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September

2010-09-14T17:23:00.001+01:00

Posted a little late..

Sun 29th August: No Sanctus 1
Wed 1st September: An informal drink somewhere in town

Sun 5th September: Sideways: reflections on Greenbelt
Wed 8th September: Sideways: reflections on Greenbelt

Sun 12th September: t.b.c.
Wed 15th September: Bezzie McLeod- new Nexus exhibition

Sun 19th September: Bezzie McLeod- new Nexus exhibition
Wed 22nd September: t.b.c.

Sun 26th September: Jekyll & Hyde: concepts of God
Wed 29th September: Jekyll & Hyde: concepts of God

Not been for a while? Sanctus 1 meets every Sunday (10.30am) and Wednesday (7.30pm) at Nexus Art Cafe on Dale Street, Manchester. It is a Christian community with an emerging church tradition that explores faith in an urban cultural context. For more information, visit www.sanctus1.co.uk. Or email us: contact@sanctus1.co.uk.

Greenbelt

2010-08-20T20:36:00.002+01:00

It's that time of year and we're off to Greenbelt festival again.

Look out for us there!

Mindless?

2010-06-04T21:39:00.001+01:00

June stuff

2010-06-04T18:14:00.001+01:00

Sunday 6th and Wednesday 9th

A look at mental illness and well being

Sunday 13th and Wednesday 16th

Illness and God

Sunday 20th and Wednesday 23rd

Disability and God

Sunday 27th and Wednesday 30th

Sanctus Healing service

Bright club

2010-05-24T14:00:00.003+01:00

Have we just crossed the "God" barrier?

2010-05-20T23:13:00.002+01:00

I've heard of life being created with a lab, sperm and an egg, or the more traditional method of a guy and a girl who love each other very much, lots of candles, dinner, plenty of kissing and lots of squishy noises.

But THIS looks like something entirely new. Human beings "creating" life without the aid of sperm or an egg.

Have we just crossed the "God" barrier, and if so, what does it mean to us in a spiritual dimension.

...Lev

The Pale Blue Dot

2010-05-18T17:25:00.001+01:00

"Consider that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."

Carl Sagan.

The merry month of may

2010-05-13T18:56:00.004+01:00

Sunday 16th and Wednesday 19th

Objects amnesty - Bring in something that has meaning but you can do without. Can you reduce your life down to 100 objects?

Sunday 23rd

Discussion related to Wednesday Bright club on Growth

Wednesday 26th

A joint event with Nexus - Bright club: Growth.

Sunday 30th

Food! Also Rachel will lead a discussion on Well being.

Future Services

2010-04-10T13:16:00.004+01:00

Over Lent we looked at the Easter baddies, a series on the characters of the Easter story that are presented in a negative light. We looked at Judas, Herod, Pontius the Pilate, Barabbas, two thieves and then JC himself. It raised issues about reputation, public personas, choice and how our own picture of Jesus can be related to social or personal experience. We are now focusing on our AGM which is on the 9th May and we will explore some issues of rules and working together.

Sunday 11th April Wednesday 13th April	Sharia Law in a Christian context
Sunday 18th April Wednesday 21st April	Money and giving
Sunday 25th April Wednesday 28th April	Sanctus constitution
Sunday 2nd May Wednesday 5th May	Food with Bread making
Sun 9th May	Sanctus1 AGM

Finally in the 'Bad Boys of the Bible series'

2010-03-26T17:40:00.003Z

The ultimate Bad Boy.. Jesus himself!

Sunday 28th March at 10.45am
Wednesday 31st March at 7.30pm

Get your thinking caps on

2010-03-21T00:12:00.001Z

This week sanctus1 covering the two theives. IIt's going to be a creative session so come with your brains in gear.

Apparently they were *not* called Pumpkin and Honey Bunny.

Sunday 21st March at 10.45am
Wednesday 24th March at 7.30pm

This week at Sanctus1: Barabbas

2010-03-12T16:20:00.001Z

What do you know about Barabbas?
(maybe more than you think...)

This week Sanctus1 sessions are thinking about Barabbas.

Happening: Sunday 14th March, 1045am (ish) @ Nexus
Repeated on: Wednesday 17th March, 730pm (ish) @ Nexus

See you there!

Genius..

2010-03-11T17:26:00.000Z

Seen after Sanctus on Wednesday..

What is truth?

2010-03-05T17:03:00.002Z

This weeks 'Bad Boy' is Pontius Pilate.

Join us for healthy (and unhealthy) discussion. Followed by beer.

Sunday 7th March at 10.45am
Wednesday 10th March at 7.30pm

Choose your own theology?

2010-03-04T23:05:00.002Z

Food!

2010-02-27T13:19:00.002Z

This week join us for...

Food!

Sunday 28th February at 10.45am
Wednesday 3rd March at 7.30pm

WWJD?

2010-02-12T17:58:00.004Z

What would Judas do?

This week at Sanctus we're thinking about Judas.

First showing: Sunday 14th February at 1045am (ish) @ Nexus Art Cafe

Repeated: Wednesday 17th February at 730pm (ish) @ Nexus

See you there!

Choose your own religion

2009-12-19T15:16:00.002Z

Apparently the only difference between Christians, Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses is their awareness of how annoying they are....

Merry Christmas

2009-12-17T01:00:00.000Z

It's that season again... the impending appearence of the relatives, way too much food/drink and snow.

OK, maybe not the snow....

Merry christmas!

Normal service will be resumed...

2009-12-09T09:57:00.000Z

The blog may look odd at the moment, but we're tweaking a few doodahs and flanging a few sprockets.

Normal service will be resumed as soon as the hypergrobbit goes 'ding'. In other words, we're spring blog-cleaning.

Technical blog talk, y'know.

Say "Civil Rights"

2009-12-06T10:39:00.003Z

Once again, the happy snapper may find themselves happily snapped, holding a board with their name and prison number.

Regular readers will know that I occasionally rant about people being stopped and searched or having equipment confiscated by police and (more usually) PCSOs for taking snapshots in the street. Things seem to be getting strange, with cases of people being sttopped and searched for taking photos of St Paul's Cathedral, Christmas lights and a street party in Liverpool.

The reason is Section 44 of the Terrorism Act, which allows police to stop anyone they want in a pre-designated area. These areas are chosen based on their perceived likelihood of being a target for terrorists, and include every railway station in the country. However, the exact list is considered sensitive, and is therefore secret. Brilliant.

Even with these draconian powers, there are still things that police cannot do, although it seems several still try: they cannot confiscate cameras, films, or memory cards, and they cannot require anybody to delete images from their cameras. And, of course, PCSOs do not have any power of arrest, search, or anything else that you or I can't do.

Stay vigilant, and keep taking photos.

Advent calendar

2009-11-03T12:31:00.002Z

I've just bought an advent calendar from Beyond, a group in Brighton. Last year they had a fantastic advent art installation, with a different display in 24 different beach huts along Brighton beach. As I didn't get to see the installation first hand, I can't wait for the 1st December!

Last post to the Sanctus1 blog

2009-10-21T08:51:00.004+01:00

It's my final day working with Sanctus1 and I can think of no better way to start it than posting on this blog. It's interesting how this blog has evolved over the last five years, It basically grew and grew till late 2007 then numbers of people slowed down a bit and now there are 1000 less visitors a month than in 2007. This reflects the shift to facebook, twitter and lack of activity on the blog...

So I'm leaving, it feel strange but thanks for the memories. Sanctus1 has been a great place for me, a place where my faith has grown and be challenged. Thanks for the laughter an the intimacy - I'll miss Sanctus. There have been challenges, nights that I have been kept awake worring about sanctus and people within sanctus, times when I've wondered if we'll still be going in six months time, times where I've come home and cried due to the hurts that people have shared with me - thank you for sharing them.

But I know its the right time to move on, new things beckon, and you're in the very capable hands of Al. You can keep up with me on my blog: benedson.co.uk, if you've been emailing me on ben@sanctus1.co.uk then you'll have to email me in the next 24hrs to get my new email address or look on my blog!

Thank you for the days...ok time to kill this google account.

Latest Sanctus1 enews

2009-10-15T16:24:00.002+01:00

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Last train to Oldham

2009-10-01T19:37:00.003+01:00

On Saturday 3rd October, the last train will run from Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham, on the "Oldham loop".

This is to pave the way for it's rebirth as the Rochdale branch of Metrolink, in 2012. Hooray for the Metrolink. What a shame we have to sacrifice yet another railway line to feed this behemoth. If the Altrincham service is anything to go by, the good folk of Rochdale will (in three years time) have the choice of a train to Manchester, or a bumpier*, more expensive tram ride. The denziens of Oldham won't get that choice.

Heaven forbid that we should convert a road into a tramline.

* Light rail tracks require less maintenance than mainline tracks, hence the bumpier ride on the tram.