of indigenous spirituality in the UCA and Australia is a big deal. To suggest an image in a children’s book being used on a small website like this is even a speck on such important work for covenanting, reconciliation and human rights is offensive to me and worse disrespects the many uncles and aunties who have given decades of their lives to such work.
Finally, I see that the image and its removal is important to you and your understanding. I am not as concerned about keeping the image up and do not value winning an argument more than providing you with something you value.
So I will replace it with a ‘smiley’ not because I share you views or think you are right but just because I can.
Well, let me tell you this – you do not understand the immense respect God requires and you do not understand the misleading connotations such ugly imagery can give people – bad influences are subtle deceptions – I know what I am talking about because I have been down that road myself. You have no respect for indigenous people on the international scene because of your blatant lack of solidarity with someone who you really do not care to understand that much about at all. Those elders you talk of are your cronies – all that is is cronyism – a clique of pharisees who wanna get up on their high-horses and put down those who out of love come to cleanse and heal. Your attitude stinks of hypocrasy and so much for the attitude of the UCA complaints board about that! – I know well and truly what I am up against – spiritual warfare is real and Jesus Himself said that there will be those who will try to convince the world that they are representing Him, when in fact, they come as the enemy disguised. If you are unwilling to understand and become sensitive to the reality of pain and suffering caused by the cunningly clever deception of Western artistic exaggeration and popular culture’s obcession with things dark and destructive – reversing the idea of bad so that it is mis-represented as “good for you” and making wickedness look acceptable then I believe God has to put you in your place and show you where you are misled in order for you to have any ability to truly embrace Christ-centered compassion and love.
Good day to you Mr Adrian.
anyone know what month about face is going to be running?
Hey Keegan, why didn’t you just search for it?
http://morepraxis.org.au/about-face-2012-2/