Here are two influential proposals I've received. I do stress that because they were sent before the 40 days began, they come from a different context; still, I hope they're helpful. I don't reproduce them here in order to say "one of these is the way ahead", but in order to encourage others to state their view. I'm mindful of the comment made by a leadership team member: maybe the big issue is not geography and timing but style and message.
1..."I would like to propose the
following for discussion.
We have 2 services in the morning at COTC: one traditional one with perhaps Communion 3 out of 4 Sundays with 2 or 3 traditional hymns on CD (or Gift if available)
which they can also follow in our existing books say at 9am instead of
8am Communion. We then all meet for coffee at 10am and start an
informal service at 10.30am with perhaps guitar led singing ... then a slot for drama or something different. then children and MEGA go to classes and we have a second part more like what we usually have at CATS but with a combined choir ... We
could have family communion say monthly and baptism about every 8
weeks with an evangelistic message instead of the usual one in the
series (if too many baptisms they may need to have an occasional 4pm
service).
We would need to get a partitioned area in the Chancel for small
meetings and one of the childrens groups. Glass in the top part for
light and a lower part that could be opened."
2, “…A simple atomic bomb consists of 2 (or more) pieces of uranium/plutonium neither of which is bigger than the critical mass but their combined size is. When the bomb is triggered the two pieces are forced together, the critical mass is exceeded and the energy is released. This is also the principle that nuclear power stations work on. I expect you’ve got the analogy by now, substitute CoC and CATS for the two pieces of fissionable material and you get my drift. We need to have one big service a week - I make no proposal as to where it should be - with high numbers of all ages and high energy. This will be our "shop window" to the world..."
1..."I would like to propose the
following for discussion.
We have 2 services in the morning at COTC: one traditional one with perhaps Communion 3 out of 4 Sundays with 2 or 3 traditional hymns on CD (or Gift if available)
which they can also follow in our existing books say at 9am instead of
8am Communion. We then all meet for coffee at 10am and start an
informal service at 10.30am with perhaps guitar led singing ... then a slot for drama or something different. then children and MEGA go to classes and we have a second part more like what we usually have at CATS but with a combined choir ... We
could have family communion say monthly and baptism about every 8
weeks with an evangelistic message instead of the usual one in the
series (if too many baptisms they may need to have an occasional 4pm
service).
We would need to get a partitioned area in the Chancel for small
meetings and one of the childrens groups. Glass in the top part for
light and a lower part that could be opened."
2, “…A simple atomic bomb consists of 2 (or more) pieces of uranium/plutonium neither of which is bigger than the critical mass but their combined size is. When the bomb is triggered the two pieces are forced together, the critical mass is exceeded and the energy is released. This is also the principle that nuclear power stations work on. I expect you’ve got the analogy by now, substitute CoC and CATS for the two pieces of fissionable material and you get my drift. We need to have one big service a week - I make no proposal as to where it should be - with high numbers of all ages and high energy. This will be our "shop window" to the world..."
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